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TomDaisy

(1,870 posts) Wed Jan 20, 2021, 05:13 PM Jan 2021

Who is the Secretary of State right now?

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Who is the Secretary of State right now? (Original Post) TomDaisy Jan 2021 OP

Dan Smith is Acting SoS servermsh Jan 2021 #1

Great Info leftieNanner Jan 2021 #3

She resigned a few days ago Stinky The Clown Jan 2021 #10

Thanks Stinky! nt leftieNanner Jan 2021 #12

thank you. wanted to make sure it was not still Pompeo! TomDaisy Jan 2021 #4

Grover Norquist's younger brother heading up Defense Klaralven Jan 2021 #6

oh puke DURHAM D Jan 2021 #7

Was that toungue in cheek or fact? Stinky The Clown Jan 2021 #11

Fact. David Norquist is Grover Norquist's younger brother Klaralven Jan 2021 #14

Thanks Stinky The Clown Jan 2021 #15

No one apparently. BlueTsunami2018 Jan 2021 #2

They released a list of "Actings" who are up for Senate confirmation... Wounded Bear Jan 2021 #5

Yes, I see that. BlueTsunami2018 Jan 2021 #8

Gonna be nice having someone in charge that knows what they're doing...nt Wounded Bear Jan 2021 #9

i think by end of the week we should have at least the 5 hearings that went on yesterday confirmed onetexan Jan 2021 #13

servermsh

(913 posts)

1. Dan Smith is Acting SoS

Reply to TomDaisy (Original post)

Wed Jan 20, 2021, 05:15 PM

Jan 2021

Link to tweet

leftieNanner

(15,082 posts)

3. Great Info

Reply to servermsh (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 20, 2021, 05:17 PM

Jan 2021

Did Emily What's Her Butt leave the GSA yet?

Hope she has trouble finding another job.

Stinky The Clown

(67,789 posts)

10. She resigned a few days ago

Reply to leftieNanner (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 20, 2021, 05:35 PM

Jan 2021

leftieNanner

(15,082 posts)

12. Thanks Stinky! nt

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Reply #10)

Wed Jan 20, 2021, 05:36 PM

Jan 2021

TomDaisy

(1,870 posts)

4. thank you. wanted to make sure it was not still Pompeo!

Reply to servermsh (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 20, 2021, 05:24 PM

Jan 2021

Klaralven

(7,510 posts)

6. Grover Norquist's younger brother heading up Defense

Reply to servermsh (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 20, 2021, 05:28 PM

Jan 2021

DURHAM D

(32,609 posts)

7. oh puke

Reply to Klaralven (Reply #6)

Wed Jan 20, 2021, 05:30 PM

Jan 2021

Stinky The Clown

(67,789 posts)

11. Was that toungue in cheek or fact?

Reply to Klaralven (Reply #6)

Wed Jan 20, 2021, 05:36 PM

Jan 2021

Klaralven

(7,510 posts)

14. Fact. David Norquist is Grover Norquist's younger brother

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Reply #11)

Wed Jan 20, 2021, 05:42 PM

Jan 2021

AFAIK he's a competent DoD bureaucrat.

Stinky The Clown

(67,789 posts)

15. Thanks

Reply to Klaralven (Reply #14)

Wed Jan 20, 2021, 06:26 PM

Jan 2021

And competence can happed in one siblings and not another

BlueTsunami2018

(3,490 posts)

2. No one apparently.

Reply to TomDaisy (Original post)

Wed Jan 20, 2021, 05:15 PM

Jan 2021

There’s no cabinet.

Wounded Bear

(58,646 posts)

5. They released a list of "Actings" who are up for Senate confirmation...

Reply to BlueTsunami2018 (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 20, 2021, 05:26 PM

Jan 2021

Unlike what's his name, the Biden Admin and Schumer's Senate will follow up on their appointments and confirmations.

BlueTsunami2018

(3,490 posts)

8. Yes, I see that.

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #5)

Wed Jan 20, 2021, 05:33 PM

Jan 2021

I’m glad someone is at the helm.

Wounded Bear

(58,646 posts)

9. Gonna be nice having someone in charge that knows what they're doing...nt

Reply to BlueTsunami2018 (Reply #8)

Wed Jan 20, 2021, 05:34 PM

Jan 2021

onetexan

(13,036 posts)

13. i think by end of the week we should have at least the 5 hearings that went on yesterday confirmed