If any of your obstructionist Senators are up for re-election, please vote them out.

February 1, 2016

The Senate confirmed Rex Tillerson as the 69th secretary of state on Wednesday by a 56-43 vote, making the former Exxon Mobil Corp CEO the chief foreign affairs adviser to Republican President Donald Trump.

(Hooray – now we can continue to drain the swamp.)

The vote was largely on party lines, with all 52 Republicans voting in favor, along with three Democrats and one independent. It was not immediately clear when Tillerson would be sworn in and formally take over at the State Department.

Under any circumstance, Tillerson would have inherited Obama’s messy globe with a civil war in Syria, nuclear-armed North Korea threatening to test an intercontinental ballistic missile and challenges from a rising China and an assertive Russia.

In the 12 days since Trump’s inauguration, however, the White House has taken steps that foreign policy professionals view moving forward.  We’ve done a series of own goals,” said a senior U.S. official on condition of anonymity. “There are always mess-ups and friction with new administrations. That’s not new.

On Friday, Trump signed an executive order imposing a four-month hold on refugees entering the United States and a temporary bar on most travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.

The order has not only caused consternation for the nations involved but among other Muslim-majority countries, allies such as Germany and Britain and career State Department officials.  Which is expected since those countries have heavily invested in the refugees.

“GET WITH THE PROGRAM” or resign.

The State Department under Hillary Clinton became a rogue area and it looks like “conflict of interest” is the name of the game.

Shape up or ship out!

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