AP’s Matt Lee: Is Clinton’s Review Process Just Shuffling ‘Bureaucratic Deck Chairs?’

LEE: "No. No, no, no, because I want to give you a chance to respond to some other questions about the QDDR here."
PSAKI: "OK."
LEE: "So what was it? I'm sorry, again, there was no two-minute warning and I didn't see that the briefing was started --"
PSAKI: "Our apologies for that."
LEE: "Until you popped up on the screen. So I missed the very top. I am assuming, however, that at the very top you endeavored to present some measurable, demonstrable, quantifiable accomplishments from the QDDR."
PSAKI: "I did. In fact I said it was too bad you weren't here because --
LEE: "I would have been here I was -- I was all set, but we didn't have any notice that you were starting. So without you having to repeat that, were there any things that didn't involve rearranging of the bureaucratic deck chairs or shuffling responsibilities between one bureau to another or creating a new level of bureaucracy? Were any of the accomplishments outside of that, of those areas?"
PSAKI: "Absolutely Matt."
LEE: "OK."
PSAKI: "I would say the whole process, if it works well -- as it did in 2010 or leading up to 2010 -- is to better determine priorities and how to make things work better in a large functioning bureaucracy. So part of that has been how it's been implemented since 2010 as an increase in focus on economic statecraft. As you know, that was a big priority of Secretary Clinton's. And as Secretary Kerry often says, economic policy is foreign policy, so we continue to carry that forward. Fuller integration of women and girls and a greater focus on that important priority and the role the United States can play around the world. And when you talk about creation of bureaus or agencies, it's actually incredibly important because it shows where our focus is. And if you look at the creation of the Energy and Resources Bureau and how important that is as we -- as it relates Ukraine and their energy challenges on the ground, and they have been playing a role in the forefront on that. Not to mention our Counter-Terrorism Bureau that was created through this process before. This shows priorities and focus, and shows the world what we do here at the State Department. So it's an incredibly important process."
LEE: "OK, well maybe my question isn't accurate -- isn't specific enough. I'm asking for actual, demonstrable outcomes, not the creation of a new position or a new job."