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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Mon Apr 30, 2018, 09:39 AM Apr 2018

Erica Pandey 1 hour ago

The Trump administration has not appointed diplomats to 38 ambassadorships around the world, reflecting a larger issue of key vacancies across the State Department, reports Foreign Policy.

Why it matters: Some of the regions missing ambassadors are crucial to the U.S.'s foreign policy priorities. South Korea is missing a top diplomat amid negotiations with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, and the European Union and Mexico have vacancies as those nations try to avoid a trade war with the U.S.

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https://www.axios.com/countries-missing-us-ambassadors-south-korea-eu-31d03e54-4a5d-49c9-bc6a-9877ada1bef0.html?utm_source=sidebar