04/25/2018
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"Data continues to show that African Americans and Americans of Hispanic origin continue to be severely underrepresented at the senior levels of the Foreign Service."
"So let me ask you this: why not remove all assignment restrictions right now?"
"The challenges that is faced by our foreign affairs and national security agencies in creating a more diverse workforce, they are not new."
"I think some other employee groups within the State Department are concerned that this is sort of a backdoor way to simply implement assignment restrictions."