"Daniel Pipes has a good analysis of the State Department in one of his books. They worked against us from Day 2 after 911 - spiriting out Osama's relatives."
The Arabist State Dept has worked against Israel from the day it was established in 1948.
Not being an American, I am not familiar with how State functions politically. Does it not fall under the power of the President who could can the whole lot of them?
Yeah, there was never an Arab or tyrant the State Department didn't like. Except maybe Pinochet.