For the first year and a half of the current administration, this was precisely the predicament for American ambassadors and diplomats in Africa. The bureaucratic process that churns out the government’s official policy for countries and regions had not come to a decision on the US policy goals for a continent with fifty-four countries and over one billion people. While junior US diplomats might not have noticed as they carried out their day-to-day tasks, the chiefs of mission (ambassadors), who have to explain US policy to the host government and public, certainly would.
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