Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted January 26, 2017 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted January 26, 2017 (edited) Just now, Mainecat said: Trump is and always has been an imbecile. Hes a narcissistic phony and a horrible multi time failed businessman. He hooked you like he hooked other used car buyers here. You bought a lemon....and you know it you just wont admit it. How many business' did you personally start again? Edited January 26, 2017 by Highmark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEFF Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Trump administration asks top State Department officials to leave By Elise Labott, CNN Updated 1:44 PM ET, Thu January 26, 2017 Source: CNN Rex Tillerson grilled on foreign policy 03:33 Story highlights The White House usually asks career officials in such positions to stay on for some time The firings leave a huge management hole at the State Department Washington (CNN)Two senior administration officials said Thursday that the Trump administration told four top State Department management officials that their services were no longer needed as part of an effort to "clean house" at Foggy Bottom. Patrick Kennedy, who served for nine years as the undersecretary for management, Assistant Secretaries for Administration and Consular Affairs Michele Bond and Joyce Anne Barr, 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." Mark Toner, the State Department's acting spokesman, said in a statement that "These positions are political appointments, and require the President to nominate and the Senate to confirm them in these roles. They are not career appointments but of limited term." He continued, "Of the officers whose resignations were accepted, some will continue in the Foreign Service in other positions, and others will retire by choice or because they have exceeded the time limits of their grade in service." Greg Starr, director of diplomatic security, also followed through on his planned resignation. He had come back from retirement after the 2012 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi and promised to stay through the end of the Obama administration. "This had been on course for over a year," another official said. "He came out of retirement and promised to stay out (of) the administration. If Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders were elected, he would still be retiring." The firings leave a huge management hole at the State Department, with a combined 150 years of institutional experience among all of the named officials. The second official echoed that the move appeared to be an effort by the new administration to "clean house" among the State Department's top leadership. Victoria Nuland, the State Department's assistant secretary for Europe, was also not asked to stay on. "The department will not collapse," the second official said. "Everyone has good deputies. It's a huge institutional loss, but the department has excellent subordinates and the career people will step up. They will take up the responsibility." In her parting letter, Bond told her colleagues, "It has been an honor to serve with you as the Assistant Secretary for the past 17 months, and to have represented the United States as a Foreign Service officer for 40 years. What a privilege it has been." http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/26/politics/top-state-department-officials-asked-to-leave-by-trump-administration/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEFF Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Does that look like a resignation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCR1250 Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/26/politics/top-state-department-officials-asked-to-leave-by-trump-administration/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 9 minutes ago, Mainecat said: Trump is becoming a magnet for crazies all over the world. We will pay for his illness. Maybe they wont be coming with their hands out anymore? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted January 26, 2017 Author Share Posted January 26, 2017 No one fires an entire state department. Some of those people have been on for a number of administrations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiSledder Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 5 minutes ago, Mainecat said: Trump is and always has been an imbecile. Hes a narcissistic phony and a horrible multi time failed businessman. He hooked you like he hooked other used car buyers here. You bought a lemon....and you know it you just wont admit it. gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted January 26, 2017 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted January 26, 2017 Just now, Mainecat said: No one fires an entire state department. Some of those people have been on for a number of administrations No they just don't offer them their same jobs. Wonder how many of these people dropped the ball when Ambassador Stevens was killed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEFF Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Mainecat said: No one fires an entire state department. Some of those people have been on for a number of administrations You're a tard. King of speculation. The fact that they've been there for a long time as you say falls directly into the drain the swamp category. The article is straight from CNN. Your favorite. Edited January 26, 2017 by JEFF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer254 Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 7 minutes ago, Mainecat said: Trump is and always has been an imbecile. Hes a narcissistic phony and a horrible multi time failed businessman. He hooked you like he hooked other used car buyers here. You bought a lemon....and you know it you just wont admit it. Speaking of hooked. WOW. You really were suckered with this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticCrusher Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 4 minutes ago, Mainecat said: No one fires an entire state department. Some of those people have been on for a number of administrations They just did. Might want to edit your thread title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted January 26, 2017 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted January 26, 2017 Ridicule him for not draining the swamp.....ridicule him for draining the swamp. Ridicule him for not keeping campaign promises (less then 5 days in)....ridicule him for keeping campaign promises (5 days in) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
02sled Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 (edited) 34 minutes ago, Anler said: Do you think the Brits are gonna give it another go? Canada is amassing at the border ready to push south and invade. We're going to burn the White House down like we did in 1812. Payback time for when the US invaded Canada. The president at the time was Alan Alda.... see the movie Canadian Bacon Edited January 26, 2017 by 02sled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momorider Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Trump we know has hired Flynn and Gorka those guys could probably run the entire gig themselves so I think he has shit handled just fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer254 Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 6 minutes ago, Skidooski said: Ridicule him for not draining the swamp.....ridicule him for draining the swamp. Ridicule him for not keeping campaign promises (less then 5 days in)....ridicule him for keeping campaign promises (5 days in) It's funny watching these guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
02sled Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 31 minutes ago, Mainecat said: really? My concern is national security The world is at grave risk... after all Thrillery Clintoon isn't Secretary of State... or anything for that matter. How can things go on without her.... oh yeah that's right... just fine... like they will go on without this handful. Nobody is irreplaceable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member BOHICA Posted January 26, 2017 Gold Member Share Posted January 26, 2017 There is an ass for every seat. Everybody isreplaceable with and equally qualified candiate. If the democrats in the senate would stop obstructing and get trump appointments in it would be easy to just promote within and people will move up in there career path. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted January 26, 2017 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted January 26, 2017 Where is the article on Kerry resigning? This is exactly the same thing and MC fell for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 47 minutes ago, Mainecat said: really? My concern is national security It wasnt Trumps emails that got hacked by the "russians" it was the other teams. Not very solid security there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Top men. Top. Men. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 LOL. I hate myself for missing this thread today. Poor MC. "Uhhhh.....I'm concerned about our national security." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepr2 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Government pussy temper tantrum, fuck'em, like far too many libtards they thin they're irreplaceable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepr2 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 6 hours ago, Mainecat said: No one fires an entire state department. Some of those people have been on for a number of administrations 4 whining libtards is not an entire state department you Fukin Liar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 nice spin manecunt they were asked to get the fuck out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer254 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 12 minutes ago, Sleepr2 said: Government pussy temper tantrum, fuck'em, like far too many libtards they thin they're irreplaceable They are the "intellectual elite" you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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