Secretary of State Antony Blinken named retired ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley as the department's first chief diversity and inclusion officer. Abercrombie-Winstanley is shown during a gay pride parade in Sliema, outside Valletta, June 30, 2012.
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken named retired ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley as the department's first chief diversity and inclusion officer. Abercrombie-Winstanley is shown during a gay pride parade in Sliema, outside Valletta, June 30, 2012.
Mandatory Credit: Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters

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Blinken names chief diversity officer to lead change on a 'problem as old as the department itself'

Secretary of State Antony Blinken named retired ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley as the department's first chief diversity and inclusion officer Monday, a step that current and former diplomats said reflects Blinken's seriousness about improving diversity at America's oldest Cabinet agency.