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State Department won't help Trump plan Israel policies
Washington Examiner ^ | 1/4/17 | Joel Gehrke

Posted on 01/06/2017 7:41:18 AM PST by detective

President-elect Trump won't get any help from the State Department in implementing Israeli-relation policies opposed by President Obama before his inauguration. "The short answer is no," State Department spokesman John Kirby told reporters. "You have one president at a time."

Obama's team invoked that axiom to justify high-profile foreign policy actions in recent weeks, notably his decisions to sanction Russia over the election year cyberattacks and to allow the United Nations Security Council to condemn Israeli settlement construction.

Kirby's statement extended that principle to barring any aid in helping the Trump team prepare to move the United States embassy to Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem or recognize Jerusalem as the nation's capital.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: capital; embassy; israel; jerusalem; muslim; nato; newzealand; obama; saudi; soros; statedepartment; telaviv; trump; un
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State Department is working to sabotage the Trump presidency.
1 posted on 01/06/2017 7:41:18 AM PST by detective
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To: detective

More people he needs to fire.


2 posted on 01/06/2017 7:42:12 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: detective

Mr Kirby will be packing his s**t on Jan 20


3 posted on 01/06/2017 7:42:51 AM PST by rdcbn (.... when Poets buy guns, tourist season is over ......d)
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To: detective

Anybody else get the feeling our government was so much worse that we could have ever thought?


4 posted on 01/06/2017 7:44:09 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: detective

I would issue broad orders for information upon inauguration. THose who do not comply cited for insubordination.


5 posted on 01/06/2017 7:44:30 AM PST by georgiarat (To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize - Volttai)
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To: detective

Anti-transition action by Swampy Bottom. Stand by to be drained.


6 posted on 01/06/2017 7:44:31 AM PST by NonValueAdded (#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger #HillNO! #MyPresident #MAGA)
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To: detective

I would issue broad orders for information upon inauguration. THose who do not comply cited for insubordination.


7 posted on 01/06/2017 7:44:40 AM PST by georgiarat (To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize - Volttai)
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To: rdcbn

This. Why do these people think they are impossible to fire? I would have at least STALLED and said I was looking into it.


8 posted on 01/06/2017 7:44:53 AM PST by madison10
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More people he needs to fire.

Starting at the top of the command chain and move on down, firing everyone instantly until the cancer is cut out. Just like when a surgeon goes in to remove a tumor and finds other infected tissue that also must be removed.

9 posted on 01/06/2017 7:45:06 AM PST by USCG SimTech
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Good luck putting your state department experience of making giant boogers on your desk with rubber glue and your vast knowledge of the Internet porn sites on your resume!


10 posted on 01/06/2017 7:45:12 AM PST by albie
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It might actually be saving his @ss on this one.

This is a no-win issue for Trump, and he may want to take a cue from the State Department's intransigence and walk away from it. It is so far down the list of priorities facing this country that it's almost disturbing to see it getting so much media attention.

11 posted on 01/06/2017 7:45:32 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("Yo, bartender -- Jobu needs a refill!")
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He’s actually right. Obama is president until noon on Jan 20. At 12:01pm, the changes, housecleaning, and dismissals can begin. We may not like Obama’s policies, but we are stuck with them for 2 more weeks.


12 posted on 01/06/2017 7:45:40 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: NonValueAdded

Anti-transition action by Swampy Bottom. Stand by to be drained.
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Yep. The Soggy Bottom Boys are about to meet the Sheriff.


13 posted on 01/06/2017 7:45:56 AM PST by LydiaLong
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I guess you can’t expect the alligators to just cooperate and peacefully swim down the drain.


14 posted on 01/06/2017 7:46:09 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Buckeye McFrog

A group of people less necessary than air traffic controllers.


15 posted on 01/06/2017 7:48:14 AM PST by depressed in 06 (I'm going to have to come up with a new tag line.)
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January 20, 2017:

COMMENCE DRAINING DEPT. OF STATE'S FILTHY DEMOCRAT SWAMP!
16 posted on 01/06/2017 7:50:40 AM PST by onyx (`)
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Well, make a list of people Congress cuts salary to $1 if they can’t fire him.

Drain the swamp.


17 posted on 01/06/2017 7:50:59 AM PST by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: rdcbn

Mr Kirby seems like the type who has been packing s**t for decades.


18 posted on 01/06/2017 7:51:22 AM PST by jospehm20
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To: detective

Fire as many as he can, and transfer the others to the consulate in Tierra del Fuego


19 posted on 01/06/2017 7:51:36 AM PST by BigEdLB (To Dimwitocrats: We won. You lost. Get used to it.)
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State Department spokesman John Kirby

Your Fired January 20, 2017

20 posted on 01/06/2017 7:51:51 AM PST by TYVets
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