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Rex Tillerson sacked: the swamp was winning

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Written by: Florence Principe

Title:

 Rex Tillerson sacked: the swamp was winning

Author:

Daniel Flitton

Source:

The Interpreter

Date:

March 14, 2018 

Description:

We’ll get to the consequences of Rex Tillerson’s sacking in a moment, but first consider his brief tenure as America’s chief diplomat. Mostly Tillerson will be remembered (lamented) for presiding over savage cuts to the State Department. Certainly there was damage – no one ever really likes a budget cut. But the prominence of this complaint overshadows another, more practical view of the Tillerson tenure; that the State Department actually was able to get on with its job. The swamp was winning.

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