“A lot of top staffers are leaving,” whines a union rep. In other words, Secretary Tillerson is doing what the president calls for, Cleaning the Swamp at Foggy Bottom.
Nearly three dozen ambassadorships remain vacant as well, with the embassies’ No. 2, called the charge d’affaires, leading those U.S. missions.
An ambassadorship has been a reward to campaign donors or close friends of political bigwigs. Apparently our president isn’t playing that game. And, anyone who has spent any time at an embassy like I have knows the ambassador is nothing more than a figurehead who does what the charge tells him/her to do.
Full story @ State Department senior ranks being depleted at 'dizzying speed': Ambassador
Nearly three dozen ambassadorships remain vacant as well, with the embassies’ No. 2, called the charge d’affaires, leading those U.S. missions.
An ambassadorship has been a reward to campaign donors or close friends of political bigwigs. Apparently our president isn’t playing that game. And, anyone who has spent any time at an embassy like I have knows the ambassador is nothing more than a figurehead who does what the charge tells him/her to do.
Full story @ State Department senior ranks being depleted at 'dizzying speed': Ambassador