>David Schenker, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs), vice Anne W. Patterson, resigned.
Wikipedia page smells of CIA.
https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_W._Patterson
Ambassador to El Salvador, Colombia, the UN, Egypt and Pakistan at various times.
"During the protests that ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi from power on July 3, 2013 Patterson was singled out specially by the protesters for being too close to Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood.[8]"