USA und Mexiko: Eskalation im Eiltempo (Sonstiges)

Jens, Dortmund, Freitag, 27.01.2017, 10:35 (vor 2647 Tagen) @ Tigo

Dazu schmeisst Trump die 4 wichtigsten Manager des State Department raus, die alle seit Jahren unter Demokraten, sowie Republikanern ihre Arbeit verrichten und prinzipiell für alle Mitarbeiter des Außenministeriums Weltweit Verantwortung tragen.
Das hinterlässt ohne Not ein riesen Know-how-Loch.

Ich befürchte, das ist so nicht richtig. Die Washington Post hat eine ziemlich aufgeregte Story gebracht, die in Deutschland recht schnell Verbreitung fand, da die WP sicher als seriös gelten kann.

Es ist aber wohl so, dass...

"Here’s the story:

— No one at the State Dept resigned in protest.

— No one was formally fired.

— Six people were transferred from or retired from political appointee positions. Technically those who did not retire can be considered to have “resigned,” but that is a routine HR/personnel term used, not some political statement. The six are career Foreign Service career personnel (FSOs) They previously left their FSO job to be appointed into political jobs and now have resigned those (or retired out of the State Department) to return to career FSO jobs. A circle. They are required to submit a letter of resignation as a matter of routine when a new president takes office.

— As for perspective: only one Under Secretary of State (Alan Larson) stayed through the transition from Bill Clinton to George W. Bush. It is routine for senior officials to leave or be reassigned.

— Reports that these people represent “senior management” at State confuse terms. Because of the odd way State is organized, four of the six work in the Management Bureau, M in State talk. Kennedy was the head of the Bureau. The four play varying roles and collectively are not the senior management of the State Department. Two work in other parts of the Department (Countryman and Nuland) and are more directly tied to policies likely to change under the new administration.

— All six persons come from offices with a deep bench. It is highly unlikely that any of the work of the State Department will be impeded by any of these changes. Every office has a second, third, fourth, etc., person in charge who will step up pending formal replacements to be nominated and confirmed. This is all part of the standard transition process.