(Archived document, may contain errors) March 5, 1984 HOW THE W HITE HOUSE CAN REGAIN CONTROL OF FOREIGN POLICY INTRODUCTION The authority and influence of the careerists in the United States Foreign Service' have increased considerably during the Administration of a President who came to Washington intent on reducing the federal bureaucracy. This anomalous situation di- rectly affects foreign policy decisionmaking, which in turn limits the ability of the American people to direct the course of foreign policy through the electoral process.
The United States Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken on Thursday urged African nations to oppose Russia's invasion of Ukraine during a phone call with Senegalese President and African Union Assembly Chairperson Macky Sall.
Ms Leaf has extensive experience in the Middle East, having served as ambassador to the UAE from 2014 to 2018 and before that in a number of positions in the State Department, including deputy assistant secretary of state for the Arabian Peninsula, deputy assistant secretary for Iraq and the first director of the Office of Iranian Affairs.
A career diplomat, Ms Leaf has served across the region over the last two and half decades. She has held posts in Tunis, Basra, Kuwait City, Cairo and Jerusalem. She speaks Arabic, French, Italian and Serbo-Croatian, according to the State Department.
Her policy views point to advocating robust US diplomacy in the region. As a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Ms Leaf co-authored a report that rebuked the Trump administration for threatening to close the US embassy in Baghdad.