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January 27, 2017

State Department Senior Team Ousted by Trump Administration
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The entire State Department's senior-level management has been ousted by
the Trump administration this week. The news of the resignations broke
Thursday, sparking widespread concern. Former State Department Chief of
Staff David Wade told The Washington Post, "It's the single biggest
simultaneous departure of institutional memory that anyone can remember,
and that's incredibly difficult to replicate."


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