people who have been there since the 1970s, people who have been there since the 80s. career senior management. career foreign service officers. career diplomats. one former high-ranking career diplomat first appointed by george w. bush said today as a career diplomat, i experienced many presidential transitions and i never saw anything like this dangerous purge of public servants now under way at state. now under aat state ahead of rex tillerson taking over. another former assistant secretary of state tweeted today specifically about the suddenness, the sudden rush to get all the top-level people out of the state department. tom countryman, foreign service officer acting t at state that means he was the person in charges of arms control and international security. according to this one report he was told the leave the state department tomorrow. he was given that instruction today. he was on a plane flying to rome for a nonproliferation meeting.
u.s. state department. the state department that rex tillerson is about to take over. people who have been there since the 1970s, people who have been there since the 80s. career senior management. career foreign service officers. career diplomats. one former high-ranking career diplomat first appointed by george w. bush said today as a career diplomat, i experienced many presidential transitions and i never saw anything like this dangerous purge of public servants now under way at state. now under aat state ahead of rex tillerson taking over. another former assistant secretary of state tweeted today specifically about the suddenness, the sudden rush to get all the top-level people out of the state department. tom countryman, foreign service officer acting t at state that means he was the person in charges of arms control and international security. according to this one report he was told the leave the state department tomorrow. he was given that instruction today. he was on a pla
one former high-ranking career diplomat first appointed by george w. bush said today as a career diplomat, i experienced many presidential transitions and i never saw anything like this dangerous purge of public servants now under way at state. now under aat state ahead of rex tillerson taking over. another former assistant secretary of state tweeted today specifically about the suddenness, the sudden rush to get all the top-level people out of the state department. countryman, forei service officer acting t at state that means he was the person in chges of arms corol and international security. according to this one report he was told the leave the state department tomorrow. he was given that instruction today. he was on a plane flying to rome for a nonproliferation meeting. he was ordered to turn around and fly back and be gone from the state department by tomorrow. a career foreign service officer. somebody operating at such a high level of american diplomacy he s identified by on