Trump State Department in Cone of Silence for Lack of Staff
- Key posts remain unfilled at all levels of the department
- Trump to meet former Bush, Reagan aide Elliott Abrams Tuesday
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U.S. allies and adversaries looking for clarity on President Donald Trump’s foreign policy will have to wait a bit longer to get that guidance from Rex Tillerson’s State Department.
For the third consecutive week since Trump took office, State Department press briefings normally held every workday haven’t been scheduled, no chief of staff has been named and many of the most senior posts at the department remain vacant. By this time in the Obama administration, the State Department had given 11 daily briefings.