We don't need no stinking ambassadors...

http://gizmodo.com/trump-just-dismissed-the-people-in-charge-of-maintain...

According to an official within the Department of Energy, this past Friday, the President-elect’s team instructed the head of the National Nuclear Security Administration and his deputy to clean out their desks when Trump takes office on January 20th.

The NNSA is the $12 billion-a-year agency that “maintains and enhances the safety, security, and effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile.” It’s unclear when the two officials will be replaced.

Traditionally, all political appointees of an outgoing presidential administration turn in resignation letters effective on noon of inauguration day, January 20. But appointees in key positions—like the people who make sure our nukes work—are often asked to stay on in their roles until a replacement can be found and confirmed by the Senate, helping ensure a smooth transition and allowing our government to continue functioning. In fact, for the entirety of Obama’s first term and into part of his second, the NNSA Administrator remained a Bush appointee.

Trump, however, appears determined to immediately push out everyone who was appointed by Obama, regardless of whether or not he has anyone in line for the job. Or, as our source put it: “It’s a shocking disregard for process and continuity of government.”

Just as with Obama’s soon-to-be-removed international envoys, Trump has ordered Under Secretary for Nuclear Security Frank Klotz and his deputy, Madelyn Creedon—both Obama appointees—to leave their posts, even if it means no one is in charge of maintaining the country’s nuclear weapons.

According to our Energy Department source, Trump’s team has yet to nominate anyone to succeed them. Since both positions require Senate confirmation, if could be months before their chairs are filled. And the vacancies may extend beyond the leadership roles.

“There are scores more appointees within the department,” our source told us. “Secretarial and administration appointments that don’t require Senate confirmation, mostly performing policy, liaison, and strategic advisory capacities in support of the agency they’re at. They serve at the will of the head of their agency. Those people are, theoretically, also out on inauguration day unless otherwise directed, which hasn’t happened yet to my knowledge.”

The source later added, “I’m more and more coming around to the idea that we’re so very very fucked.”

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I really liked how he put the dumb dumb that couldnt even remember the name of the department in charge of maintaining the nations stock pile of nuclear weapons. I wonder if any of them actually knew they did that... 

^^Please tell me that the article above came from the Onion...

>>>  I wonder if any of them actually knew they did that... 

My dad did not. 

He was gloating that Governor Oops was going to  get rid of it, now that he knew the name. 

Until he found out they were in charge of nukes.

Then he didn't think it was so funny anymore.

DOE's best and brightest (and there are/were plenty of great minds in there) will be making lots of money in the private sector, working on projects that will be verboten by the future administration.

Most likely a win-win for Repubs and Dems alike.

here's the bio of the current NSSA chief.

Trump wants this guy gone becaue he's an Obama appointee?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Klotz

Make peace with your God/Mortality now...

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2008/12/obama-gives-political-ambass...

The dumb get dumber. Political appointees are just that and anyone who thinks the military doesn't control our nuclear weapons is an idiot.