Posted on 02/13/2020 4:11:45 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Subtitle: These were her first public remarks since testifying before Congress.
Former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch said the State Department is "in trouble," with senior leaders who lack "moral clarity" and "policy vision," in her first public remarks since testifying before Congress.
Accepting an award for excellence in diplomacy at Georgetown University, Yovanovitch also took an apparent shot at President Donald Trump's foreign policy: "An amoral, keep 'em guessing foreign policy that substitutes threats, fear and confusion for trust, cannot work over the long haul."
During her remarks and a question-and-answer session, Yovanovitch never said Trump's name and only mentioned Secretary of State Mike Pompeo directly when discussing his recent trip to Kyiv, Ukraine. But her remarks could be taken as a criticism of Trump's foreign policy, a defense of the State Department and a call to "reinvest" in diplomacy.
"Working off of facts is not the trademark of the deep state, but of the deeply committed state," she said Wednesday night. "Truth matters."
"It's important to allow the folks with regional expertise, experience, language skills and relationships to lead in our foreign policy," she added.
Without mentioning him, Yovanovitch condemned the "senior leaders" of the department.
"Right now, the State Department is in trouble. Senior leaders lack policy vision, moral clarity and leadership skills. The policy process has been replaced by decisions emanating from the top, with little discussion. Vacancies at all levels go unfilled, and officers are increasingly wondering whether it's safe to express concerns about policy, even behind closed doors," she said.
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Clean house. Get rid of anyone remotely connected with obama or shrillery
What a novel notion. That’s never occurred to anyone before.
Obviously she doesn’t like to see her swamp being drained. The President still has a great deal of work to do getting the State Dept drained and cleansed of the embedded leftists borrowed into it.
Possibly the worst dept. of the Fedzilla.
The senior leadership does not lack vision. They just lack HER vision. If she had her way, the sellout of America would continue.
“Moral clarity” air quotes
Where was this ‘itch when Hillary Clinton had Mommar Gaddafi whacked in a war crime abuse, torture, and murder of a prisoner of war and then went on CBS News to brag about it and laugh?
Exposing herself as part of the coup.
Imagine that.
Crazy talk.
If you want to know why the USA is being overrun by third world “migrants” look no farther than Foggy Bottom.
This POS does not get it: the President sets foreign policy and the sec of state carries it out.
I’ll take “Unclear on the Concept” for $1,000, Alex.
She’s right. The 0bama holdovers lack morality.
“ It’s important to allow the folks with regional expertise, experience, language skills and relationships to lead in our foreign policy,” she added.”
I’d say her arrogance is shocking, but it’s no anymore.
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Yjis goes to what some of us have been saying....Anbassadors do NOT make policy. She implies they do in this little ditty.
More and more every day it seems we are not going to get our country back from these people without killing a whole bunch of them. Regrettable but you just can’t share a country with people who are dangerously delusional.
“It’s important to allow the folks with regional expertise, experience, language skills and relationships to lead in our foreign policy,”
Nope, sorry moron. You IMPLEMENT the President’s orders, you don’t lead anything.
Bush43 never cleaned house at State and they undermined him every step of the way.
The State Department undermines this nation over and over because it is dedicated to collectivism and global socialism, not individual liberty and capitalism.
She’s done.
Only thing left is cash in a few speaking fees before she is forgotten.
The policy process has been replaced by decisions emanating from the top...
Imagine that.
Crazy talk.
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Tail waggin the dog
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