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Former US envoy to EU urges Biden to sack ambassadors
By EUobserver
Anthony Gardner, the former US ambassador to the EU, urged president-elect Joe Biden on Twitter to sack all ambassadors appointed by president Donald Trump on Inauguration Day. "Exactly four years ago I received telegram from incoming Trump team to vacate on Jan 20,'" Gardner tweeted on Sunday. "Time for similar telegram to go out now: all Trump politically-appointed ambassadors to leave Jan 20."