Good for him. His primary goal as given to him by the president is to clear the fog from Foggy Bottom. To examine just what goes on there and restructure it to make it work efficiently. An almost impossible task for any government agency. How can he even send names to the president when he doesn’t yet know whether or not the positions are truly necessary?
WASHINGTON — The stampede of diners who once rushed through the State Department’s vast cafeteria has ebbed, with diplomats who previously grabbed quick bites between meetings now lingering over Korean barbecue and checking their phones for some kind of news.
Many have little to do until the Trump administration starts filling the nearly 200 jobs at the department that require Senate confirmation, and their agendas look increasingly as though they will remain empty. Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson has done almost nothing to select leaders for the White House’s consideration, and nominations for assistant secretaries and others who largely run the State Department are unlikely to be made for months.
Read much more @ https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/us/politics/state-department-diplomats-tillerson.html
WASHINGTON — The stampede of diners who once rushed through the State Department’s vast cafeteria has ebbed, with diplomats who previously grabbed quick bites between meetings now lingering over Korean barbecue and checking their phones for some kind of news.
Many have little to do until the Trump administration starts filling the nearly 200 jobs at the department that require Senate confirmation, and their agendas look increasingly as though they will remain empty. Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson has done almost nothing to select leaders for the White House’s consideration, and nominations for assistant secretaries and others who largely run the State Department are unlikely to be made for months.
Read much more @ https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/us/politics/state-department-diplomats-tillerson.html
