In Washington, D.C., the labor union representing foreign service employees warns the Trump administration is undermining U.S. diplomacy at a “dizzying speed,” as it reduces the number of senior diplomatic positions while pressing a hiring freeze across the State Department. Since Trump took office, three of the State Department’s five career ambassadors have retired or quit, and nearly half of career ministers—the next rank down—have also left. In a letter to members of the American Foreign Service Association this week, Ambassador Barbara Stephenson writes, “The talent being shown the door now is not only our top talent, but also talent that cannot be replicated overnight. The rapid loss of so many senior officers has a serious, immediate, and tangible effect on the capacity of the United States to shape world events.”