Take politics out of diplomacy:

Take politics out of diplomacy: USA Today Column
Let's stop pimping American ambassadorships out to the highest bidders.
by Thomas Pickering And Nicholas Kralev • Feb. 27, 2014 • 2 min read • original President Obama(Photo: Carolyn Kaster, AP)
Diplomacy is easy and anyone can do it. This is the message U.S. presidents of both parties have been sending the American people and the world for decades. They have done so not verbally, but through their actions, giving away ambassadorial posts as rewards to unqualified people only because they were top fundraisers during the presidents' election campaigns. http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/02/27/thomas-pickering-nicholas-kralev-ambassadors-politics/5781517/