Posted on 01/26/2017 8:44:26 AM PST by tcrlaf
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s job running the State Department just got considerably more difficult. The entire senior level of management officials resigned Wednesday, part of an ongoing mass exodus of senior foreign service officers who don’t want to stick around for the Trump era.
Tillerson was actually inside the State Department’s headquarters in Foggy Bottom on Wednesday, taking meetings and getting the lay of the land. I reported Wednesday morning that the Trump team was narrowing its search for his No. 2, and that it was looking to replace the State Department’s long-serving undersecretary for management, Patrick Kennedy.
Kennedy, who has been in that job for nine years, was actively involved in the transition and was angling to keep that job under Tillerson, three State Department officials told me.
Then suddenly on Wednesday afternoon, Kennedy and three of his top officials resigned unexpectedly, four State Department officials confirmed. Assistant Secretary of State for Administration Joyce Anne Barr, Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Michele Bond and Ambassador Gentry O. Smith, director of the Office of Foreign Missions, followed him out the door. All are career foreign service officers who have served under both Republican and Democratic administrations.
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Thanks.
“The State Department’s entire Senior Management Team just Resigned”
yeah, all four of them ...
That’s how delusional the Compost is!
And .. I totally disagree with the “Post”.
This is actually a good thing; I suspect Tillerson knows a lot of people who have similar experience to his, which will make it easier to replace the staff.
I think this is a win/win for the USA.
Too bad — so sad — hope the other departments follow suit!
If the full team did resign, wow. Excellent!
This would obviously be a plus for us, because Trump’s appointee would be able to assign the new positions.
You have to wonder about people’s ability to reason in a situation like this.
They want to serve this up to Trump as if it will hurt him. It won’t. It will improve his position.
So instead of these folks remaining on, and expressing what they think should be done to moderate what will take place, they leave and give Trump a clean sweep.
Yikes. That’s just blithering idiocy.
Thank You, Jesus!
I’m sure they resigned as in “all senior management members please submit your letter of resignation by close of business Wednesday.”
Bookmarked! Thank you.
#DrainTheSwamp
If they leave b/c of Trump, then they are not needed nor wanted
#Winning
LOL, could be true.
I don’t know what level down Trump can actually do this.
OMG How will we every survive?
What if we had countries for which we had no ambassador or embassy. Would that bring about the end of the world?
Oh no...let’s panic...I read 1 retired...(did he get cloned in the last few days?)
You’re very welcome.
Oh, you mean $128K a year..
Well, technically speakin’, You're “Very Good.” I'm only “Very Welcome.” 8<)
Prosecute the win. Run up the score.
Lovely. And the WP being upset is dessert.
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