Democrats push Biden to diversify State Department

By Mica Soellner

Published January 11, 2021 3:59pm ET

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House Democrats are encouraging President-elect Joe Biden to diversify the State Department, citing the need for foreign ambassadors to reflect the demographics of the country.

Reps. Joaquin Castro and Veronica Escobar wrote to Antony Blinken, Biden’s nominee for secretary of state, that there are “grave disparities in racial and ethnic minority representation in the Foreign Service,” according to Axios.

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