Friday, December 1, 2017

Tillerson, Pompeo and the undoing of the State Department


Tara D. Sonenshine, newsday.com


Image from article, with caption: Combination photo of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, left, and his potential replacement, CIA Director Mike Pompeo.

Excerpt:

Hawks are everywhere in the Trump administration, along with military figures and conservative politicians. How would Pompeo translate those credentials to a position that requires, well, diplomacy? ...

Buckle your seatbelts.

Tara D. Sonenshine is a senior career coach at The George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs and former U.S. under secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs. These views are her own.

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