I wonder why they thought they had to put that in writing.
"Shift in American foreign policy"? Where have these people been?Three months into his tenure as secretary of state, Rex Tillerson alarmed veteran diplomats with remarks that sounded like a potential shift in American foreign policy: The U.S., he said, should be careful not to let values like human rights create "obstacles" to the pursuit of its interests.
Politico
He thought he had to spell that out for Tillerson? An Exxon Mobil CEO?Two weeks later, a top Tillerson adviser wrote up a short tutorial, in the form of a confidential memo to his boss, recapping “the debate over how far to emphasize human rights, democracy promotion, and liberal values in American foreign policy.”
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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