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They all speak very highly of him in terms of their meetings with him. if you continue to see as we've seen over the last week and talked yesterday about this mounting criticism on capitol hill about secretary tillerson's management at the state department, if they -- these world leaders continue to see secretary tillerson marginalized or criticized or downgraded in any way, it's going to make his diplomacy less effective and already you've seen because there's these unfilled positions at the state department, you've seen leaders and diplomats have told me, i'm going straight to the white hous...

Sure, there is a morale issue. >> you saw this week there were a lot of stories, statements on the hill by supporters of secretary tillerson like john mccain, bob corker, calling into question this redesign effort he has at the state department. a letter by the president of the foreign service association saying they're leaving in droves, that the foreign service and the state department are being hollowed out. now, the numbers don't necessarily suggest, a kind of mass exodus but at the same time there is this morale problem at the state department. everyone acknowledges they don't feel as if ...

Administration. it's really felt here at the state department. now when secretary tillerson goes across the world and talks to the embassies, he's always telling those employees that there are 25,000 worldwide, your work is valued. but here in washington, here in the billing i think there is a morale problem that the state department is starting to realize that they need to address and they're trying to do that. >> saying it out loud at the state department briefing. elise, thank you very much. for me in washington. i want to get to a major update now to this harrowing story that cnn first r...

Spokeswoman acknowledging this bad morale and saying, what, hang in there? >> listen, brooke, you've seen the stories over the last couple of days. this is maybe the second or third wave of stories about dissatisfaction at the state department here. concern on capitol hill about secretary of state rex tillerson's management practices, that a lot of positions aren't being filled. the latest wave was prompted by this letter by the head of the american foreign service association, the union that represents the foreign service, that senior career services officers are leaving in droves. now it -- ...

Tillerson's closest allies like bob corker say they need more answers, that they want him to promote pore people, they want to fill more positions, they want to keep those senior levels of the foreign service. now the numbers don't necessarily right now indicate any kind of mass exodus, although a lot of people at the senior ranks have left, but i think that there is really a morale problem at the state department, erica. a lot of people don't feel secretary tillerson appreciates that long-time experience. he has a little bit more of an insular and this whole distrustful attitude of long-time ...