The vast majority of government staff are career professionals who know what they are doing, not political appointees who showed up in the past year.
The vast majority of government staff are career professionals who know what they are doing, not political appointees who showed up in the past year.
Right, if we change parent-poster's "staffed mostly with" to "controlled mostly by", I think that's an adequate fix.
And who've been subjected to a firing spree I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. It's the political appointees that are, frankly, there because of the connections and their willingness to, say, "work towards the ultimate leader".