Guessing Game Results: The State Department Reorg, Part 2

In our latest guessing game, we asked for your input concerning which unidentified officials were referred to in Glenn Kessler's interesting article about recent “chafing” at the State Department.

One tipster suggested that Stephen G. Rademaker was the “relatively junior foreign service officer” who was promoted to acting head of the office dealing with the International Atomic Energy Agency (but who looks upon the IAEA with disdain). But a source within the foreign service now tells us:

Take a closer look at Rademaker's bio — he's not a Foreign Service Officer. Therefore, he can't be the “relatively junior Foreign Service Officer” described in the article.

We looked back at Rademaker's bio, and it appears that our source within the foreign service is correct. According to Rademaker's bio, he was brought into the Department as Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control (i.e., he was not promoted from within the service). Prior to that, he worked as a lawyer on the Hill. So Rademaker wouldn't be considered a “foreign service officer.”

Do you have a more educated guess as to the identity of this official? (Our foreign service source declined to opine further.) If so, please email us.

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Guessing Game Results: The State Department Reorg

Yesterday we solicited your guesses as to which unidentified officials were mentioned by Glenn Kesler in his recent Kremlinology of the State Department (from this article in the Washington Post).

Our faithful Wonkette operative at the Pentagon sent us this analysis:

Looking at a list of State Dept. bureaus, the likely office involved is John Bolton's former job, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security. The officials were not “senior,” but were involved in the reorganization. I'll guess the quote on “insubordination” came from the Chief of Staff to Robert Joseph, the current Under Secretary, since that's something CoS's do. (Unfortunately, State's website doesn't give names and bio's for CoS's to the political appointees.)

And now, the good stuff, wherein our tipster names names:

The “relatively junior Foreign Service officer, who is outranked by several officials in the bureau but who is considered skeptical of the IAEA,” is likely Stephen G. Rademaker, Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation. He is an Acting Assistant Secretary who heads the office that would deal with IAEA.

Very impressive — thanks! If you can give us dirt like that, we will shower you with Wonkette comment invites.

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