Execs at State Department resign in hordes

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My first two first thoughts:

  • Excellent, and
  • Don’t let the doors smack your arse on the way out.

Let’s check the NYPost.com:

Senior staff resigns en masse from State Department

by Bob Fredericks

A group of top career officials at the State Department resigned en masse the same day Secretary of State-designate Rex Tillerson paid a visit to Foggy Bottom to introduce himself, it was reported Thursday.

Among those bailing on the Trump administration was Patrick Kennedy, State’s longtime undersecretary for management, the Washington Post reported.

Kennedy, who joined the agency in 1973, had been active in the transition from John Kerry to the former ExxonMobil chief, and was said to want to remain in his post.

Stand by for a bit of juicy schadenfreude.

But once word got out that Team Trump was looking to give him the boot and hire someone else, he and three of his top aides bailed.

The others who resigned Wednesday included Assistant Secretary of State for Administration Joyce Anne Barr, Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Michele Bond and Ambassador Gentry O. Smith, director of the Office of Foreign Missions.

Some in the media are portraying this movement as a mass exodus of institutional memory that can’t be resolved. But guess what? This is rather normal in every presidential transition. It’s also a normal event with many businesses and institutions. My former department, for example, recently had many persons retire for various reasons which did in fact leave a vacuum of institutional knowledge. However, like any business, any agency, any institution, any city, county or state entity, you deal with it. It’s not the end of the world. Recovery will occur because it always does. Every four years.

Further: “senior staff” means the “executives.” Question to all: who does the real work in any organization? The Chiefs or the Indians? So yes, that’s how greatly they’ll be missed. Reality, meet door-on-the-way-out. All the perfumed princes and princesses will likely be rapidly forgotten.

Would it shock you to know that the bulk of employees working at the State Department are Leftists who consistently vote Demorat?

Would it shock you to know that the bulk of employees working at the State Department are Leftists who consistently contribute to Demorats? Check the graphic above, acquired from FedSmith.com.

Translation: the Department of State frequently works at cross-purposes with GOP or conservative presidential administrations. I believe the trend will continue with this State Department so, truthfully, it’s good to get some of the Dead Leftwood out of the building.

And, oh yes, it actually makes Tillerson’s job easier in the longer run.

BZ

 

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14 thoughts on “Execs at State Department resign in hordes”

  1. So the chiefs don’t do the work….how about the Commander in Chief ?

    And, presumably all the perfumed princesses and princes will just be replaced by new one.

    • The CIC makes the determination for the nation. The chiefs under the Secretary of State take the directives; they don’t make the directives. I came from a very large organization of roughly 3,000+ people. Heads are interchangeable. Trump is an interchangeable head but he’s the head that is here for four years. Presidents are always replaceable.

      They’re like waves. There is an ebb and flow. The old heads are leaving. New ones are coming in.

      BZ

    • AMM is trying to portray this as an existential crisis. In fact, it is “meh.” It occurs all the time, everywhere.

      BZ

  3. Kennedy’s days were numbered anyway, due to his relationship with the Bengazi screw up. I think the others probably were involved to a lesser extent too. Trump did state he wanted ALL of those people gone.

    • Absolutely correct, NFO. He knew his time was short. The other people who left were likely his friends. Good riddance.

      BZ

  5. Texan Rex Tillerson has made “personnel” changes before.
    It will not take him long to have a list of who’s to stay and who’s to go.
    nd it will not tae long for this exodus to be competed.Their are plenty of qualified replacements ready to do the jobs.
    I still have relatives in the “oil bidness” who grew up with the Tillerson’s family in Wichita Falls.
    Their will be a “house cleaning” in the State Dept too.

    • You don’t run a company as large as ExxonMobil and have no brainpower.

      Already it’s being proven that business people can run rings in terms of workload and productivity around bureaucrats.

      BZ

  7. Rumor has it John Bolton is in line for Kennedy’s job once Tillerson is confirmed. Will be a good fit as he knows where all the skeletons are buried. Am sure Kennedy knew this and bailed. Will see if it plays out. State needs a complete housecleaning. Its a nest of traitors.

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