We have redone the whole process by which we do promotions in the career Foreign Service. We've redone it in a way that prioritizes the right things. There were people not being promoted in the State Department because even though they were exemplar foreign officers, their DEI score under the previous administration was too low. There were people that were being because they weren't committed enough to the DEI cause. (2:02:39–2:02:50)
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Asserts that State Department promotions were previously affected by DEI scores.
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