U.S. State Dept cites standard practice in resignationsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Thursday that the outgoing administration in coordination with the incoming one had requested “all politically appointed officers submit letters of resignation” as is standard practice. “Of the officers whose resignations were accepted, some will continue in the Foreign Service in other positions and others will retire by choice or because they have exceeded the time limits of their grade in service,” a statement by acting State Department spokesman, Mark Toner, said. politicsNews
state dept cites standard practice resignationswashington reuters the state department said thursday outgoing administration coordination incoming one requested politically appointed officers submit letters resignation standard practice of officers whose resignations accepted continue foreign service positions others retire choice exceeded time limits grade service statement acting state department spokesman mark tower said politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: U.S. State Dept cites standard practice in resignationsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Thursday that the outgoing administration in coordination with the incoming one had requested “all politically appointed officers submit letters of resignation” as is standard practice. “Of the officers whose resignations were accepted, some will continue in the Foreign Service in other positions and others will retire by choice or because they have exceeded the time limits of their grade in service,” a statement by acting State Department spokesman, Mark Toner, said. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: state dept cites standard practice resignationswashington reuters the state department said thursday outgoing administration coordination incoming one requested politically appointed officers submit letters resignation standard practice of officers whose resignations accepted continue foreign service positions others retire choice exceeded time limits grade service statement acting state department spokesman mark tower said politicsnews