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Diplomats aghast as Pompeo set to address GOP convention from Jerusalem
"It's all just shredding the Hatch Act," a current State Department official says of Pompeo's speech.
Diplomats aghast as Pompeo set to address GOP convention from JerusalemWASHINGTON — Diplomats who are barred by law from mixing work and politics say they're appalled by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's decision to address the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, breaking with long-standing traditions aimed at isolating American's foreign policy from partisan battles at home.
It would be problematic enough, current and former U.S. diplomats said, if Pompeo were simply showing up at the convention to speak. But Pompeo's decision to use a stop in Jerusalem during an official overseas trip as the site for his recorded speech to fellow Republicans raises even more troubling questions about the message it sends to other countries and whether U.S. taxpayers are footing the bill, they said.
"It's all just shredding the Hatch Act," a current U.S. diplomat said, referring to the federal law that prohibits government employees from political activity on the job or in their official capacities.
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Another norm shredded not to mention possible legal violation to add to the Trump act.
Pompeo shattering precedent, sparking fury with RNC speech - ABC News
[h=1]Pompeo shattering precedent, sparking fury with RNC speech
[/h][h=2]Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sent a cable to all U.S. diplomatic missions last month warning American diplomats that under federal law they should not take overt sides in the presidential campaign. On Tuesday, he plans to ignore his own warning by speaking to the Republican National Convention endorsing President Donald Trump for a second term
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"It's all just shredding the Hatch Act," a current State Department official says of Pompeo's speech.
Diplomats aghast as Pompeo set to address GOP convention from JerusalemWASHINGTON — Diplomats who are barred by law from mixing work and politics say they're appalled by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's decision to address the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, breaking with long-standing traditions aimed at isolating American's foreign policy from partisan battles at home.
It would be problematic enough, current and former U.S. diplomats said, if Pompeo were simply showing up at the convention to speak. But Pompeo's decision to use a stop in Jerusalem during an official overseas trip as the site for his recorded speech to fellow Republicans raises even more troubling questions about the message it sends to other countries and whether U.S. taxpayers are footing the bill, they said.
"It's all just shredding the Hatch Act," a current U.S. diplomat said, referring to the federal law that prohibits government employees from political activity on the job or in their official capacities.
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Another norm shredded not to mention possible legal violation to add to the Trump act.
Pompeo shattering precedent, sparking fury with RNC speech - ABC News
[h=1]Pompeo shattering precedent, sparking fury with RNC speech
[/h][h=2]Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sent a cable to all U.S. diplomatic missions last month warning American diplomats that under federal law they should not take overt sides in the presidential campaign. On Tuesday, he plans to ignore his own warning by speaking to the Republican National Convention endorsing President Donald Trump for a second term
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