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Castro Statement on State Department Resignations

Statement

Date: Jan. 26, 2017
Location: San Antonio, TX
Issues: Foreign Affairs Government Operations

Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement regarding the resignation of several top State Department officials:

"This significant loss of institutional knowledge hurts our foreign policy apparatus. These public servants' expertise is badly needed in the administration of a uniquely inexperienced President. A strong State Department is essential, particularly during this tumultuous time in our world."


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