Word: statecraft
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...nomination of Bainbridge Colby for Secretary of State, to succeed Robert Lansing, has astonished the political circles in Washington. That a man with practically no experience in statecraft should be suddenly snatched out of comparative obscurity and placed in the important and difficult position of Secretary of State is almost inconceivable. But officials are afraid to openly condemn this choice, for the Constitution empowers the President to appoint whom he will, subject to the approval of the Senate...