The state of the State Department in the wake of the Kimberly Guilfoyle scandal

NPR's Joel Rose talks with James B. Story, former U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela, about the state of the State Department in the wake of the Kimberly Guilfoyle scandal. Transcript JOEL ROSE, HOST: The American ambassador to Greece resigned under pressure this week. Kimberly Guilfoyle, the ex-fiancee of President Trump's son, served in her role for about a year until a story by the Wall Street Journal reported that she'd asked a Trump donor to pay her credit card bill before she was appointed. This scandal is yet another blow for America's diplomatic corps, already understaffed during President Trump's second term.So what is the state of the U.S. State Department? We have called up James Story, a former U.S. ambassador to Venezuela and a state department veteran to answer that question. Ambassador, welcome to the program.JAMES STORY: Thank you all so much for having me today. Appreciate it.ROSE: I want to say first, NPR has not confirmed the reporting by the Wall Street Journal, but I wonder what your reaction was to Miss Guilfoyle's resignation.STORY: I was simply astonished. As a diplomat, anybody in the foreign service - and certainly as an ambassador - we're under extraordinary sc...