Top Officials Said to Leave State Department Raising Concerns

Four top State Department officials were reported Thursday to have resigned, and the head of the U.S. Border Patrol left his job.

The Washington Post reported that those heading out the door at State include Undersecretary for Management Patrick Kennedy, Assistant Secretary for Administration Joyce Anne Barr, Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Michele Bond and Ambassador Gentry Smith, the Director of the Office of Foreign Missions – following the Jan. 20 departures of Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security Gregory Starr and Director of the Bureau of Overseas Building Operations, Lydia Muniz.

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