from a source close to the white house, rex doesn't like that he is supposed to be the top diplomat and jared and ivanka stepped all over him. now he is not sending someone from the state department and not supporting ivanka trump. president obama attended once, secretary of state kerry last year, underselkt, staeassistant secretary of states, but originally the acting assistant secretary for the region was slated to be on the trip, she was then pulled by tillerson and staff. when i asked a spokesperson who are the senior people going on the trip, the list hasn't been officially published, they did give me a short list of the top u.s. government officials, but none of them were from the state department. there was an ambassador, but that person is already in india.