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From the newsroom of the Washington Post,

this is Post Reports.

I'm routine powers.

It's Monday, May 18th.

Today, what it means that Trump is firing another inspector general,

and how UberEats is turning into the new speak easy.

So who is Steve Linek?

Steve Linek was the inspector general at the State Department.

He'd been in that role since 2013.

He was appointed to the position by President Obama,

but he's not a political appointee.

In fact, he'd served in the government in a number of different capacities over the years,

including at the Justice Department in both Republican and Democratic administrations.

And his job at the State Department was to act as the internal government watchdog.

He would investigate the way taxpayer dollars were being spent in the department.

He also would investigate various management issues,

enacting sort of as the eyes and ears of the public as an accountability mechanism inside the administration.

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