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Originally Posted by Guest
As our State Department is slashed.
"Officials are expressing concern over a series of departures of high-ranking diplomats at the State Department, with one former official warning that "having so many vacancies in essential places is a disaster waiting to happen."
“These people either do not believe the U.S. should be a world leader, or they’re utterly incompetent,” Dana Shell Smith told The New York Times. Smith was the ambassador to Qatar until she resigned in June.
Aides for Tillerson have also reportedly depleted much of the department's diversity by firing most of the department's leading African-American and Latino diplomats.
State Department wracked by departures under Trump: report | TheHill
This may be good from a budget standpoint but my experience is that these quiet "in the background" State Department employees serve a vital purpose.
We do not need surprises and remember we do not even have an ambassador to South Korea or Japan. These are the folks whose job it is to keep us informed.
"Democrats and some Republicans also recently protested President Trump's budget request that asked to slash the State Department's budget to $37.6 billion."
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Good to see some posts getting back to politics.