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Diplomatic security nominee warns of mission trade‑offs amid deputizations, vows candid resource assessments
Summary
Todd Wilcox, President Trump’s nominee to lead the State Department’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security, told senators he will assess personnel and resources against the bureau’s core missions and be candid about trade‑offs after recent reassignments and deputizations.
Todd Wilcox, President Trump’s nominee to be assistant secretary of state for diplomatic security, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee he would conduct a full assessment of personnel, infrastructure and organizational alignment and be “professionally candid” about resource trade‑offs if he cannot meet every assigned mission.
Wilcox emphasized three core lines of effort for the Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS): embassy operations and security overseas, dignitary protection, and law‑enforcement investigations, and said he would shape personnel and resources to those priorities. He told the committee he will “hold everyone accountable to high standards of…
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