The long-term damage to the department is something foreign policy gurus from both Republican and Democratic administrations worry about. “At the top, senior career officials have been shown the door,” says former Obama administration State Department veteran Max Bergmann. Most every serious foreign policy from center left to conservative opposed his candidacy and was then excluded from conversation. Those with high ethical standards and integrity in their foreign policy views did not line up to serve. The result is an unfit president with a mediocre, at best, State Department.

Source: Washington Post February 19, 2018 20:26 UTC