Biden: Foreign Service Officers and Career Civil Servants Are the 'Center of All That I Intend to Do' - February 5, 2021
By Eric Katz, Government Executive
Speaking at the State Department, Biden told those gathered and watching remotely that foreign service employees and career civil servants are essential to keeping the country running and to enacting his agenda. He noted that he worked with career diplomats as vice president and while he served in the Senate, where he chaired the Foreign Relations Committee, and personally witnessed their tireless efforts.