Tom Shannon, a career diplomat and the State Department's #3 official, will be retiring -- one less establishment official at State: [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-diplomact-shannon/no-3-u-s-diplomat-quits-in-latest-departure-under-trump-idUSKBN1FL5HO][https://www.voanews.com/a/long-time-us-diplomat-latest-to-quit-under-trump/4234779.html][https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/01/tom-shannon-state-department-retiring-381269][https://www.apnews.com/79085d0e1bac40218e77bd379710c0f0/State-Department-loses-top-career-diplomat-as-crises-abound] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 18:36, 1 February 2018 (EST) | Tom Shannon, a career diplomat and the State Department's #3 official, will be retiring -- one less establishment official at State: [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-diplomact-shannon/no-3-u-s-diplomat-quits-in-latest-departure-under-trump-idUSKBN1FL5HO][https://www.voanews.com/a/long-time-us-diplomat-latest-to-quit-under-trump/4234779.html][https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/01/tom-shannon-state-department-retiring-381269][https://www.apnews.com/79085d0e1bac40218e77bd379710c0f0/State-Department-loses-top-career-diplomat-as-crises-abound] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 18:36, 1 February 2018 (EST) |