text: I suggest you read the article again, Richard. "A number of senior career diplomats are leaving the State Department after the Trump administration accepted their resignations from presidentially appointed positions."
  
  See that part where it says, "presidentially-appointed positions"? They were political appointees from the Obama administration. Yes, they certainly had prior careers in the US State Department but the positions they occupied were political appointments.
  
  So much for your fake news accusation.