Many of the #ambassadors were told in recent days to leave their posts by mid-January. They are all foreign service officers who had been appointed to their positions by the #Biden admin & confirmed by the #Senate. A standard tour is 3 to 4 years.

The #union representing career diplomats said this was the first time that such a mass recall had taken place of career diplomats serving as ambassadors or chiefs of mission.

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“Those affected report being notified abruptly, typically by phone, with no explanation provided,” said Nikki Gamer, spox for the #union representing career diplomats, the American Foreign Service Assn. “That method is highly irregular.”

“The lack of transparency & process breaks sharply with longstanding norms,” she added.

After checking its archives, the union “can say definitively that such a mass recall has never happened since the founding of the Foreign Service as we know it,” Gamer said

…#China has surpassed the #US in the number of diplomatic missions in the world, & maintains a consistent rotation of ambassadors through each one.

The mass recall could further damage morale among career diplomats working under Secy of State #MarcoRubio.

Earlier this month, the #union released results of a survey of its members showing that 98% of respondents said that workplace morale had fallen since #Trump began his second term.

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