Nothing in this article shows evidence of Ambassador Hackett conveying to the Obama Administration the Vatican's interest in rights and respect due unborn childen or natural law.  If some initiative on behalf of the unborn occurred , Father Reese does not report it. In his years as head of Catholic Relief Services, Ken Hackett was relentless in appeals for donations to CRS.  Diplomatic exchanges between the US Administration and the Vatican should be a two way dialogue on a broad range of moral issues.    Ambassador Hackett's tenure seems characterized by a lot of "pick and choose cafeteria diplomacy".