Pompeo’s loyalty and access to Trump has given him unusual influence in a White House wracked by turmoil and turnover.
But like Tillerson, Pompeo did not fight the White House when it proposed budget cuts of up to 30% for the State Department and its various arms, including the U.S. Agency for International Development, a major conduit for disaster aid. Congress restored some of the money last year, but further cuts loom for 2020.
Pompeo also has appointed an unusual number of Republican donors, rather than career diplomats, to senior positions.
Democrats have not questioned Bulatao’s qualifications. Sen. Robert Menendez , the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has blocked the nomination over his demand for internal documents about whether political appointees at the State Department searched social media for signs that other employees were criticizing Trump. The department’s inspector general is investigating allegations of political retribution.
Pompeo’s supporters contend his partisan bent is no longer unusual, noting that traditional bipartisanship has given way to a more divisive style of politics, even in foreign policy.
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