Something “big” dropping this week ahead at Dept. State

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Anonymous wrote:Getting rid of the exam is wild. The best people.

There have long been complaints about the exam. A republican-tied career ambassador told me that he found it impossible to get his best people through it and they were limited to other functions. In general, the selection process does seem to favor bland personalities.

Because the GOP hates competency and intelligence. The FSO exam separates the wheat from the chaff in terms of weighing knowledge and temperment to ensure the career diplomats truly represent the best of our country and not partisan loyalty.

Not always. I have met some incredibly dim FS Generalists. I always wondered how the hell they got through the process.

The answer to that is simple: Nepotism.

Dept of State and CIA for that matter are both rendered sclerotic from the hiring and promoting to tenure multiple generations of the same families going all the way back to the 1950's.

People who follow orders ( referred to as policy ), show little backbone or integrity even when laws are violated and go along to get along - also known as retiring at 25 years with full pension and - a job lined up for their similarly compliant kids when they themselves graduate from G'town.

Holy hell this is so accurate. When I was at State in A Bureau there were SO MANY people who got in through their parents. Even in recent years, so many big shot SES figures somehow had their kids working there. Tons. You know their names and who they are and frankly, they are sorta untouchable, or they were.