All of the US agencies and departments deserve at least a 30% budget cut. This is a good start.
I don't think Trump gives a hoot which department any of us think deserves the first cut.
I would accept an across the board 30% cut.
All of the US agencies and departments deserve at least a 30% budget cut. This is a good start.
I don't think Trump gives a hoot which department any of us think deserves the first cut.
I would like to see verification that these are the best and the brightest... I have gotten the impression that the source of much "new blood" has been from a very small Ivy League pool, and have also read senior FSO complaints that new officers hired over the last few years are extremely shallow in the their knowledge. Heavy on social justice and climate alarm, short on actual history of how the international situation came to be. I've thought for some time the State Dept as well as the rest of the government would be greatly advantaged if they cast a wider net and accepted a broader range of applicants.
The FSO that recently served as Ambassador to Qatar was not a stellar example of FSO commitment to mission, and I can say that the one ambassador I met in the ME while on duty did not hide her political orientation, one opposite of the President she was serving under, so I have some doubt that she faithfully executed her mission when we couldn't see what she was doing. Frankly, the military seems to have had much more success and access in diplomatic contacts in the Mideast than our State Department.
By the way, I find your conclusion that a smaller military footprint and a larger State Department can help us "avoid being dragged into conflicts we shouldn't be in" to be hilarious after the recent debacles by the former SecStates and POTUS.
No, I think you're the one with false exchange. Your premise is, essentially, that the foreign service must stop every stupid US entanglement in order to be looked upon as being beneficial. You might as well say cops are failures because they don't deter all crime. The logic is the same. You never know of what has been avoided due to a particular action, but the the things that do happen, you find fault the institution tasked with trying to prevent it.
No, I think you're the one with false exchange. Your premise is, essentially, that the [STRIKE]foreign service[/STRIKE] [immigration ban EO] must stop every [STRIKE]stupid[/STRIKE] [jihadist] US [STRIKE]entanglement[/STRIKE] [attack] in order to be looked upon as being beneficial. You might as well say [STRIKE]cops are failures[/STRIKE] [extreme vetting is a failure] because [STRIKE]they don't[/STRIKE] [it doesn't] deter all [STRIKE]crime[/STRIKE] [attacks]. The logic is the same. You never know of what has been avoided due to a particular action, but the the things that do happen, you find fault the institution tasked with trying to prevent it.
Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga called each other "brothers" during a surprise joint TV address.
Mr Odinga has sworn himself in as the "people's president" and refused to recognise Mr Kenyatta as head of state.
The announcement came shortly before the arrival of US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Kenya.
Speaking in Nairobi Mr Tillerson later praised the two men for taking "a very positive step".
Wow, he speaks Nairobi?? I never knew that.
what has he said about South African land grab?
This Tillerson guy, he seems like he knows what he's doing....
Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga now 'brothers' - BBC News
He may become my 2d favorite Secretary of State, behind Condi.
This Tillerson guy, he seems like he knows what he's doing....
Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga now 'brothers' - BBC News
He may become my 2d favorite Secretary of State, behind Condi.
This Tillerson guy, he seems like he knows what he's doing....
Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga now 'brothers' - BBC News
He may become my 2d favorite Secretary of State, behind Condi.
This must be your lucky day.
Now you can refer to both of them in the past tense.
Much purple as needed.
Doug