Bourse and Bazaar |Esfandyar Batmanghelidj: As first reported inForeign Policy,American career diplomat Chris Backemeyer, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Iranian Affairs, is to be moved to a new role within the State Departments Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. Backemeyer will be replaced by Andrew L. Peek, a former intelligence officer in the U....

Foreign Policy - The Trump administration plans to install a political appointee at the State Department to a key position managing policy on Iran and Iraq, a move that will replace a career diplomat with a loyal supporter of the president. Andrew L. Peek, a former captain in the U.S. Army Reserve and member of the presidents State Department transition ...