Washington Post / Power Post
January 9, 2017
Will Trump continue Obama’s national security diversity efforts?
Former Ambassador Ruth A. Davis, commented on President Obama’s efforts to diversify the US National Security Workforce.
Article:
“Is national security workforce diversity really an issue when the president’s national security adviser is a powerful black woman with a spacious White House office just down the hallway from her boss, a black man who embodies diversity?
Yes. It’s a big, persistent problem.
The encouraging news is Susan E. Rice has confronted the issue head-on, with solid support from her boss, President Obama. She was the driving force behind his October presidential memorandum that instructed agencies to take a series of actions “promoting diversity and inclusion in the national security workforce.”
Read full article including Davis’ quote.
Photo caption: President Obama speaks with National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice, beside former British Prime Minister David Cameron, at the closing plenary session of the April 2016 Nuclear Security Summit at the Washington Convention Center. EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS
