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Unnamed State Department official, sworn in earlier, tells staff diplomacy must advance U.S. national interest
Summary
An unnamed official who said they were sworn in earlier by the vice president used a first-day address to Department of State staff to urge that U.S. foreign policy be centered on advancing national interests, strengthen the department's role in policy formulation, and support overseas and locally employed staff.
An unnamed official who said they were sworn in earlier by the vice president told staff at the U.S. Department of State that U.S. foreign policy should be “centered on one thing, and that is the advancement of our national interest.”
The official, speaking on what they described as their first day on the job, said the department should be at the center of how the United States formulates and executes foreign policy and pledged to make it faster and more effective. “We need to be ahead of [a changing world],” the official said.
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