The Rigors of Foreign Service.(Essay)

American Diplomacy | January 8, 2008| | Copyright

Some commentators have taken Foreign Service personnel to task for objecting to forced assignments to Iraq. Now that the Iraq posts have been filled by volunteers, it's time to put the issue into some context. There are about 11,500 people in the Foreign Service, 6,500 commissioned officers and 5,000 support staff such as security personnel and IT staff. The military has more full colonels/Navy captains and more band members than the State Department has diplomats.

To make matters worse, various studies estimate the staffing shortfall in the Foreign Service--a result ...

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