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Members of Congress want State Dept to go to bat for LGBTQ diplomats

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<p><em>To listen to the Federal Newscast on your phone or mobile device, subscribe in <a href=”https://www.podcastone.com/federal-newstalk?showAllEpisodes=true”>PodcastOne</a> or <a href=”https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/federal-newscast/id1053077930?mt=2″>Apple Podcasts</a>. The best listening experience on desktop can be found using Chrome, Firefox or Safari.</em></p> <ul> <li>Many political appointees, along with the vice president, can expect a freeze on their salaries to continue through at least the end of 2022. The <a href=”https://www.chcoc.gov/content/continued-pay-freeze-certain-senior-political-officials-6″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>Office of Personnel Management</a> released details that the impacted groups are paid at or above the level for Executive Schedule IV. That includes employees serving in Executive Schedule positions and…

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State Department Emails Reveal Diplomats’ Concern About China’s ‘Invasive’ Swab Testing

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Emails recently obtained by Judicial Watch show how U.S. officials scrambled over reports that the Chinese government was requiring anal swab tests to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The communications were obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the U.S. Department of State. “It took six months and a federal lawsuit to confirm that our embassy in Beijing was concerned about the Chinese government’s invasive anal swab and other COVID testing of our diplomatic personnel—at that as many as two people were asked to submit to a test,” Judicial Watch…

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Cuban president denies ‘sonic’ attacks on US diplomats – CNN

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CNN Cuban president denies 'sonic' attacks on US diplomatsCNNThey've started to impose, and in the middle of all this they have created this fallacy, this defamatory story of alleged 'acoustic' incidents," Diaz said in his first interview as president. In late 2016, multiple US Embassy personnel in Cuba began …US-Cuba relations 'in decline,' president saysFRANCE 24 all 18 news articles » us president – Google News

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Diplomats Sound the Alarm as They Are Pushed Out in Droves – New York Times

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New York Times Diplomats Sound the Alarm as They Are Pushed Out in DrovesNew York Times… have not made up for those departures. So far, just 10 of the top 44 political positions in the department have been filled, and for most of the vacancies, Mr. Tillerson has not nominated anyone. … “The United States is at the center of every …and more » us politics – Google News

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