is there more concern and distress with the secretary of state from the white house? i think what s going to be interesting as we hear from this president in an hour is the speech he s going to be making which sort of lays out this trump doctrine, a lot of what he s calling for requires diplomacy, requires leaning on your secretary of state, on the state department which obviously that relationship we know is frayed, not to mention the state department dealing with its own issues right now with depar ttue departures, simply a lack of staffing among other issues right now. while the president has talked about beefing up the military, the doctrine calls for more diplomacy more broadly but it s unclear whether the diplomatic channels that exist, the president has the strength to execu execute. juan, i can attest that medium and top levels in the diplomatic core, they are