(among other things) It weakens recruiting for a diplomatic corps that has already seen its workforce whittled down under the leadership of Tillerson and Pompe

(among other things) It weakens recruiting for a diplomatic corps that has already seen its workforce whittled down under the leadership of Tillerson and Pompeo. Slower, lower-quality recruiting could reduce our ability to maintain influence in, and collect information from, key parts of the world. It's no secret that Cuba is an ideological beachhead used by our adversaries to hamper our foreign relations in Latin America.