Top US diplomats leave State Department

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These four were career foreign service officers who`d had years of experience managing both the department and foreign missions, and they leave a void. The American Foreign Service Association, which represents the labour rights of foreign service officers, said there was nothing unusual about rotations and retirements during a change of administration. This quartet were among a number of senior employees at the State Department who had submitted resignations for their current posts, which were limited-term appointments, as is standard practice during a transition. Image copyright Reuters Image caption The resignations put pressure on incoming Secretary of State Rex TillersonTop US diplomats in the State Department`s senior management team are leaving their posts during President Donald Trump`s first week on the job. ""The skills needed for these positions are exceedingly rare outside the Foreign Service," it said.