Biden donors, friends, and former aides expected on first slate of high-profile ambassadors
By Tyler Pager and Anne Gearan The Washington Post,Updated April 27, 2021, 2 hours ago
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WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is expected to begin naming his choices for high-profile ambassador postings in May or possibly as soon as this week, several people familiar with White House plans said, revealing winners among a pecking order of Biden friends, donors and aides that spans decades.
Biden donors, friends and former aides expected on first slate of high-profile ambassadors
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Because now we learn the U.S. State Department is just too white, painfully staffed with insufficient amounts of People of Color.
STATE DEPARTMENT HAS A SYSTEMIC DIVERSITY PROBLEM Blinken’s State Department is racing to address a 232-year-old problem: the department’s overwhelming and entrenched whiteness,
departmental Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, and appointing a Deputy Assistant Secretary in every departmental bureau to take charge of diversity, equity and inclusion issues. He’s also talked to HBCU students and met with staff groups to hear firsthand about their experiences
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WASHINGTON – The Biden administration has yet to nominate any U.S. ambassadors to overseas posts even though it has nearly 90 vacancies to fill – from geopolitical hot spots in Beijing and Mexico City to plum posts in Rome and London.
The delay comes as the White House weighs how many slots to reserve for deep-pocketed donors and political allies, a controversial but routine practice that critics say could undermine President Joe Biden s promise to restore America s global standing.
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WASHINGTON – The Biden administration has yet to nominate any U.S. ambassadors to overseas posts even though it has nearly 90 vacancies to fill – from geopolitical hot spots in Beijing and Mexico City to plum posts in Rome and London.
The delay comes as the White House weighs how many slots to reserve for deep-pocketed donors and political allies, a controversial but routine practice that critics say could undermine President Joe Biden s promise to restore America s global standing. Sending the fashion designers and the movie moguls to London and Berlin and Paris actually is more worrisome and problematic now than it has ever been, said Brett Bruen, a former foreign service office who worked on global engagement in the Obama administration. Because those are the countries that are doubting … whether or not we are truly going to be a reliable partner.”
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