Rubio Outlines ‘Sweeping Change’ in Cable to US Diplomats Worldwide

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his wife Jeanette Rubio arrive to speak to employees upon arrival at the State Department in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

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Shortly after taking the oath of office, Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent a cable to every U.S. diplomatic and consular post worldwide. The stark message from the new diplomat: Sweeping changes are coming to a department that had mistakenly emphasized “ideology over common sense” and “misread the world.”