Talk:Brian Hook
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Huon violating [[WP:BLP}]
Huon is blatantly violating WP:BLP. --140.32.16.52 (talk) 03:22, 5 July 2016 (UTC)
Current Secretary of State
[edit]As of several weeks ago Rex Tillerson is no longer Secretary of State, the new Secretary is Mike Pompeo. 174.20.114.192 (talk) 23:51, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
Infobox
[edit]Due to locked page, unable to add the following:
- added - GB fan 14:54, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
Requested edit
[edit]He is no longer the incumbent Director of Policy Planning. Kiron Skinner was appointed to this position in August, so that should be put in the term_end field in his template with Skinner put in the successor = field. Can someone do this? The page is semi-protected. 70.51.193.44 (talk) 07:09, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
Iran
[edit]Isn't he now Trump'special adviser on Iran? Was subjected to an anti war protest by Ms Benjamin recently, widely shared on social media. Crawiki (talk) 11:11, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
- Yes; B. Hook is the U.S. Special Representative for Iran--2601:C4:C080:81C:14B8:EC1A:F1AD:EB6E (talk) 22:37, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
Requested edit/addition
[edit]It is worth noting that has been alleged to be involved in discriminatory/retaliatory practices against a career civil servant, which is now under investigation by at least the U.S. Department of State's Inspector General. See here https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/05/21/trump-vs-the-deep-state and https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/22/brian-hook-mike-pompeo-house-democrats-791434
The State Department’s inspector general now recommends disciplinary action against Brian Hook forcing out a career staffer over her ties to the Obama administration and outside pressure by conservative media outlets who questioned her loyalty. See here: https://www.vox.com/2019/11/14/20953346/brian-hook-iran-inspector-general-sahar-nowrouzaddeh
[1] [2] Happer98 (talk) 18:45, 6 January 2019 (UTC)Happer98
References
Interview with BBC Newsnight
[edit]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuiBGyFwIfA
Might be useful for quotes and as a reference.