A draft of the State Department’s wide-ranging Covid-19 Interim Review notes deep frustrations that career officials harbored regarding the past administration’s pandemic response
“The United States’ struggle to contain the virus, strident criticism of the World Health Organization and other multilateral institutions, and the politicized internal debate on science and mitigation measures undermined international trust in U.S. leadership,” it reads.
The document says the State Department ultimately found ways “to demonstrate international leadership and advance policy goals.” As examples, it points to regular calls that then-Deputy Secretary Steve Biegun held with counterparts in other countries to troubleshoot problems and discuss responses. It also praises the Department’s Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs for working to help fix supply chains for personal protective equipment.
The pandemic also “severely constrained” the Department’s ability to advance American foreign policy goals that weren’t related to the crisis, the report says, noting this problem was largely unavoidable. Restrictions on in-person gatherings, foreign counterparts’ singular focus on the pandemic, and “'Zoom fatigue’ among foreign officials” all hampered State’s efforts.
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