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About 900 State Department officials sign protest memo: source
ca.news.yahoo.com ^ | 01-31-2017 | Staff

Posted on 02/01/2017 6:39:40 AM PST by Red Badger

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 900 U.S. State Department officials signed an internal dissent memo protesting a travel ban by U.S. President Donald Trump on refugees and travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries, a source familiar with the document said on Tuesday, in a rebellion against the new president's policies.

A senior State Department official confirmed the memorandum had been submitted to acting Secretary of State Tom Shannon through the department's "dissent channel," a process in which officials can express unhappiness over policy (http://bit.ly/2jOYW0y).

White House spokesman Sean Spicer said on Monday he was aware of the memo but warned career diplomats that they should either "get with the program or they can go."

A draft of the dissent memo seen by Reuters argued that the executive order would sour relations with affected countries, inflame anti-American sentiment and hurt those who sought to visit the United Spates for humanitarian reasons.

It said the policy "runs counter to core American values of non-discrimination, fair play and extending a warm welcome to foreign visitors and immigrants.

Trump on Friday signed an executive order that temporarily bans refugees and people from seven Muslim-majority countries, sparking tumult at U.S. airports and protests in major American cities.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: bhostatedept; first100days; insurrection; pinkslips; trump45; trumpcabinet; trumpstatedept
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To: RU88

They have been entrenched ever since the Alger Hiss trial and think they have immunity...............


101 posted on 02/01/2017 8:19:09 AM PST by Red Badger (If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?.......)
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To: MinuteGal

Leni, there is a great book about Senator McCarthy, entitled BLACKLISTED BY HISTORY.
It sure changed my view of what “McCarthyism” was really about!


102 posted on 02/01/2017 8:21:18 AM PST by milagro (There is no peace in appeasement!)
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To: Red Badger

All the way to North Korea. I’m sure they’ll find Crazy Li’l Kim more to their liking than Trump.


103 posted on 02/01/2017 8:21:49 AM PST by NorthMountain (Washington Post is fake news)
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To: milagro
Thanks for the tip. I'll look it up !

Leni

104 posted on 02/01/2017 8:30:08 AM PST by MinuteGal (GO TRUMP !!!.......GO PENCE !!!)
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To: Red Badger

Should be easy enough to get a copy with their names and terminate them before sun down.


105 posted on 02/01/2017 8:37:56 AM PST by Uncle Sam 911
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To: Old Retired Army Guy

President could make the fed “worker” unions go away with an Executive Order. That is how they were formed.


106 posted on 02/01/2017 8:39:48 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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To: Uncle Sam 911

I’m sure it’s in process....................


107 posted on 02/01/2017 8:40:01 AM PST by Red Badger (If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?.......)
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To: Red Badger

900 people stupid enough to sign a protest dissenting against a legal order? And we pay these people to represent the United States to the World?!

Absolute Morons.

Gee I wonder how long I would be employed if I told my boss to stuff it, I was going to do it my way...


108 posted on 02/01/2017 8:46:55 AM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: Red Badger

Time to PATCO their asses.


109 posted on 02/01/2017 8:49:49 AM PST by gunsmithkat (There is no such thing as Too Many Guns)
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To: Red Badger

A better protest would be for them to resign. But since the cowards have self identified themselves for firing Trump will take care of that.


110 posted on 02/01/2017 8:49:51 AM PST by aquila48
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To: Red Badger
About 900 U.S. State Department officials signed resignation notices.
111 posted on 02/01/2017 8:57:43 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: Red Badger

Well, that makes it easier to drain the swamp...


112 posted on 02/01/2017 8:59:59 AM PST by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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To: melancholy; LucyT

I have no idea how many employees are in the State Dept. but I betcha President Trump (I love saying that!) could cut them by half and still get the job done.

This Soros, Klinton, 0bama, Alinsky, democrat crap isn’t going to work with President Trump.


113 posted on 02/01/2017 9:12:35 AM PST by azishot (I'm not arguing. I'm just explaining why I'm right.)
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To: Red Badger

Fire them ALL!

Now.

5.56mm


114 posted on 02/01/2017 9:14:51 AM PST by M Kehoe
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To: Red Badger; All
When these morons signed the protest memo, they effectively signed their pink slips. Let's see how Rex handles this mutiny.😁
115 posted on 02/01/2017 9:26:30 AM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: Red Badger; All
When these morons signed the protest memo, they effectively signed their pink slips. Let's see how Rex handles this mutiny.😁
116 posted on 02/01/2017 9:27:24 AM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: Red Badger

I had made a “list” of things to do/not do in order to shield ones self from adverse action at work.

I’m going to have to add “don’t write or sign anything that puts you in overt conflict with official policy, rules or laws.”

I had assumed it was obvious, but apparently not.


117 posted on 02/01/2017 9:29:11 AM PST by PLMerite
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To: Cobra64

Mutiny, sedition, treason, insubordination, halitosis, bromhidrosis....................


118 posted on 02/01/2017 9:32:03 AM PST by Red Badger (If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?.......)
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To: Red Badger

What a convenient punch list of upcoming firings!


119 posted on 02/01/2017 9:32:48 AM PST by Lazamataz (I hereby coin a new Internet acronym: NTOWY -- Not Tired Of Winning Yet.)
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To: azishot; LucyT

President Trump should immediately call in sewer service to pump out the Septic Department all the way to its foggy bottom.

The DoS’s damage to the USA foreign policy and standing in the world is only rivaled by the DoJ’s lawless damage inside our country.

I hope the president have a collective ‘you’re ALL fired’ moment.


120 posted on 02/01/2017 9:33:50 AM PST by melancholy
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