State Department watchdog critical of Trump moves fired
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The decision — made quietly and without explanation — was the latest in a series of purges the White House has undertaken in recent months to remove government overseers who are charged with reporting on government malfeasance and corruption.In Friday's move, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo fired the agency's inspector general, Steve Linick, who was appointed in 2013 during the Obama administration after serving other senior roles in the U.S. government. He worked as an economic adviser for Pence, when the now-vice president was Indiana's chief executive.A State Department official declined to say why Linick was fired, and the White House did not explain the move in a letter informing lawmakers."It is vital that I have the fullest confidence in the appointees serving as Inspectors General.
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