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Trump’s Early Moves Spark Alarm, Resistance Within The Government
Topic Started: Feb 1 2017, 11:24 AM (252 Views)
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http://www.oann.com/trumps-early-moves-spark-alarm-resistance-within-the-government/

February 1, 2017

By Warren Strobel and Lesley Wroughton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – At the U.S. State Department, the dissent began building soon after President Donald Trump signed an executive order late on Friday to limit immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries.

Opposition mounted through the weekend as a draft memo criticizing Trump’s policy was written up in Washington and circulated by email to U.S. diplomatic posts around the world, according to multiple officials involved in the effort.

By Monday, two of the officials said they considered withdrawing their names from the document, fearing a backlash.

On Tuesday, just 12 days into Trump’s presidency, the memo with some 900 signatures was delivered to the State Department policy planning office and from there to other top officials, said one source familiar with the document.

Sources said this was an unprecedented number of names on a memo sent through the department’s formal “dissent channel.”

The memo is just one example of the alarm and, in some cases, resistance spreading within the federal bureaucracy as Trump’s administration makes sharp policy turns while ignoring some of the agencies charged with implementation, according to interviews with more than 20 current and former U.S. officials who spoke on condition of anonymity and in some cases asked that their departments not be identified...
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These anonymous folks fear they would lose their jobs. Trump's doing is clashing against they values, quit or stop bitching and carry out their orders.
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He did say all along that he was going to shake things up. He is definitely doing just that.

Incidentally, the memo that the article is about has 900 signatures. Those folks are not anonymous. They disagree with the way things are being done and they are willing to put their name and reputation behind that. They deserve respect for not being cowards. Of course, if they work within the executive branch they will still have to carry out Trump's policies even if they disagree, that or choose to leave with a clean conscience.
Edited by Demagogue, Feb 1 2017, 11:50 AM.
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I'm just enjoying watching these people handing Trump a list of who to fire...
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Todays federal government employees are about as entitled as welfare mammys. I remember the old days when they were "public servants", now we are servants to the public employees.

It's time to start setting government employees free so they can pursue other endeavors.
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Feb 1 2017, 01:14 PM
Todays federal government employees are about as entitled as welfare mammys. I remember the old days when they were "public servants", now we are servants to the public employees.

It's time to start setting government employees free so they can pursue other endeavors.
Agreed PAT..this I believe sums things up nicely....

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Edited by clone, Feb 1 2017, 01:20 PM.
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Feb 1 2017, 01:19 PM
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Feb 1 2017, 01:14 PM
Todays federal government employees are about as entitled as welfare mammys. I remember the old days when they were "public servants", now we are servants to the public employees.

It's time to start setting government employees free so they can pursue other endeavors.
Agreed PAT..this I believe sums things up nicely....

[twitter=TPM/status/826663629026103296]

[twitter=Cernovich/status/826668833154805760]
There are plenty of good federal employees, they will embrace the new challenging leadership. The lazy porn watchers that are there to collect the easy paycheck and the disproportionate benefits will revolt and hopefully get fired.
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There are few worthy federal administrators....They got where they are at by usually being good at office politics and kissing politician's butts...Don't pick on the workers who actually do the work............ :shakeshead:
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Feb 1 2017, 03:08 PM
There are few worthy federal administrators....They got where they are at by usually being good at office politics and kissing politician's butts...Don't pick on the workers who actually do the work............ :shakeshead:
Agree, I think most workers want to be challenged and do a good job. The problem is after years of getting beat down by some butt licking government manager they adapt, do as little as possible, shut up and count down the days to retirement.
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Feb 1 2017, 11:24 AM
http://www.oann.com/trumps-early-moves-spark-alarm-resistance-within-the-government/

February 1, 2017

By Warren Strobel and Lesley Wroughton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – At the U.S. State Department, the dissent began building soon after President Donald Trump signed an executive order late on Friday to limit immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries.

Opposition mounted through the weekend as a draft memo criticizing Trump’s policy was written up in Washington and circulated by email to U.S. diplomatic posts around the world, according to multiple officials involved in the effort.

By Monday, two of the officials said they considered withdrawing their names from the document, fearing a backlash.

On Tuesday, just 12 days into Trump’s presidency, the memo with some 900 signatures was delivered to the State Department policy planning office and from there to other top officials, said one source familiar with the document.

Sources said this was an unprecedented number of names on a memo sent through the department’s formal “dissent channel.”

The memo is just one example of the alarm and, in some cases, resistance spreading within the federal bureaucracy as Trump’s administration makes sharp policy turns while ignoring some of the agencies charged with implementation, according to interviews with more than 20 current and former U.S. officials who spoke on condition of anonymity and in some cases asked that their departments not be identified...
Since this article is using unnamed sources, it belongs on some other forum


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Feb 1 2017, 03:18 PM
Demagogue
Feb 1 2017, 11:24 AM
http://www.oann.com/trumps-early-moves-spark-alarm-resistance-within-the-government/

February 1, 2017

By Warren Strobel and Lesley Wroughton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – At the U.S. State Department, the dissent began building soon after President Donald Trump signed an executive order late on Friday to limit immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries.

Opposition mounted through the weekend as a draft memo criticizing Trump’s policy was written up in Washington and circulated by email to U.S. diplomatic posts around the world, according to multiple officials involved in the effort.

By Monday, two of the officials said they considered withdrawing their names from the document, fearing a backlash.

On Tuesday, just 12 days into Trump’s presidency, the memo with some 900 signatures was delivered to the State Department policy planning office and from there to other top officials, said one source familiar with the document.

Sources said this was an unprecedented number of names on a memo sent through the department’s formal “dissent channel.”

The memo is just one example of the alarm and, in some cases, resistance spreading within the federal bureaucracy as Trump’s administration makes sharp policy turns while ignoring some of the agencies charged with implementation, according to interviews with more than 20 current and former U.S. officials who spoke on condition of anonymity and in some cases asked that their departments not be identified...
Since this article is using unnamed sources, it belongs on some other forum
Why do you think I placed it on OpEd rather than the News forum. :cheers:

Also, there are 900 actual names on the memo so...
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