WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hopes to boost morale at the State Department with an "ethos" statement that some former officials viewed with scepticism, partly because an early draft had language they saw as an admonition not to leak to the media.
Two former officials knowledgeable about the effort said the language rankled them because it implied diplomats could not be trusted and they questioned the need for an "ethos" statement laying out the agency's characteristic attitudes and beliefs.