Top US Diplomat for Europe Resigns

The top U.S. diplomat for Europe is resigning after only 16 months on the job in a blow to Trump administration efforts to maintain trans-Atlantic unity. The State Department says Wess Mitchell will leave his post in mid-February. He's the assistant secretary of state for Europe and Eurasian affairs.   The department's deputy spokesman Robert Palladino said Mitchell has been a "valued and effective leader" and a "good friend to our allies and partners in...

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