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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Complete reorganization. Getting rid of FSO test. [/quote]

Wonder if they are going to do what Congressman Wayne Hays tried to do in the 70s and make all State employees be part of the FS?[/quote]

They want to do hiring based on “charisma” and ideological agreement with POTUS’s foreign policy agenda. Not a joke.

Of course, [b]what happens when a POTUS changes and staff no longer align[/b]? [/quote]

So the State Dept staff should [i]only[/i] allign with democrat administrations? I mean, I realize that’s been the defacto standard until now, but why should it be? [/quote]

You have this backwards. The FSO is neutral and career. Trump is the one creating the loyalty tests, not democrats or liberals.[/quote]

Agree but realistically, Statw skews very li real (and I am a liberal).[/quote]

It's called self-selection. MAGAs are too selfish for things like the Peace Corps, which along with Vets and college international relations majors, forms the cornerstone of State Department employees.

So, I guess we just end soft power and diplomacy all together then.[/quote]

+1. and I hate to say it, MAGAs are less educated. We know that education correlates strongly to voting patterns. Even the top MAGAs are not the best and brightest - I always noticed how Vought menos from OPM during Trump I were written like a Sixth grader and full of errors.

as well - there is an inherently liberalizing impact of living abroad and learning a second language, which all FSOs have done or aspire to do. [/quote]

Hopefully, elitist snobs like you won't be representing our country in any meaningful capacity anywhere. [/quote]

So … you want people without college degrees to run out foreign policy? Ok sounds great! let’s also make sure they only speak English and don’t have passports. [/quote]

PP here. I didn't say that. You're making stuff up. Learn to read. [/quote]

Please explain to us how getting rid of the foreign service exam ensures the best & brightest will be our FSOs? [/quote]

You must be confusing posters? I've never even commented on the exam.[/quote]

the proposal is to get rid of the exam because it is too elitist. It’s too “elitist” apparently because it is very difficult. Like it or not, higher education and foreign literacy is not a strong point of MAGA. they don’t have enough MAGAs or even conservatives to pass the exam. the conservative kids smart enough to pass the exam are uninterested in public service.

Or do you think we need a DEI program for less qualified MAGAs? [/quote]

Maybe ask Harvard how to admit weaker candidates.[/quote]

Yikes! Show us on the doll where Harvard hurt you.[/quote]

You'll need to ask the DEI admits who had lower admissions standards. [/quote]

Like Donald Trump and JD Vance?[/quote]

If you think they represent diversity, okay. [/quote]

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