State Department

Almost Half the Top Jobs in Trump's State Department are Still Empty | Via: TheAtlantic https://t.co/VSRIQx1l0D

— SafetyPin-Daily (@SafetyPinDaily) November 6, 2018

A Western official complained that establishing a working relationship with US counterparts has become very hard since Trumps ousts everyone or simply keeps positions open at the State Department https://t.co/k9E6WXxmqr pic.twitter.com/obsXDax5YQ

— Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) April 5, 2018

U.S. diplomats may soon be prohibited from using the phrases "sexual and reproductive health" and "comprehensive sexuality education" under a proposal being floated to Mike Pompeo, four people familiar with the issue told Politico. https://t.co/HLy2yn8WG1

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 1, 2018

Veteran U.S. diplomats say that the State Department is in its most diminished condition since the McCarthy purges, in the 1950s: https://t.co/uMoT53jUJx pic.twitter.com/4EFYuuaCMv

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) May 16, 2018

Tom Shannon’s departure leaves just one career ambassador at the State Department, @kcalamur writes https://t.co/1AvjrM4c53 pic.twitter.com/g7WcmEIDeX

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) February 5, 2018

Emails allegedly show the White House planned a purge of the State Department https://t.co/ekTTYa3rjB

— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) March 20, 2018

Tillerson leaves behind a hollowed out State Dept:

Key Ambassadors not appointed: 38

Assistant Secretary vacancies: 16

Under-Secretary vacancies: 6, including 1 fired today

h/t @mitchellreports

— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) March 13, 2018