Clean Sweep
03 December 2008 8:16 am by Taylor Marsh
BY TAYLOR MARSH
Don’t let the door hit you on
the way out.
The incoming Obama administration has notified all politically-appointed
ambassadors that they must vacate their posts as of Jan. 20, the day President-elect
Barack Obama takes the oath of office, a State Department official said.The clean slate will open up prime opportunities for the president-elect
to reward political supporters with posts in London, Paris, Tokyo and the
like. The notice to diplomatic posts was issued this week. [...]
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