What Was the Role of a Guarantor?

Bob Menendez was ambassador to Peru and Ecuador during a war between the two countries. He says he tried to be neutral, but his assistant secretary at home was very pro-Peru in all of his public comments. That started a whisper campaign against him that said he was damaging chances for peace by being pro-Ecuadorian,. The whispering campaign reached me and I decided to do something about it on my own dime.