Former U.S. ambassador to Venezuela assesses State Department after Guilfoyle scandal
NPR interviewed James B. Story, a former U.S. ambassador to Venezuela, about the state of the State Department after the Kimberly Guilfoyle scandal. The source description gives no details of the scandal itself.
On October 17, 2026, U.S. public media outlet NPR published a conversation with James B. Story, a former U.S. ambassador to Venezuela. NPR's Joel Rose conducted the interview. It focused on the condition of the U.S. State Department, the American foreign ministry, in the wake of a scandal involving Kimberly Guilfoyle.
The available source description does not say what the scandal involved, what position Guilfoyle holds, or what effects it has had on the department's work. It also contains no quotes from Story or specific assessments by him. All that can be confirmed is that the conversation took place and what its subject was.
Story is a former U.S. ambassador to Venezuela, which makes him an experienced representative of the American diplomatic service. That background is why NPR sought his view on the department's situation. The full content of the conversation is available in NPR's publication.
