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I think what everyone wants is an independent civil service, not one of fealty to the "leader". Same for the military. A partisan civil service, and officer corps, is a recipe for very bad things. - 1pg

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I agree with you mostly. 99%+ of the civil servants are just cranking out their job although it seems like many of them refuse to return to their offices. The fact they are essentially immune from termination makes for bad optics now and then.

However the leadership of these agencies, certainly the director and the next layer or two beneath is another matter. This is where the deep state occurs in the way agency funds are requested and allocated, strategic leaks, resistance to congressional oversight, etc.

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