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The National Interest Online
April 12, 2018
In a May 4, 1948, policy memorandum, Kennan—then head of the State Department's policy planning staff—argued that “in broadest definition, political warfare is the employment of all the means at a nation's command, short of war, to achieve its national objectives.” In Kennan's view, political warfareÃâà...
Task & Purpose
April 5, 2018
Sullivan served as director of policy planning under Clinton in the State Department, and the article resembles a planning document. It assesses the changes the ... The policy planning staff that Sullivan once directed may not be the best place for such preparation to happen, but it would be good if it were.
ABC News
April 5, 2018
While many State Department officials agreed the organization could use reform and streamlining processes, it was this how Tillerson treated employees -- and his support for those proposed budget cuts -- that alienated him. He created a tight inner circle, centered around his Policy Planning staff, whichÃâà...
The Real News Network
April 2, 2018
Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Government and Public Policy Lawrence Wilkerson's last positions in government were as Secretary of State Colin Powell's Chief of Staff (2002-05), Associate Director of the State Department's Policy Planning staff under the directorship of Ambassador Richard N. Haass,Ãâà...
The Real News Network
March 26, 2018
Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Government and Public Policy Lawrence Wilkerson's last positions in government were as Secretary of State Colin Powell's Chief of Staff (2002-05), Associate Director of the State Department's Policy Planning staff under the directorship of Ambassador Richard N. Haass,Ãâà...
Center for Human Rights in Iran
March 22, 2018
Finally, internal emails reveal that, despite terminating Ms. Nowrouzzadeh's position on the Policy Planning Staff three months early for the foregoing improper reasons, State Department officials then tried to offer a misleading characterization of her actions: that she had been “return[ed] to a parent office ofÃâà...
TPM
March 19, 2018
Brian Hook, who held various government positions under the George W. Bush administration and who was appointed by President Trump last year, is currently the director of the State Department's Policy Planning Staff. Hook also has worked for Iowa's former Republican Governor Terry Branstad. EdwardÃâà...
Politico
March 17, 2018
Pompeo is expected to visit the State Department on Monday for handover talks with Tillerson, according to an internal readout of a State Department .... Brian Hook, the director of the secretary's Policy Planning Staff is arguably the second most-powerful person at State, playing a major role in crafting andÃâà...
New York Magazine
March 16, 2018
Hook's deputy, Edward Lacey, referred to several of the career public servants on the Policy Planning staff as “Obama/Clinton loyalists not at all supportive of President Trump's foreign policy agenda.” These new revelations strongly suggest that the exodus of career talent from the State Department overÃâà...
CBS News
March 16, 2018
Two top Democrats claim they have evidence staffers at the State Department were removed for political reasons. ... deputy chief of staff Christine Ciccone, senior White House adviser Matthew Mowers, director of the policy planning staff Brian Hook, deputy director of the policy planning staff Edward LaceyÃâà...
GovExec.com
March 15, 2018
Political appointees at the State Department targeted career employees for their work during the Obama administration and discussed “cleaning” out civil servants ... The story attacked Nowrouzzadeh for her work during the Obama administration, and she asked Brian Hook, the Policy Planning Staff director and her boss,Ãâà...
History News Network (HNN)
March 15, 2018
This 1974 cable from the US Embassy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, one of the earliest sent via the Dissent Channel, is one of dozens of messages, together with responses by the State Department's Policy Planning Staff, posted today by the National Security Archive. Cables sent via the Dissent Channel areÃâà...
Politico
March 15, 2018
By the time Trump took office in January 2017, Nowrouzzadeh was on a yearlong detail to the State Department's Policy Planning Staff, a kind of in-house think tank for the secretary of state, where she focused on Iran and the Gulf Arab states. Hook, a former George W. Bush administration official generallyÃâà...
TPM
March 15, 2018
House Democrats on Thursday accused Trump-appointed officials in the State Department and at the White House of working with outside ... Nowrouzzadeh reached out to her advisor Brian Hook, a political appointee and director of the State Department's Policy Planning Staff, seeking that he help herÃâà...
FederalNewsRadio.com
March 15, 2018
Whistleblower: White House, State Department officials sought removal of career employees not 'supportive' of Trump ... “The Department of State confirmed that it will be making a transition from a hiring freeze to a new Strategic Hiring Initiative that aligns its workforce-planning with the Administration'sÃâà...
POLITICO Magazine
March 14, 2018
This situational awareness would have come in handy last year when Tillerson renovated the seventh floor of the State Department to create more office space for a greatly expanded policy planning staff of politically appointed advisers. Career officials viewed the move as an attempt to replicate theÃâà...
