A number of senior career diplomats are leaving the State Department after the Trump administration accepted their resignations from presidentially appointed positions. The State Department said Thursday that several senior management officials as well as a top arms control diplomat would be leaving. All had submitted their resignations prior to Donald Trump's January 20 inauguration as is required of officials holding jobs appointed by the president. They had been willing to remain at their posts but had no expectation of staying, according to several State Department officials familiar with the resignations. His nominee to be secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, is expected to be confirmed by the Senate next week.

Source: Fox News January 26, 2017 19:18 UTC