“Aside from helping the Obama administration to the finish line, I knew my job was also about helping this institution navigate the political transition, get across the river."
The River … Styx?
@cervantes Shannon…Charon. You may be onto something, senor.
And the coring out of our institutions continues unabated.
So, now the hunt for another completely unqualified, inexperienced replacement begins.
Let’s see. It’s a career diplomat job in the State Dept. Which of TwoScoops’ sycophantic, nationalistic bootlickers has never been out of the country? That would be the perfect choice…
[Quote] The top career U.S. diplomat announced Thursday he will step down[/Quote] The State department still has some career diplomats left? Huh…
Shannon, who has extensive diplomatic experience in Africa and Latin America and led U.S. delegations to Russia last year…
Two things not wanted in the Trump administration: extensive knowledge of shitholes, and too much knowledge about Russia.
My cousin’s husband, a program and policy guy with almost 20 years at State, put in for retirement last year and is now counting the days …
Trumptards do not want anyone who knows their jobs,and most important believe in our Constitution ,removed or driven out.
This allows them to destroy everything that makes them look stupid and uninformed as they are.
“…I want to go out living by my oath, which is respect for the Constitution, respecting our political institutions, respecting our values and respecting the choices that the American people have made.”
Interesting statement - as if continuing to stay in his position would make that difficult or impossible…
Thank you Mr. Shannon for your 35 years of service to the security of our country…
What a cool job that would be…
If nothing else, Trump-Putin has set this country back 20 years at the State Dept alone.
Trumpp’s Dept. of State has only one function: denying visa requests.
Perhaps he’s a hopeless optimist and thought that he could help them cross from the Underworld side of Styx.