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Enemies Foreign and Domestic

Let’s say you’re a public servant. You’ve taken an oath to uphold the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic, and also to obey the commander-in-chief. What if you can’t do both? And what if following the law...

Empathy for Lived Experiences

“How can I help?” is the question for Sameer Hossain, who began his career at State in the Office of International Religious Freedom and has since moved to a similar domestic role at Homeland Security. Traveling to Rohingya refugee camps...

A Student of Leadership

Most of us are not born with leadership skills, explains Marc Grossman, one of the highest-ranking career Foreign Service Officers ever. We learn to become leaders. We fail a lot, we pick ourselves up and knock on more doors, and we learn.  (Laura...

Could This Happen to Me?

Could This Happen to Me?

Eric Rubin, President of the Foreign Service Officers’ “union”, compares the treatment of Foreign Service Officers during the McCarthy era and support that is available today, during “the biggest political battle of a...

Pedro Pan and the Guerrillas

Born in Cuba, sent by his parents to live in the US, Phil Chicola becomes a Foreign Service Officer. Pete sends him to guerrilla country to investigate the deaths of American linguist missionaries, and both Pete and Phil are accused of negotiating...

I’m Goin’ to Kathmandu

Larry Dinger regales us with tales of tires on fire, pollution, trekking, and one of the most bizarre episodes in monarchy in the world.  Now Laura wants to join the Foreign Service and all of us want to go to Kathmandu.  

Sandinismo 2.0

Now that Ortega is back, how is the revolution going? Nicaraguans are being shot, hauled off and denied medical services, while the president's coffers swell. A how-to kit, on how to steal democracy.  

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