Podcast: The Consequences of Dismantling America’s Diplomatic Corps

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Podcast: The Consequences of Dismantling America’s Diplomatic Corps

The Week Ahead, Episode 81

Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson arrives for his confirmation hearing. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

By Shawn Zeller and Rachel Oswald

Posted December 1, 2017 at 4:46pm

CQ foreign policy reporter Rachel Oswald and defense editor Patrick B. Pexton discuss the turmoil at the State Department and what Congress can do about it.

RollCall

Show Notes:

Report: State’s Tillerson Could Be Replaced by CIA’s Pompeo
Tillerson Doesn’t Deny Calling Trump a ‘Moron’

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