Russian sanctions.....Right...

[pbmus]

The State Department shuttered an office that oversees sanctions policy, even as the Donald Trump administration faced criticism from lawmakers over its handling of new economic penalties against Russia.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson eliminated the Coordinator for Sanctions Policy office, which had been led by a veteran ambassador-rank diplomat with at least five staff, as part of an overhaul of the department, former diplomats and congressional sources told Foreign Policy.

Instead, the role of coordinating U.S. sanctions across the State Department and other government agencies now falls to just one mid-level official — David Tessler, the deputy director of the Policy Planning Office. The Policy Planning Office, which previously operated as a small team providing strategic advice to the secretary but did not manage programs or initiatives, has grown in power under Tillerson’s “redesign” of the department.

While the sanctions office was dissolved, the administration missed a key Oct. 1 deadline to implement new penalties against Russia adopted by Congress in August. The move reinforced concerns among both Democratic and Republican lawmakers that the Trump White House is mismanaging the State Department and undercutting the role of U.S. diplomacy.

http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/10/26/state-department-scraps-sanctions-office/

[BigmanPigman]

1. They didn't "miss the deadline".

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They purposely ignored it then killed it...hoping no one would notice. If you were to follow all the distractions on the MSM you can understand how this has happened and continues to unabated. The MSM is still supporting this fake prez in order to boost their ratings $$$$$ and the US is falling for their BS "distraction" game. They handed him the office on a golden platter before Nov 8th and are still doing it to a large degree. Even the "fake news" on CNN and MSNBC.

[2naSalit]

2. +1

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3. +1