Go Enter ZIP code or state abbreviation. The move was a result of concern in Congress that inadequate attention has been paid to management issues under the Clinton administration. With Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott engrossed in talks with Russia and a few other areas, and given his interest in policy, many lawmakers felt the department needs someone at a high level to focus on resources, security and embassy organization.
Someone needs to make hard decisions about what resources are allocated.
In theory, the deputy secretary would be the management position, but as the world has grown more complicated, that is also a policy position. A two-deputy arrangement could help Powell resolve conflicting advice he's received about whether to make the No. 2 slot policy or management, an outsider to the department or a career foreign service officer. That's because Shelby, chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and one of the Senate's best-traveled members, won't be in town to hold a hearing. He is scheduled to be on tour in Latin America from Jan. 4 to 19. By our far from comprehensive travel records, Shelby has journeyed to Africa and Israel in 1995, Germany in 1996, Mexico, Central America and later South Asia in 1998, Southeast Asia in 1999 and Europe and Africa this year.