It would be tough working in the state department. I have heard there a lot of entrenched people who have a more liberal view of foreign policy and they buck republican administrations all the way.
Hopefully, he'll go back to CIA where he was for a long time a voice in the wilderness.
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Here's an excerpt from today:
One of our Diplomads has burrowed deep within the bureaucracy at HQS back in Washington and sends us the following emailed report on reactions to the Bush win. We have edited out anything that might give the enemy information to identify our agent:
I was telling a friend who voted for Kerry my theory as to why so many State Dept weenies (Note: a technical term) have it in for Bush.
This is the guy who told the President that "They will have flies on their eyeballs" talking about the Taliban and Al Qaeda before we conquered Afghanistan.
Actually, Cofer Black I believe is one of the pro-Bush CIA/State Dept people. Wrong guy to pick on.