Tamara Cofman Wittes

For those who are concerned about rebuilding American diplomacy, there’s a general desire to have more well-prepared professional diplomats take these roles [as ambassadors].

The norms of politics in both [the United States and Israel] have led the politicians to instrumentalize relations, and that is not good.

There are a lot of reasons for this [U.S.-Saudi] relationship to continue — it has a lot of value for both sides — but it simply cannot continue in the way it has for the last four years.