Iraq, the Foreign Service, and duty.

American Diplomacy | November 6, 2007| | Copyright

Many of us older Foreign Service veterans have been dismayed, and, yes, made ashamed of an institution we love, by recent press reports of a "revolt" in the Foreign Service over the prospect of "directed assignments" to Iraq. Calling service in Iraq "a potential death sentence," one FSO at an October 31 "town hall meeting" in the State Department, attended by several hundred of his colleagues, drew "sustained applause" when he asked "Who will take care of our children?" and called for the closure of the Embassy in Baghdad.

As should have been expected, these sentiments do not ...

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