Sputnik International
March 13, 2018
"There are real difficulties ahead for these talks including whether this is just a diversion by North Korea, whether Trump will prove to be able to understand all the issues, and if any agreement will truly de-nuclearize the Koreas," Blaney, who served on the State Department Policy Planning Staff (PPS) in theÃâà...
The Real News Network
March 12, 2018
Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Government and Public Policy Lawrence Wilkerson's last positions in government were as Secretary of State Colin Powell's Chief of Staff (2002-05), Associate Director of the State Department's Policy Planning staff under the directorship of Ambassador Richard N. Haass,Ãâà...
ABC News
March 8, 2018
While Jacobson was absent, Kushner did have with him Kimberly Breier, Trump's pick to be the top diplomat for North and South America. Breier is a member of the State Department policy planning staff and was announced Monday as the administration's nominee for assistant secretary of state for WesternÃâà...
WLS-TV
March 8, 2018
Former State Department spokesman John Kirby tweeted that it was "diplomatic malpractice, worse given Kushner's inexperience & security clearance" ... Breier is a member of the State Department policy planning staff and was announced Monday as the administration's nominee for assistant secretary ofÃâà...
The Central New York Business Journal
March 1, 2018
... Haass previously served as the senior Middle East advisor to President George H.W. Bush and director of the U.S. Department of State's policy-planning staff, ... A recipient of the state department's Distinguished Honor Award, the Presidential Citizens Medal, and the Tipperary International Peace Award,Ãâà...
The Real News Network
March 1, 2018
Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Government and Public Policy Lawrence Wilkerson's last positions in government were as Secretary of State Colin Powell's Chief of Staff (2002-05), Associate Director of the State Department's Policy Planning staff under the directorship of Ambassador Richard N. Haass,Ãâà...
The New Yorker
February 28, 2018
To some extent, it may be domestic,” Richard N. Haass, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations and the former head of the State Department's policy-planning staff, told me. “All these countries face real challenges in terms of economic growth and employment and distribution of wealth. As a resultÃâà...
CSS Resources (blog)
February 26, 2018
This initiative should be run through the State Department's Foreign Military Financing program and provide a mix of grant assistance, as well as loans to .... He served in the State Department from 2011 to 2017, where served on the Secretary's Policy Planning Staff and as Senior Advisor to the UnderÃâà...
Al-Monitor
February 19, 2018
He previously worked as a senior State Department official in both the Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush administrations, including on the policy planning staff under veteran Middle East peace negotiator Dennis Ross. Expectation for the appointment had come as the Trump administration has sought aÃâà...
The Real News Network
February 13, 2018
Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Government and Public Policy Lawrence Wilkerson's last positions in government were as Secretary of State Colin Powell's Chief of Staff (2002-05), Associate Director of the State Department's Policy Planning staff under the directorship of Ambassador Richard N. Haass,Ãâà...
Yale Daily News (blog)
February 12, 2018
President Donald Trump last week announced his intent to nominate Jeffrey Nadaner GRD '02 as assistant secretary of the Department of Commerce for Export Enforcement. Nadaner currently serves as the director of the Brute Krulak Center for Applied Creativity at the Marine Corps University and holdsÃâà...
The Hill
February 7, 2018
By shrinking the State Department, the Trump administration is effectively doing Russian diplomats' jobs for them, allowing Putin to advance an alternate world view of kleptocratic authoritarianism, ... From 2009-2012, he served on Secretary Clinton's policy planning staff at the U.S. Department of State.
The Real News Network
February 6, 2018
Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Government and Public Policy Lawrence Wilkerson's last positions in government were as Secretary of State Colin Powell's Chief of Staff (2002-05), Associate Director of the State Department's Policy Planning staff under the directorship of Ambassador Richard N. Haass,Ãâà...
POLITICO Magazine
December 31, 1999
I worked at the State Department for more than 10 years, as a civil servant and a political appointee, in a wide range of positions. The good ... Re-establishing an office of sanctions experts, instead of assigning it as another task to your already overworked Policy Planning staff, is a key step. Sanctions is oneÃâà...
Politico
December 31, 1999
State Department employees had one main reaction to Rex Tillerson's ouster as secretary of state on Tuesday: “Good riddance.” .... Tillerson's insular management style was reinforced by several of his top aides, including Peterlin and Hook, the director of the secretary's Policy Planning Staff. Hook'sÃâà...
