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From Reuters: Aides to President-elect Donald Trump have asked three senior career diplomats who oversee the U.S. State Department’s workforce and internal coordination to step down from their roles, two U.S. officials familiar with the matter said, in a possible signal of deeper changes ahead for the diplomatic corps.
The team overseeing the State Department’s transition to the new administration, the Agency Review Team, has requested that Dereck Hogan, Marcia Bernicat and Alaina Teplitz leave their posts, the sources said.
In a separate report, Fox News explained that career diplomats do not usually resign when a president leaves office, and all three have worked under both Democrat and Republican administrations.
A Trump spokesperson told Reuters, “It is entirely appropriate for the transition to seek officials who share President Trump’s vision for putting our nation and America’s working men and women first. We have a lot of failures to fix and that requires a committed team focused on the same goals.”
Aides to President-elect Donald Trump have asked three senior career diplomats who oversee the U.S. State Department’s workforce and internal coordination to step down from their roles. Dereck Hogan, Marcia Bernicat & Alaina Teplitz. pic.twitter.com/ROnKBYvdDJ
— Blanche Victoria (@tammytabby) January 16, 2025
Democrats are already howling in protest.
RM @RepGregoryMeeks: Purging three dedicated career public servants without cause is Project 2025 in action.
Experience or patriotism are of no value to the new Administration; only one’s loyalty to Trump, and our national security is worse off for it. https://t.co/hvOrXaYfaG
— House Foreign Affairs Committee Dems (@HouseForeign) January 15, 2025
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