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Dems accuse Trump officials of seeking State Department purge
The Hill ^ | March 15, 2018 | Max Greenwood

Posted on 03/15/2018 2:33:18 PM PDT by Innovative

Two top House Democrats allege that high-level political appointees in the State Department and senior White House officials have worked with conservative activists to purge from the agency career officials deemed insufficiently loyal to President Trump.

A letter sent Thursday to White House chief of staff John Kelly and Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan alleges that political appointees at the State Department have characterized career officials in "derogatory terms."

Among the descriptors used for certain career officials were "a leaker and a troublemaker" and a "turncoat," the letter from Reps. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) and Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) reads, citing documents obtained from a whistleblower.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democrats; statedepartment; trump; trumpstatedept
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To: Innovative
The pro’s at State did such a good job on Benghazi, the Russian reset, the Uranium One deal, the deal with Iran that required plan loads of foreign currency and gold.

Yes, it is time to clean house and purge the State Department

41 posted on 03/15/2018 4:25:53 PM PDT by Robert357 ( Dan Rather was discharged as "medically unfit" on May 11, 1954.)
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To: Innovative

The Deep State Department has needed a good purge for 30 years.


42 posted on 03/15/2018 5:35:52 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Purge? A more accurate description would be emptying the septic tank.


43 posted on 03/15/2018 8:00:22 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Innovative

It has needed a good purge since FDR.


44 posted on 03/15/2018 9:01:54 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: Heart of Georgia

Only an act of Congress.....................


45 posted on 03/16/2018 6:05:50 AM PDT by Red Badger (The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
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To: Innovative

So what RATS? Kicking your RAT AZZES out is a plus and win!


46 posted on 03/16/2018 6:07:52 AM PDT by dforest (Never let a Muslim cut your hair.)
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