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As USAID ends operations, a former officer proposes four ways the State Department can build a more effective foreign ...
At a certain point, it became impossible. SHAPIRO: If foreign service officers left every time there was a presidential policy or president that they disagreed with, the whole system would crumble.
On July 11, the U.S. Department of State fired 1,107 civil servants and 246 Foreign Service officers with assignments in the United States. Among the latter were exceptional colleagues of ...
The unfortunate and untimely death of a young Foreign Service Officer in a suicide bombing on April 6 in Afghanistan’s Zabul province has drawn attention to the careers of U.S. diplomats.
Two-hundred Foreign Service officers provided their ideas, whittling down 25 ideas to . Association officials are scheduled to meet with department leaders Monday, Nov. 19 to compare ideas.
There are five career paths one can follow as a foreign service officer. It's important to select the path you want to pursue in your application. Read More on How to Become a Foreign Service ...
Are U.S. Foreign Service officers an endangered breed? They fear the State Department wants to define them away. This is one thrust of a new report from the American Academy of Diplomacy.
I observe U.S. statecraft and diplomacy through the eyes of Foreign Service Officers (FSOs) who do the exhausting, faceless and oftentimes thankless work that is necessary to protect Americans and ...
The Fed Page Foreign Service officers fear State Dept. wants to define them away April 2, 2015 More than 10 years ago Summary The Department of State in Washington, D.C. (Larry Downing/Reuters) ...
Foreign Service officers can in fact be called bureaucrats, if it means that, like most Americans, we work in bureaus, i.e. offices. But we don’t just sit in offices.
9/11 had a profound impact on American diplomacy and the U.S. Foreign Service, both conceptually and practically, in terms of what diplomats do every day.
For Calvin graduate Adam Vogelzang ’97, being a foreign service officer since 2004 has made him realize his vocation as an ambassador for Christ, both figuratively and literally. “I have a commission ...