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Article: Eagleburger to Head `Caretaker' State Department
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- The Washington Post
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- August 14, 1992
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A caretaker-run State Department will be left to deal with the
international crises of the next few months under the guidance of
Acting Secretary of State Lawrence S. Eagleburger and career
officials who have had a back seat in policymaking for the past 3
1/2 years.
The departure of Secretary of State James A. Baker III and his
brain trust of close aides, announced yesterday, lops off with one
stroke the tightly knit group of officials who have given direction
to the State Department since January 1989.
Those left in charge are principally career experts who often
have not been involved in and sometimes not informed about some of
the most important foreign policy decisions by the Baker ...