They either "got the message" or they got the BOOT. Knowing "State", I'd hope it was the latter -- to the crotch. Yeesh, if there were ever a department that was in need of some bowl cleaner...
We're assuming this statement originated from the State Department, but the article doesn't say. It might have come directly from the White House.
If you ever get a chance, read a book on the war with the Pirates of Tripoli and a forgotten American hero named Eaton and his brave band of U.S. Marines, and their foreign supporters - and how the U.S. State Department screwed them. Nothing has changed with those vermin in 200 years.
I think the Pentagon should run the State Department, them or FreeRepublic.