Posted: 2:21 am EST
It looks like the State Department is dropping the #swagger hashtag for the moment. There’s now a new hashtag #StateDeptStateside for trips to Iowa, Texas, Kansas, and who knows where else. They’re also selling this as a recruitment trip, but doesn’t the secretary of state know that he already has Diplomats in Residence (DIRs), career Foreign Service Officers located throughout the United States who are responsible for providing guidance and advice to students, professionals and the community about Department careers? The DIR Midwest located in Illinois covers Iowa, and there is actually one located in Texas! Yay! But hey, nothing else is going on in the world, so yes, it absolutely makes perfect sense for the secretary of state to be doing stateside trips to recruit personnel for the State Department.
Listen, just ditch the plane, folks. Make this a whistle-stop tour; say it saves money. On the way to Texas he’ll get to stop at plenty states without even trying. He can chat with folks at every stop. Easy peasy lemon squeezy pitch. Say come work at a national security agency that makes the world a better place; it’s such an important agency that they make half the people work with no pay while the other half are just sent home with no pay during a government shutdown. Also no one found the national security agency get out of shutdown free card until the 27th day of the shutdown, but that doesn’t matter. What matters is they found the card on the 27th day of the shutdown, and the money, so it’s all good now. No, it’s all great now! Sign up sheet to join over 75,000 warriors over there!
- DIR Northwest: Dorothy Ngutter (AK, Northern CA, OR, WA)
- DIR Southern California: Cecilia Choi (Southern CA, HI, NV)
- DIR Southwest: Kenneth Chavez (AZ, NM, Western TX)
- DIR Rocky Mountains: Stewart Devine (CO, ID, MT, UT, WY)
- DIR Texas: Julie Kavanagh (TX)
- DIR Central South: Tanya C. Anderson (AR, LA, MS)
- DIR Central: Kristin Stewart (KS, MO, NE, OK, SD)
- DIR Midwest: Dale Giovengo (IA, IL, MN, ND, WI)
- DIR North Central: Louis Fintor (IN, KY, MI, OH)
- DIR South: Vallera Gibson (Northern AL, Northern GA, TN, Northern MS)
- DIR Southeast: Amy Radetsky (Southern AL, Northern FL, Southern GA)
- DIR Southern Florida: Monique Quesada (Southern FL)
- DIR Mid-Atlantic: Kathryn Crockart (NC, SC, Southern VA)
- DIR New York Metro: Tiffany McGriff (NJ, NY, PA)
- DIR New England: Philip Beekman (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
- DIR DC Metro: TBD (DC, DE, MD, Northern VA, W VA)
It’s great to be in #DSMUSA to hear from some of the farmers, innovators, and entrepreneurs who make the American agriculture industry the most dynamic on earth. @StateDept is committed to advocating for you around the world! #StateDeptStateside pic.twitter.com/2Ixvw8yAtU
— Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) March 4, 2019
.@SecPompeo will travel to Houston, Texas on March 12 to deliver keynote remarks at @CERAweek’s “Reshaping the Energy Future” conference & participate in a roundtable with international energy firms on advancing Asia EDGE & the energy pillar of the Middle East Strategic Alliance. pic.twitter.com/2lvn1u87Zh
— Robert Palladino (@StateDeputySPOX) March 3, 2019
Pompeo is heading to Iowa and Texas this week to meet with ag leaders, energy co.'s, pitch more diplomat recruits from the heartland. When asked if an Iowa trip has anything to do with helping Trump in 2020, Pompeo said “That’s a ridiculous statement" https://t.co/WQXLQ7WblH
— Robbie Gramer (@RobbieGramer) March 4, 2019
HEADED TO IOWA: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo?
The popular presidential starting line is getting a visit from @realdonaldtrump's Cabinet when the agricultural heart of the US is suffering losses due to Chinese tariffs.https://t.co/RQniQDKx30
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) March 4, 2019
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