{"id":27117,"date":"2019-02-01T16:09:27","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T21:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2017-2021.state.gov\/?post_type=state_bureau&#038;p=27117"},"modified":"2020-11-30T23:13:50","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T04:13:50","slug":"policy-planning-staff","status":"publish","type":"state_bureau","link":"https:\/\/2017-2021.state.gov\/bureaus-offices\/bureaus-and-offices-reporting-directly-to-the-secretary\/policy-planning-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Policy Planning Staff"},"featured_media":69130,"parent":5899,"menu_order":0,"template":"","state_bureaus":[1083],"state_countries_and_areas":[],"state_policy_issues":[],"state_states":[],"state_subjects":[],"state_author_groups":[],"state_rss_feeds":[],"acf":{"tf_display_feat_image_on_related_content":true,"page_subnavigation":"1084","link_button":"","text_mission_title":"Our Mission","ta_mission_copy":"Created in 1947 by George Kennan at the request of Secretary of State George C. 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