{"id":30261,"date":"2017-02-17T13:37:33","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T18:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=30261"},"modified":"2017-02-17T13:37:33","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T18:37:33","slug":"this-needed-to-be-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=30261","title":{"rendered":"This Needed To Be Done"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2017\/02\/17\/rex-tillerson-fires-top-officials-at-state-department\/\" target=\"_blank\">The New York Post<\/a> is reporting today that the Trump Administration is beginning to make major changes in <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"United States Department of State\" href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage\">State Department<\/a> personnel.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Secretary of State <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Rex Tillerson\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rex_Tillerson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Rex Tillerson<\/a> is cleaning house at the State Department, according to a report.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Staffers in the offices of <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deputy_Secretary_of_State_for_Management_and_Resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">deputy secretary of state for management and resources<\/a> as well as counselor were shown the door Thursday, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/state-dept-layoffs-under-rex-tillerson-being-carried-out\/#\">according to CBS News<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Many of those let go were on the building\u2019s seventh floor \u2014 top-floor bigs \u2014 a symbolically important sign to the rest of the diplomatic corps that their new boss has different priorities than the last one.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The staffing changes came as Tillerson was on his first foreign trip \u2014 attending a G-20 meeting in <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Bonn\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bonn.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage\">Bonn, Germany<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u201cAs part of the transition from one administration to the next, we continue to build out our team. The State Department is supported by a very talented group of individuals, both Republicans and <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Democratic Party (United States)\" href=\"http:\/\/senate.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage\">Democrats<\/a>,\u201d State Department spokesman RC Hammond told <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"CBS.com\" href=\"http:\/\/cbs.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage\">CBS<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are some of us who felt that the State Department worked against <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"George W. Bush\" href=\"http:\/\/www.georgewbush.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage\">George W. Bush<\/a> when he was president. It is encouraging to see the Trump Administration taking steps to prevent that from happening during the Trump Administration. This is just another appropriate part of draining the swamp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Post is reporting today that the Trump Administration is beginning to make major changes in State Department personnel. 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