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Re: Ambassador Cynthia Stroum

From:lroitman@hillaryclinton.com To: john.podesta@gmail.com Date: 2015-04-30 19:03 Subject: Re: Ambassador Cynthia Stroum

Here are a few findings from the report. The coverage was fierce. I think you just need to hear her out. Key judgements from the Office of Inspector General’s January Report of Inspection, Embassy Luxembourg <http://oig.state.gov/documents/organization/156129.pdf>: - The Ambassador’s confrontational management style, chronic gaps in senior and other staffing caused by curtailments, and the absence of a sense of direction have brought major elements of Embassy Luxembourg to a state of dysfunction. These curtailments entail considerable costs to the U.S. Government. Morale among Americans and local staff is very low, and stress levels are high. Most employees describe the Ambassador as aggressive, bullying, hostile, and intimidating, which has resulted in an extremely difficult, unhappy, and uncertain work environment. - Poor management of the front office has aggravated communication within and outside the office and has led to serious inefficiencies. Taskings are arbitrary and erratic, the flow of information is excessively restricted, and the work of embassy staff members is not properly channeled or coordinated. - The public affairs section is stretched to the breaking point. Tactical, short- term support to the front office consumes available time and resources, preventing the embassy from developing a strategic approach to public diplomacy in support of policy objectives. - The small and underresourced management section has been absorbed with issues surrounding the official residence, and a move to a temporary resi- dence, resulting in insufficient time to devote to management controls and customer support. On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 1:53 PM, John Podesta <john.podesta@gmail.com> wrote: > Any more background on this? > > On Thursday, April 30, 2015, Lindsay Roitman <lroitman@hillaryclinton.com> > wrote: > >> John -- Ambassador Stroum is the former Ambassador to Luxembourg (lives >> in Seattle) and was removed from her service in a public and, what she >> feels, was a negative and unfair way. >> >> She will not be at the event but she is a pillar in the community and has >> not stopped talking about this experience for years in Seattle. She has >> many friends in the reception today at 230 in Seattle. Linden, the host, >> is intending to speak with you about privately. I suspect that Linden will >> ask you to ask HRC to call Ambassador Stroum. >> >> Ambassador Stroum did raise millions for Obama and has put the blame >> squarely on HRC for this situation. I just wanted to give you a heads-up, >> I'm not sure there is a clean solution to this but I didn't want you to be >> surprised. >> >> Thanks for visiting Seattle, enjoy our people! >> >> -- >> Lindsay Roitman >> Deputy National Finance Director, NW >> 206-851-5092 >> > -- Lindsay Roitman Deputy National Finance Director, NW 206-851-5092