Another wave of top State Department officials quit this week in Black Friday mass resignation

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

More top-tier officials left the U.S. Department of State on Friday in a quiet group resignation, according to a Foreign Policy magazine report published on Sunday.

“Dissatisfaction is a big factor,” said one official who has opted for early retirement rather than to fight on in an agency that is being undermined by crippling budget cuts and serially undercut by a president who has no knowledge or curiosity about the workings of international diplomacy.

Acting director of the Bureau for International Organization Affairs Tracey Anne Jacobson, U.S. Assistance Secretary of State of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs William Rivington and top European affairs official John Heffern have all joined a “growing wave of resignations” driven by the chaos within the agency and President Donald Trump’s gross mishandling of the agency’s staffing and hiring process.

“Foreign policy professionals,” wrote Colum Lynch, are “being pushed out or resigning over frustration with an administration that has downgraded the importance of Washington’s diplomatic corps.”

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/another-wave-of-top-state-department-officials-quit-this-week-in-black-friday-mass-resignation/?comments=disqus

[msongs]

1. bad news now trump can fill those posts with his fascists. govt officials pls STAY! nt

[NCjack]

2. Trump is all jammed up. I think his original plan was to "cattle-drive" about 450 into

office using recess appointments. But, McConnell closed the gate. Trump probably doesn't have the staff to find enough closeted fascists to nominate for Senate confirmation. He is now short on staff and no good solutions.

[smirkymonkey]

3. "The White House is running like a well-oiled machine".

You LOSER! People can't get away from you fast enough. They see their careers tanking like your poll numbers.

[ProudLib72]

6. Did you say "whale oil"?

That's a market he can create lots of jobs in.

[secondwind]

4. Reading this is depressing on so many levels.

I'm 70 years old, and don't remember ever feeling so insecure and afraid.

[dgibby]

5. I'll be 72 in Dec.,

and I'm right there with you. Never thought I'd live long enough to see the country destroyed. Trump and GOP are more dangerous than any foreign enemy.

[Achilleaze]

7. Republicans are undermining Americas security and status

This is the freaking Russian play book in action. Divide and conquer, drive all the decent people from government. Create chaos and take advantage. Republicans are letting them do it. Disgraceful.