A Rudderless State Department

[DonViejo]

March 1, 2017 By Taegan Goddard

Julia Ioffe: “In the last week, I’ve spoken with a dozen current and recently departed State Department employees, all of whom asked for anonymity either because they were not authorized to speak to the press and feared retribution by an administration on the prowl for leakers, or did not want to burn their former colleagues. None of these sources were political appointees. Rather, they were career foreign service officers or career civil servants, most of whom have served both Republican and Democratic administrations—and many of whom do not know each other. They painted a picture of a State Department adrift and listless.”

“With the State Department demonstratively shut out of meetings with foreign leaders, key State posts left unfilled, and the White House not soliciting many department staffers for their policy advice, there is little left to do… The seeming hostility from the White House, the decades of American foreign-policy tradition being turned on its head, and the days of listlessness are taking a toll on people who are used to channeling their ambition and idealism into the detail-oriented, highly regimented busywork that greases the infinite wheels of a massive bureaucracy.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2017/03/01/rudderless-state-department/

[dalton99a]

1. They seem to forget their bosses are Bannon and Kushner.

[yeoman6987]

3. 37 percent cuts are coming. That is frightening.

Ok so repugs say that's to much so trump will negotiate with 30 percent. It's going to be a long 4 years for the state department.

[dalton99a]

4. They want to force out a lot of employees - basically a purge.

[randome]

2. Listlessness and confusion are Dolt45's objectives. The better to please Master Putin.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Treat your body like a machine. Your mind like a castle.[/center][/font][hr]

[Wounded Bear]

5. The State Department is the front line on immigration...

People realize this, right?

This will devastate tourism even further. Hard to get visas when there is no American consulate in your country.