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The CIA should leave diplomacy to diplomats

By Michael Rubin
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The CIA should leave diplomacy to diplomats

CIA Director Bill Burns is a lifelong career diplomat and a former deputy secretary of state. He’s also an ambitious man.

Under ordinary circumstances, there is nothing wrong with that: Washington, D.C., is an ambitious town. Just as every senator looks in the mirror and sees a future president, every foreign service officer sees in his or her reflection a future secretary of state.

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