Congressmen raise concerns over employee retaliation at State Department

Federal Times: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Aug. 16 that he was promoting Director of Policy Planning Brian Hook to become the special representative for Iran and lead an Iran Action Group to coordinate the State Department’s relations with the country.

But some members of Congress took issue with the promotion, noting in an Aug. 22 letter to the secretary that internal agency documents indicated that Hook had politically retaliated against career State Department employees.

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