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Senior official dealing with nonnuclear proliferation, monitoring of arms control treaties is en route to europe when he was directed to return home immediately to resign by friday. one day's -- let than one day's notice for the senior most official on chemical weapons, nuclear, by and large former state department officials seem shocked by the very sudden last-minute, unexpected, forced departures of a lot of senior career state department officials. one of them writing this week "these are all professionals that would stay to help the new team settle in. instead these dedicated public servan...

Overseas. i was concerned to hear that the new administration had, as you indicated, summarily dismissed a number of senior career officials before the new secretary of state has been confirmed. of course any new administration has the right and does bring in their new team. that is understood, accepted. but these are nonpartisan, career officials that although i'm sure they are delighted to go and retire, maybe play golf, 16 hour days year after year, but they would certainly, i'm convinced have stayed on to help the new administration, to give them the benefit of their advice, to help the ne...

Overseas. i was concerned to hear that the new administration had, as you indicated, summarily dismissed a number of senior career officials before the new secretary of state has been confirmed. of course any new administration has the right and does bring in their new team. that is understood, accepted. but these are nonpartisan, career officials that although i'm sure they are delighted to go and retire, maybe play golf, 16 hour days year after year, but they would certainly, i'm convinced have stayed on to help the new administration, to give them the benefit of their advice, to help the ne...

How's this for abrupt? ready? the state department's most senior official dealing with nonnuclear proliferation, monitoring of arms control treaties is en route to europe when he was directed to return home immediately to resign by friday. one day's -- let than one day's notice for the senior most official on chemical weapons, nuclear, by and large former state department officials seem shocked by the very sudden last-minute, unexpected, forced departures of a lot of senior career state department officials. one of them writing this week "these are all professionals that would stay to help the...

Team settle in. instead these dedicated public servants have been sent packing. the person that wrote that is laura kennedy. she is former deputy assistant secretary of state. a volunteer for the clinton campaign and during the campaign she and other former career ambassadors signed an open letter expressing their concerns about the trump presidency and its foreign policy. appreciate you being here on a friday night. thank you for your time. >> thank you for having me. if i may, i appreciated your lead in and the reference to kennedy. we are no relation but like pat i served four years for the...