Thoughts on a State Department

Start with Ben Gazi.  Descisions dealing with the number of military assigned to an embassy most likly fall into the hands of  a high level career civil servant.  Does a Secretary Of State actually concern themselves with such.  

So why roast Hillary?  
Because they like to. 


Do career diplomats always get it right?  No, not always do they get it right. 
Could an international businessman do something different?  Could those international business contacts acumulated over a thirty year career serve the needs of  this country?  It seems possible.   


So, comes the word that numbers of seior level civil service specialists in the State Department have resigned.  It also seems likely  that many of them might not want to serve under the Trump administration.  But, also maybe the time has come to go do something else.  With such policy experience in one resume, an academic post or work in a private think tank could slo prove attractive.

So, do these resignations  -- head count not available as of this writing -- mean anything other than just the normal run of things?  Only Hannibal Lector knows for sure.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2017/01/26/the-state-departments-entire-senior-management-team-just-resigned/?utm_term=.f0c3e34778f7