BBC News: Reports " US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson appears to have been contradicted by the White House and his own department, after suggesting the US had softened its position on talks with North Korea. "
Lets Get Real:
To use a UK civil service term, the Secretary of State has been house trained, that means that the Secretary states what the State Department wants, not the other way around. In D.C the power of a Cabinet Minister depends on his/her influence with the President. In the Obama period, there were a few Secretaries of Defence due to the fact that President Obama didn't want to use America's power on the World Stage. The Secretaries found it hard to get the President to listen. Also President Obama thought he was the smartest man in the room, as the mistake of Syrian red line shows, he wa not. In the New Year this blog expects that the Secretary will retire, POTUS wants HIS Secretary of State in the State Department.
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