Revelations in impeachment inquiry rattle State Department

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has been deeply shaken by the rapidly escalating impeachment inquiry, as revelations that President Donald Trump enlisted diplomats to dig up dirt on a political rival threaten to tarnish its reputation as a nonpartisan arm of U.S. foreign policy.
Former diplomats say a department where morale was already low under a president who at times has seemed hostile to its mission is now reeling from days of disclosures. They fear that the turmoil will damage