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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Getting rid of the exam is wild. The best people. [/quote]

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. [/quote]

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.[/quote]

The exam is biased towards liberal world view. [/quote]

By "liberal world view" do you mean a world view based on erudition and knowledge of a wide range of issues? And on cultural sensitivity/awareness? Yes, those are certainly not MAGA qualities so you may have something there.

In reality, they want to eliminate it so they can hire people based purely on loyalty to MAGA and the MAGA leader. This is a Project 25 priority.[/quote]
Well the good thing about this is that trump has shown that the new administration can just die them all on January 22, 2029. Basically foreign service will be all political appointees with no knowledge base of the people or region. Sounds like a losing proposition. [/quote]

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