Missing ambassadors, inexperienced appointees – is Washington dropping the diplomatic ball?

October 7, 2026 · 12:10 pm 1 sources

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• Missing ambassadors, inexperienced appointees – is Washington dropping the diplomatic ball?
  This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. · October 7, 2026 12:10
  Almost half of US ambassador jobs remain vacant. Meanwhile, political appointees are outnumbering career diplomats being put forward.