Your assessment of Secretary Albright needing more staff support on East Asian issues is rather “diplomatic,” Alexis. Having served both in Tokyo, including during her first visit there as Secretary, and in the East Asia Bureau at State during her tenure, I had the strong impression that Albright neither cared about nor particularly liked the region. Great Holbrooke story, though.
David. You’re exactly right. And I struggled with how to characterize that aspect. If it were just you and me talking, I might have put it another way. In an earlier draft, I found myself speaking about how things don’t always go smoothly in such meetings and that human beings, even high level policy wonk ones, are not machines. Not yet. 😉. Thanks for reading.
Your assessment of Secretary Albright needing more staff support on East Asian issues is rather “diplomatic,” Alexis. Having served both in Tokyo, including during her first visit there as Secretary, and in the East Asia Bureau at State during her tenure, I had the strong impression that Albright neither cared about nor particularly liked the region. Great Holbrooke story, though.
David. You’re exactly right. And I struggled with how to characterize that aspect. If it were just you and me talking, I might have put it another way. In an earlier draft, I found myself speaking about how things don’t always go smoothly in such meetings and that human beings, even high level policy wonk ones, are not machines. Not yet. 😉. Thanks for reading.
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