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The isolation of the State Department in Trump's White House

Hosted by Warren Olney Aug. 01, 2017 National
Career diplomats say the Trump Administration is "hollowing out" the State Department with no clear foreign policy from the Secretary of State or the White House. Congress is already showing impatience as the President has yet to sign a sanctions bill passed with veto-proof majorities.

Photo: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson addresses reporters at a joint press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, on April 12, 2017. (State Department)

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Warren Olney

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Sáša Woodruff, Katie Cooper, Devan Schwartz, Gideon Brower

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