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An Anti-Woke State Department?

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Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., January 29, 2019.

Joshua Roberts

When Marco Rubio arrives at Foggy Bottom next year, he’ll know where to find left-wing identitarian social programs — and have a key partner on Capitol Hill with whom to work on dismantling them.

As the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee’s oversight subcommittee, Representative Brian Mast, a combat veteran who received a Purple Heart after he lost his legs in an IED explosion, has been an aggressive interrogator of department officials who defended the indefensible, including, for example, the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Jimmy Quinn

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Jimmy Quinn

Jimmy Quinn is the former national security correspondent for National Review.

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