Blinken's 'woke' State Department to add new 'diversity precept'

State Department officials are developing a “precept on diversity and inclusion” for the foreign service promotion process as Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s team tries to manage perennial criticism that the U.S. diplomatic corps isn't diverse enough.

The news comes as the Blinken State Department has become known for promoting a "woke" cultural agenda. The department also announced its first nonbinary gender passports on Tuesday and celebrated International Pronouns Day on Twitter earlier this month.

“The Foreign Service promotion system guides promotion with something they call the promotion precepts,” State Department Deputy Secretary Brian McKeon, the...