"Professionalizing" ambassadors would mean they no longer work for the president - another chip away at our democracy in favor of the unelected administrative state. But from what I can see, Warren's actual plan is just generalities: https://medium.com/@teamwarren/revitalizing-diplomacy-a-21st-century-foreign-service-2d9d195698f …https://twitter.com/Nay_A_Smith/status/1164003856356978689 …
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Generals follow a chain of command. As do (or should) professional diplomats under the ambassador. SECDEF should still be the president's guy.
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Most host countries strongly prefer a political appointment Ambassador to a career State official.
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The hos*t nation government also generally wants an ambassador w/ political pull and access to the President.
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FYI, the overwhelming majority of our ambassadors are Foreign Services Officers—ie, professional civil servants and work for the president. You and
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