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tenderfoot

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Fri Jan 12, 2018, 12:45 PM Jan 2018

US Ambassador To Panama Resigns Over Trumps Racist Comments, First In US Diplomatic Corp To Do So

The US ambassador to Panama has resigned from his post on principle, writing in a resignation letter to the State Department that he can no longer serve the Trump administration, according to Reuters.

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"As a junior foreign service officer, I signed an oath to serve faithfully the President and his administration in an apolitical fashion, even when I might not agree with certain policies.

"My instructors made clear that if I believed I could not do that, I would be honour-bound to resign. That time has come," Mr Feeley said.

According to local media, his decision was taken before the Washington Post reported Donald Trump had referred to "s***hole countries" in a meeting about immigration.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-ambassador-panama-resigns-donald-trump-john-feeley-not-work-president-a8156116.html

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US Ambassador To Panama Resigns Over Trumps Racist Comments, First In US Diplomatic Corp To Do So (Original Post) tenderfoot Jan 2018 OP
This actually illustrates how PATHETIC the GOP is, they should all resign, but no, just one. Eliot Rosewater Jan 2018 #1
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