John Kerry

“John Kerry’s unique imprint on the State Department is beginning to become apparent,” said a top adviser not authorized to speak publicly.
Those familiar with Kerry’s thinking say it is all part of a broader objective.

“While enlisting many familiar faces from policy circles, Kerry has also frequently promoted from the career ranks of the Foreign Service and elevated more women to senior posts, according to his supporters in the department.

. . .His goal hasn’t been to reward friends, but to have a staff around him that can execute on an array of policy priorities and steer the ship of State when he’s traveling and must, by necessity, delegate authority,” said another State Department official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
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“He is very good about setting new places at the table for new faces, more so than his predecessor,” McCurry said of Kerry.