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Foreign Service Officer Elizabeth Shackelford, a midlevel officer assigned as a Political Officer to U.S. Embassy Somalia based in Nairobi  resigned from the State Department on December 8. Her resignation letter (PDF) was published by Foreign Policy on December 10.

Elizabeth Shackelford, most recently serving as a political officer based in Nairobi for the U.S. mission to Somalia, wrote this resignation letter to Tillerson because the administration had abandoned human rights & has shown disdain for the State Department’s diplomatic work. pic.twitter.com/Jd1ob1e06i

— Josie Jo (@LetHopePrevail) December 10, 2017

U.S. diplomat & rising star @ the @StateDept has issued a scathing resignation letter, #ElizabethShackelford who recently served as a political officer based in NBI 4 the @US2SOMALIA, wrote to Tillerson "because the admin had abandoned human rights as a priority & shown disdain.. pic.twitter.com/Uw7J8oyXBZ

— Abdisalam Aato (@AbdisalamAato) December 9, 2017

Proud of my friend and badass foreign service officer @lizzyshackelfor for stepping up and calling out this administration’s deliberate dismantling of US diplomacy. Keep eyes on her for more #elizabethshackelford https://t.co/RkQRTzsP2O

— Whitney Kassel (@whitneykassel) December 10, 2017

Elizabeth Shackelford said she was “shocked” when Rex Tillerson told department employees that advancing human rights across the globe “creates obstacles to our ability to advance our national security interests.“https://t.co/JGbFFZvJmO

— Jade Walker (@jadewalker) December 13, 2017

EXCLUSIVE: Tillerson’s proposed State Dep't changes make it “really obvious” that he doesn’t appreciate “the value of the people” doing diplomatic groundwork, says Elizabeth Shackelford, a US diplomat who resigned her post in disgust last week. Airs 8pmCET @cnni & 11pmET @PBS. pic.twitter.com/fuFoDMKQXC

— Christiane Amanpour (@camanpour) December 14, 2017

Elizabeth Shackelford, a senior U.S. diplomat, resigned over the weekend, blasting Trump and Tillerson's "stinging disrespect" for foreign service. Former U.S. diplomat @BradyKiesling discusses what this means for the U.S. establishment https://t.co/luzqxuo5uJ pic.twitter.com/KqV2KI2m1k

— Loud & Clear (@loudclearradio) December 12, 2017

AND NOW THIS — check out this thread (click on date) for the online conversation.

FYI – This diplomat is/was an FS 03. (You know what rank that is, right?) And is one person. https://t.co/xt8Tq8bvaf

— Matt Lee (@APDiploWriter) December 10, 2017

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