Some current and former officials and staffers said it’s the public nature of some of the challenges from federal employees that is unusual.
The State Department has an honored tradition of allowing formal, structured statements of dissent to U.S. policy.
It was done,'' said Thomas Shannon, a retired career foreign service officer who served in senior positions at the State Department.
State Department officials say several expressions of dissent have made their way through the formal channels to Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
One State Department official, 11-year veteran Josh Paul, quit late last month to protest the administration's rush to provide arms to Israel.
Persons:
Joe Biden, Biden, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, “, ”, we’ve, Richard Nixon’s, George W, Bush, Obama, Thomas Shannon, Shannon, Trump, Sean Spicer, Donald Trump’s, I’m, ” Shannon, Antony Blinken, Josh Paul, Blinken, Matthew Miller, shirk, there's, Jamey Keaten, Matthew Lee
Organizations:
WASHINGTON, —, State Department, NASA, Hamas, Congressional, Capitol, Gaza, Israeli, Biden’s Democratic Party, The Associated Press, NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, Census, U.S . Agency for International Development, Department of Defense, Palestinian Health Ministry, The State Department, U.S ., Trump, Biden, Department, White, State, USAID, Washington Post, Foreign, Muslim, Associated Press, AP
Locations:
Gaza, United States, Israel, U.S, Cambodia, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Geneva