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Senior State Department official praises staff, urges continued engagement in farewell remarks
Summary
An unnamed senior State Department official delivered farewell remarks praising colleagues, warning of intensified global competition, and urging continued U.S. engagement and partnerships.
An unnamed senior State Department official delivered farewell remarks to Department staff, thanking colleagues by name and urging continued U.S. engagement in a more contested world.
The official opened by thanking longtime colleagues and singled out John Bass for partnership and leadership: "To John Bass, I will be forever indebted for your partnership, for your leadership, for your friendship." The speaker listed several senior staff and aides by name, including Susie George, Tom Sullivan, Jess Wright, Deputy Secretaries Kurt Campbell and Rich Verma, and predecessors Wendy Sherman and Brian McKeon.
The address placed the remarks in a…
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