Rubio Fires Officer Over Hidden Relationship with Daughter of CCP Official

The order states that “all officers or employees charged with implementing the foreign policy of the United States must, under Article II, do so under the direction and authority of the President,” adding that “failure to faithfully implement the President’s policy is grounds for professional discipline, including separation.”

In a statement announcing the dismissal, the department said: “The Foreign Service Officer admitted to concealing a romantic relationship with a Chinese national, whom he said on camera ‘could have been a spy. ’ He also said that her father was ‘straight-up Communist Party.