Patrick Kennedy, who served for nine years as the Undersecretary for Management, Assistant Secretary for Administration Joyce Anne Barr, Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Michele Bond and Ambassador Gentry Smith, director of the Office for Foreign Missions, were sent letters by the White House that their service was no longer required, the sources told CNN.
All four, career officers serving in positions appointed by the President, submitted letters of resignation per tradition at the beginning of a new administration. The letters from the White House said that their resignations were accepted and they were thanked for their service. The White House usually asks career officials in such positions to stay on for a few months until their successors are confirmed.
"Any implication that that these four people quit is wrong," one senior State Department official said. "These people are loyal to the secretary, the President and to the State Department. There is just not any attempt here to dis the President. People are not quitting and running away in disgust. This is the White House cleaning house."
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ReplyDeleteKeep on cleaning house, it has needed to be done for quite some time.
ReplyDeleteThis is just the tip of the iceberg.
ReplyDeleteMany more career diplomats need to go.
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ReplyDeleteSo their claim of quitting was, in fact, FAKE NEWS. Write down that news source and kick them out of the press conferences!
ReplyDeleteThe truth is that Trump accepted their resignations. All employees appointed by a previous president are required to turn in a letter of resignation which will can be accepted or rejected by the incoming President. Some will win, some will lose.They lost.
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