Reuters: Three Senior Career Diplomats Told To Resign

Reuters reports:

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 has requested that Dereck Hogan, Marcia Bernicat and Alaina Teplitz leave their posts.

While political appointees typically submit their resignations when a new president takes office, most career foreign service officers continue from one administration to the next. All three officials have worked in both Democratic and Republican administrations throughout the years, including as ambassadors. Trump, who will be inaugurated Jan. 20, pledged during his presidential campaign to “clean out

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