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Yours is the only answer here so far I like, but my nomination is for Brett McGurk.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/brett-mcgurk-resignation A group of progressive lawmakers in the U.S. House is reportedly planning to ask President Joe Biden to seek the resignation of White House Middle East adviser Brett McGurk....McGurk "has laid out his vision in a top-secret document shared in some circles of the Washington national security establishment—a plan that envisions Biden traveling to the region in the coming months on 'a victory tour' to claim credit for an Israel-Saudi deal as an answer to Gaza's pain."

Huffpost article:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/congress-brett-mcgurk-biden-middle-east_n_65a98154e4b041f1ce65448b?ga

Interviewed for a 2022 HuffPost profile, one former U.S. official said that colleagues inside the government viewed McGurk as “the most talented bureaucrat they’ve ever seen, with the worst foreign policy judgment they’ve ever seen.”

Article from 2022: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mcgurk-biden-middle-east-adviser_n_628f97a4e4b0933e73705793

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