The John Kerry-Tony Blinken Relationship Has a Worrisome Analogue from the 1950s
Eisenhower thought he could appoint a secretary of State and a disarmament czar. In the end, his administration suffered.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower sits between John Foster Dulles (left) and Harold Stassen (right). | Photo by Corbis via Getty Images
By TEVI TROY
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Tevi Troy is a presidential historian and former White House aide. His latest book, which includes a section on the Stassen-Dulles relationship, is Fight House: Rivalries in the White House from Truman to Trump.
In filling out his administration, Joe Biden has put not just one but two high-profile, high-powered individuals at the top of his State Department. For secretary of State, he has selected longtime aide and confidant Antony Blinken. He has also created a new Cabinet-level position, climate czar, and given the job to John Kerry, a former senator, presidential candidate and secretary of State (in which position Kerry