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Kiron K. Skinner

Kiron K. Skinner is President and CEO of the Foundation for America and the World, Taube Professor of International Relations and Politics at Pepperdine University’s School of Public Policy, W. Glenn Campbell Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and a Visiting Fellow and Senior Advisor at The Heritage Foundation. Skinner served as Director of Policy Planning and Senior Advisor at the U.S. Department of State from 2018 to 2019 and was a member of the Defense Business Board at the U.S. Department of Defense in 2020. Skinner holds an MA and a PhD in political science from Harvard University and undergraduate degrees from Spelman College and Sacramento City College.

Bylined chapters

• 6. Department of State

Major recommendations in those chapters

1. 6 · 174 Freeze State Department disbursements, contracts, and hiring on inauguration Day one Not started
2. 6 · 178 Indefinitely curtail refugee admissions under USRAP Not started
3. 6 · 185 Reinstitute and expand Trump-era sanctions on Iran Not started
4. 6 · 185 Defund the Palestinian Authority Needs Congress Not started
5. 6 · 186 Recognize Somaliland statehood Not started
6. 6 · 191 Withdraw from international organizations that undermine U.S. interests Not started
7. 6 · 192 Bar U.S. promotion or funding of abortion in international programs Not started
8. 6 · 192 Restrict federal funding to the World Health Organization Needs Congress Not started

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