Also in the frame for the top Africa job at the State Department are: veteran military intelligence officer and specialist on international crime syndicates Charles Snyder (AC Vol 45 No 23); Kate Almquist Knopf Director of the Africa Center for Strategic Studies in the Department of Defense with strong academic credentials but with a brand of Republicanism including friendships with Democrats such as the outgoing US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power and former National Security Advisor Susan Rice which might be too liberal for the current zeitgeist (AC Blog AFRICA/UNITED STATES: Tussling for influence in Trumplandia); and Jeffrey Krilla former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy Human Rights and Labor...