So we have very talented people that did not get promoted, that did not get promoted in the State Department because they did a great job, but they had a low DEI score. We got rid of that. That's not going to exist anymore. We are going to judge people on how good they are at the job that they do. And by the way, we're also opening to promoting people not just based on seniority. We have some very talented, and I say junior officers, like 10 years, 15 years is considered junior around here. (2:03:03–2:03:07)
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