secretary state rex tillerson good get busy run state department entire senior level management officials resign wednesday allege president donald trump part ongoing mass exodus senior foreign service officer follow trump election.trump team look people fill tillerson number one two position well three officials look replace state department undersecretary management patrick kennedy washington post report kennedy hold job nine years hop keep tillerson actively involve transition.then suddenly suddenly wednesday afternoon kennedy three top officials resign unexpectedly four state department officials confirm assistant secretary state administration joyce anne barr assistant secretary state consular affairs michele bond ambassador gentry o. smith director office foreign missions follow door career foreign service officer serve republican democratic administrations.on jan. 20th assistant secretary state diplomatic security gregory starr retire day director bureau overseas build operations lydia muniz leave position single big simultaneous departure institutional memory anyone remember incredibly difficult replicate david wade serve state department chief staff secretary state john kerry tell paper department expertise security management administrative consular position particular difficult replicate particularly difficult find private sector since election several senior foreign service officer state department regional bureaus also resign retire retirements big loss leave void say wade difficult people replace sort mass exodus never happen partisan issue officials work republican democratic administrations.meanwhile newly mint twitter-addicted president busy send mean-girl tweet unsecured android try prove popular vote even though t. madman white house senior officials state department want part former reality show star presidency.photo win mcnamee/getty image exodus state department entire senior management team quit trump