Trump’s team weighs retooling State to focus on terror
The shift could mean less focus on climate change and more focus on promoting the use of the term ‘radical Islam.’
By Nahal Toosi and Josh Dawsey
01/18/17 05:04 AM EST
Donald Trump’s team wants to restructure the State Department to focus more heavily on counterterrorism — a move that could dramatically reduce the time and resources devoted to climate change, promoting democracy abroad and other programs seen as liberal priorities.
Sources familiar with the transition discussions told POLITICO that talks with State officials have convinced the president-elect’s transition team that the department is underutilized and overshadowed by the Pentagon and the White House-based National Security Council, which have typically taken the lead on the counterterrorism front. Beefing up State’s anti-terror focus also dovetails with Trump’s tough campaign rhetoric, as well as the anti-Islamist views of several of his aides.
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http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-terror-state-department-233733
