TEHRAN, May 12 - A US State Department’s top expert on nuclear proliferation resigned this week after President Trump announced the US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Richard Johnson, who served as acting assistant coordinator in State’s Office of Iran Nuclear Implementation, had been involved in talks with countries that sought to salvage the deal in recent weeks, including Britain, France, and Germany — an effort that ultimately failed.
Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, announcing he will replace him with CIA Director Mike Pompeo.
The resignations and firings of senior officials is raising concerns in Washington of a coming "brain drain" around the president that will only make it more difficult for Trump to advance his already languishing policy agenda.
The ousters have sparked internal fears of an even larger exodus at the White House.
Trump's White House has descended into a period of unparalleled tumult amid a wave of staff departures, yet the president has rejected claims that the White House is in chaos.
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