A Strong State Department To Me Means

I Want To Make Sure That, Not Only In The Republican Party But In The Body Politic As A Whole, People Are Aware Of Threats That Remain To The United States.

I've Been In The Government Bureaucracy, I've Practiced Law, I've Done A Lot Of Different Things.

I'm Not Sure History Has Ended.

The Culture Of The State Department Is Very Negative Towards A Conservative Foreign Policy. And The Model That We All Have, Of Civil Servants As Neutral Careerists Who Carry Out The Policy Of The Elected President, Doesn't Work Nearly The Way It Should In The State Department. So That There Are Many People Who Want To Be Good Civil Servants, Who Want To Try And Carry Out These Policies, But Are Afraid To Do So. And I'm Not Even Counting The Very Small Number Of Conservatives In The State Department Who Are Genuinely At Risk.

A Strong State Department To Me Means A Corps Of Career Officials Who Believe That Their Job Is To Advocate America's Interests And Who Are Trained In Effective Advocacy, Not Schooled In Accommodation.