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Same fate as everyone else who attaches themselves with loyalty, unquestioning of donald trump. i'm reminded that pretty early on in the trump administration donald trump was asked by fox news about different ambassador posts. and at the time we didn't have an ambassador to south korea, when was important since he kept egging on kim jong-un. and donald trump said we don't know ambassadors in all these different posts, i can do everything. and i think donald trump genuinely believes that he doesn't need to have anyone around the world send itting to america's interests. >> they've always believ...

Trouble because of tweets. i don't take anybody believes that. it's a larger strategy to keep trump from having the people he needs in positions that are key. bureaucrats can continue to wield the power in those seats. it's really dangerous when you have situations like the investor to germany, a key post. particularly if the new national security advisor john bolton moves forward and getting out of the iran deal. you need somebody in germany. germany is becoming a more important place. it is something where the trump administration and united states in general could use a strong advocate such...

Everywhere and vacant ambassador posts in key posts, riyadh and key embassies around the world. >> mike pompeo is smart, he will move quickly to fix that. he will quickly appoint ambassadors to fill these open embassies, many of them are going to be career appointments. there are some things that pompeo ought to find no-brainers as he comes in. he has one thing going for him that tillerson never did, and that in some ways was fatal. tillerson could never speak for the president in a way that was credible. it was known around the world that this was a bad relationship, a bad marriage between th...

>> republican congressman james comer, thank you, enjoy the retreat. so turning pages, amid global turmoil, president trump leaves several key ambassador posts empty, still a year into the job. we're going to talk about that and the potential risk it poses next. hey julie, i know today's critical, but i really need... ...a sick day. dads don't take sick days... dads take dayquil severe. the non-drowsy, coughing, aching, fever, sore throat... ...stuffy head, no sick days medicine.

Zimbabwe, and i can't get an administration witness, there's no undersecretary for africa, for instance. a lot of ambassador posts are vacant. there just has been a lot of neglect, frankly. >> i still don't have a clue as to why that's taking place, but every person who's been involved in diplomacy over the last decades views it as being incredibly dangerous. >> over 150 spots at the state department filled by presidential appointment, around half have been nominated, roughly a third have been confirmed. president trump has brushed aside any concerns about the vacancy when asked about them on ...