Take a good look people. This is J.C. Stevens, the slain ambassador, who was just appointed to the position in June.The senior guy he replaced was packed off to Ghana at the time. Like Brain Terry, he, a junior foreign service officer and two U.S. Marines slain with him were just pawns in a giant Obama game to downsize America's influence in the world.
I don’t know that your characterization of Stevens is correct.
William F Buckley was using the State Department as a Cover when he was kidnapped. Political Officer/Station Chief.
Stevens
Deputy Principal officer and Political Section Chief
-Jerusalem , Israel
Political Officer - Damascus Syria
consular/political officer - Cairo, Egypt
consular/economic officer in Riyadh.
Stevens had been around. He has been with the Foreign Service since 1991