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Published on May 13, 2017 by Gary Grappo

Ex-ambassador to Secretary Rex Tillerson: You’re wrong, values matter in America

Published first at The Orlando Sentinel on May 11, 2017

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s remarks to State Department employees last week on values and interests in U.S. foreign policy were shocking. For them and billions of people around the world, they were discouraging and demoralizing. They betray a lack of understanding of the meaning of public service — especially of the Foreign Service — […]

Filed Under: Civil Society, Democracy, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, United States, US President

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