US Ambassador to Malta Douglas Kmiec has resigned his position after a State Department reports suggested he spends too much time writing about religion. Politico reports:
“I doubt very much whether one could ever spend too much time on this subject,” Kmiec wrote in his letter to the president, defending his focus on religious issues.
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With the State Department report finding that he had “devoted considerable time to writing articles for publication in the United States as well as in Malta” and that these “outside activities … detracted from his attention to core mission goals,” Kmiec said he thought it was appropriate to step down.
“With my reputation impugned by the recent … report, I can no longer be certain that I am in a position with my government to have your needs and perspectives heard in the best possible light,” he said in a statement, asserting that he was not pressured into resigning.
