View of the Department of State in Washington, DC. (Kevin Lamarque/courtesy Reuters)
Elise Labott, CNN: Exclusive: Frustrated State Department employees hire attorneys, charging 'political retribution'
Washington (CNN)A growing number of State Department employees are charging they are being put in career purgatory because of their previous work on policy priorities associated with President Barack Obama and in offices the Trump administration is interested in closing.
The situation has got so serious that several officials tell CNN they have retained attorneys after repeatedly trying unsuccessfully to raise concerns about being assigned to low-level jobs in Foggy Bottom such as answering Freedom of Information Act requests.
The issue has also come to the attention of senior Democrats on Capitol Hill.
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WNU Editor: I have lost count on the number of times I have heard in my life that "we are too good for this kind of work" routine. My solution .... get a job in the private sector where your "brilliance" will be appreciated.
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