The following article from Reuters was posted on the Guardian website January 12, 2018:
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John Feeley writes letter of resignation and will quit on 9 March
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Feeley says he signed an oath to ‘serve faithfully’ but can no longer do so
The US ambassador to Panama has resigned, telling the US state department he no longer feels able to serve Donald Trump.
In his letter of resignation, John Feeley, a career diplomat and former marine helicopter pilot said: “As a junior foreign service officer, I signed an oath to serve faithfully the president and his administration in an apolitical fashion, even when I might not agree with certain policies.”
“My instructors made clear that if I believed I could not do that, I would be honor bound to resign. That time has come,” Feeley said, according to an excerpt of the letter read to Reuters. Continue reading “US ambassador to Panama quits and says he cannot serve under Trump”