Colin Powell in The Boston Globe

On Foreign Policy: State Dept shakeup: More funds; more career officers

As part of a State Department shake-up, Secretary-designate Colin Powell is leaning toward abolishing about 70 special envoy positions as well as the War Crimes Bureau, according to department officials. The possible changes, among several to be instituted by Powell, are based on his belief that career foreign service officers have been under-appreciated and underused for many years. US diplomats have high expectations that Powell not only will give them better jobs but will bring more funds into the State Department, which now receives 1/16th as much as the Defense Department.

Powell and a small team of close advisers have settled into the labyrinthine State Department building, quietly holding dozens of meetings during the last two weeks with foreign service officers representing nearly every bureau. He first met with those specializing in Africa, a surprise to many given the lack of attention by Bush during the campaign.

Source: John Donnelly, Boston Globe, p. A5 on Bush Cabinet Jan 6, 2001

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