State Department’s Second-Highest Ranking Diplomat, Wendy Sherman, Set to Retire

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman at a joint press conference with Morocco's foreign minister following their meeting in Rabat on March 8, 2022. AFP via Getty Images

After decades in government, the No. 2 diplomat in the Biden administration is retiring.

On May 12, Secretary Of State Antony Blinken announced the retirement of Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman.