Dems torch Pompeo in report ahead of hearing
Two days before Secretary of State Mike Pompeo makes a long-awaited appearance on Capitol Hill, Senate Democrats plan to release a report that is highly critical of his management of the State Department.
The analysis, shared first with POLITICO, finds that vacancies, turnover and a fear of political retaliation plague the department well into President Donald Trump’s first term. At least one key State Department division has seen a significant rise in its staffers considering quitting, while others report myriad morale issues.
The report, titled “Diplomacy in Crisis: The Trump Administration’s Decimation of the State Department,” is produced by the Democratic staff on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. It runs more than 40 pages and is a synthesis of surveys, anecdotes, news articles and other data dealing with U.S. diplomacy stretching back to just before Trump took office.
The report argues that the coronavirus pandemic has further exposed the dangers of having a weak and strained State Department.
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