Having worked for the State Department as a contractor in the recent past and been to about 25 embassies and consulates worldwide, I have a fairly good understanding of the Foreign Service Officer (FSO) mentality. Which is why the backlash to directed assignments to Iraq – for the anticipated shortfall of only 48 billets, […]
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No Sympathy for Whining U.S. Foreign Service Officers
Posted by 1 Nov 2007, 9:02 am Uncategorizedin . 3 Comments It’ll take a mushroom cloud in the West for us to stop allowing China and Russia to threaten global security:
Russia and China have been blocking tough U.N. sanctions against Iran, the United States said on Thursday, adding there would be a push to impose them if Iran did not halt nuclear activity within two […]