State Dept. reacts to staffer's public resignation over Israel offensive in Gaza

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The Department of State has responded to inquiries about a staffer who publicly resigned over U.S. inaction regarding the ongoing Israeli offensive in Gaza.

Speaking at a press briefing on Wednesday, State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller pushed back on former staffer Annelle Sheline's public resignation earlier in the day, which she told outlets was due to being "unable to serve an administration that enables such atrocities" occurring in Gaza.

"She was a fellow at the State Department and, in my understanding, had just finished the first year of a fellowship that could have gone for two years and did not exercise her option to return for a second year as a fellow," Miller told reporters.

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He continued, "There is a broad diversity of views inside the State Department about our policy with respect to Gaza just as there is a broad diversity in the State Department about our policy in a number of important foreign policy issues. As there is a broad diversity of views and opinions throughout American society about this issue and others."

Sheline, in a public display of disapproval towards President Biden's administration, resigned Wednesday from her job as a foreign affairs officer in