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InkaUtexas

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  1. Exclusive: The White House is looking to replace Pete Hegseth as defense secretary https://www.npr.org/2025/04/21/nx-s1-5371312/trump-white-house-pete-hegseth-defense-department
  2. I believe Maldives was under African Affairs. Australia according to DOD is Indo-Pacom. State is using their map vs. the one they had. For instance, North Africa for DOD is part of CENTCOM. For State it was African Affairs.
  3. I thought his wife worked for Fox. Um, so it is a leak. Meanwhile others in the pentagon are being fired for "leaking."
  4. 3 out of 4 and a win on Patriots day. Yeah, just the White sox, but fuck it.
  5. Oceania falls under Pacific. Same with DOD. Africa is DOA. It now reports to the White House Security Council outside of State. Major cuts coming to Canada. Not clear yet where they will report to.
  6. Man, takes a lot for me to neg, but fuck you.
  7. LIke him or hate him, this speech still kicks ass.
  8. Make up bag alone means it was a big dude says Officer Fife, newly appointed head of SS Intel.
  9. Not beach front.
  10. 1️. New State Department will have 4 regional corps: - Eurasia Corps (EURA) – Europe, Russia, and post-Soviet states including Central Asia (excluding Afghanistan) - Mid-East Corps (MEC) – Arab World, Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan - Latin America Corps – Central America, South America, and the Caribbean - Indo-Pacific Corps – East Asia, Southeast Asia, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives 2️. New State Department staffing model for FSOs - Regionally specialized career service framework - Complete 9 years in assigned Regional Corps (above) - Show alignment with the President’s foreign policy vision - Use AI with at least GPT-4o intelligence standards - Don't like it? One-time buyout to leave by September 30 3️. The following positions and offices are eliminated: - U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate - Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES) - Special Envoy for Afghan Women, Girls, and Human Rights - Office of Global AIDS Coordinator (OGAC) - Secretary’s Special Representative for Syria Engagement - Special Envoy for Iran - U.S. Special Coordinator for the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGI) - Office of the Security Coordinator - Office of Global Women’s Issues (S/GWI) - Office of Foreign Assistance (F) - Office of the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (R) - Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) - Bureau of Global Public Affairs (GPA) - Office of Policy, Planning, and Resources for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (R/PPR) - Office of the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights (J) - Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) - Office of International Religious Freedom - Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism - Office of Multilateral and Global Affairs (DRL/MLGA) - Office of Global Programming (DRL/GP) - All regional DRL units - Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) - Office of Global Criminal Justice (J/GCJ) - Office of Global Health Security and Diplomacy (GHSD) - Office of Policy Planning (S/P) - Office of the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security (T) - Office of Management Strategy and Solutions (MSS)
  11. We will just end up with two popes. Happened before and that worked out great.
  12. So who went?
  13. This all not real right? I am still sleeping?
  14. but using unsecure comms is. Yeah. OK.
  15. April is going to be a hard month.
  16. yep. Mainly China.
  17. Nice rain in 666. Gardens got what they needed and looks like i don't have to water for a bit. Planted a few raised beds yesterday so the timing was spot on. Even @NorthLoop got rain I think. Sorry for those who did not.
  18. Don't get arrested abroad. Unless you are an oligarch or a celebrity. Sadly, this makes me non-essential. Time to go work for an international NGO. Trump plans biggest restructuring of US foreign policy branch since 1789, shows leaked executive order Donald Trump is planning to close almost all of its Africa operations and shut down embassies across the continent, according to a draft executive, which is set to be signed this week. The leaked order outlines drastic changes to the State Department, which, if implemented, would be one of the biggest rounds of restructuring since its founding in 1789. It plans to eliminate offices which work on climate change, humanitarian support for refugees, democracy and human rights policy, along with a sharp cut to diplomatic operations in Canada. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/04/20/state-department-shut-embassies-close-africa-donald-trump/
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