- Sacking his critics and politicizing the US foreign service Archived Message
Posted by Mary
on May 16, 2020, 10:58 am
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'The US state department's inspector general, Steve Linick, has become the latest senior official to be fired by US President Donald Trump. Mr Trump said Mr Linick no longer had his full confidence and that he would be removed in 30 days. Mr Linick had begun investigating Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for suspected abuse of office, reports say. Democrats say Mr Trump is retaliating against public servants who want to hold his administration to account.' Steve Linick: Trump fires state department inspector general https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52688658 He is being replaced by Stephen Akard, a close ally of the vice-president, Mike Pence, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Akard https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/11/01/white-house-taps-pence-associate-to-run-foreign-service-diplomacy-state-department-tillerson-redesign-foreign-policy-director-general/ |
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