WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Friday the appointment of two veteran diplomats to oversee the State Department’s efforts on “Havana syndrome,” and the deployment of “new technology” to help understand the cause of the mysterious health incidents.
Blinken named Jonathan Moore, a career foreign service officer, to coordinate the overall State Department response, and Margaret Uyehara as senior care coordinator to ensure affected diplomats receive top medical treatment.
He also said the department had deployed new technology to posts across the globe that may help the government understand what is causing the incidents, a frustrating riddle for three consecutive administrations and the U.S. intelligence community.
