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A nice take on this blog and my book today on Diplopundit. The site is one of the best Foreign Service niche blogs, and often has news about our work first. Related Articles: Nothing Iraq: Land of...
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OK, sure, once in awhile I have complained here about working for the State Department as a Foreign Service Officer (FSO), especially in the garden zones of Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, where some...
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Before having my beard shaved off and being shunned, my position was at the State Department’s Board of Examiners, where for over a year since returning from Iraq I administered the Foreign Service...
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Here’s an entertaining piece by Olya Thompson about applying for the old Foreign Service. At that time the Department of State was actively discriminating against women, a matter that took many years...
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As alert readers of this blog know, I am in the process of being fired from the Department of State in large part because of this blog. The firing part revolves around me “writing about matters of...
View ArticleShould I Join the Foreign Service?
(A version of this article appeared recently on the Huffington Post, May 10, 2012) Final tuition bills, spring in the air — it is commencement season, and soon-to-be graduates across the United States...
View ArticlePRT Diaspora: View from the Lab
Here’s an email I received: A few years ago, I retired the Department of Health and Human Services. During my last years of federal service, I was an international assignee. Because I was both new to...
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A nice take on this blog and my book today on Diplopundit. The site is one of the best Foreign Service niche blogs, and often has news about our work first. Related Articles: This Year’s Best Christmas...
View ArticleIt’s Good to Be in the Foreign Service (State Dept)
OK, sure, once in awhile I have complained here about working for the State Department as a Foreign Service Officer (FSO), especially in the garden zones of Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, where some...
View ArticleShould I Join the Foreign Service?
Before having my beard shaved off and being shunned, my position was at the State Department’s Board of Examiners, where for over a year since returning from Iraq I administered the Foreign Service...
View ArticleApplying for the Old Foreign Service
Here’s an entertaining piece by Olya Thompson about applying for the old Foreign Service. At that time the Department of State was actively discriminating against women, a matter that took many years...
View ArticleForeign Service Officer Blogs to Love
As alert readers of this blog know, I am in the process of being fired from the Department of State in large part because of this blog. The firing part revolves around me “writing about matters of...
View ArticleShould I Join the Foreign Service?
(A version of this article appeared recently on the Huffington Post, May 10, 2012) Final tuition bills, spring in the air — it is commencement season, and soon-to-be graduates across the United States...
View ArticlePRT Diaspora: View from the Lab
Here’s an email I received: A few years ago, I retired the Department of Health and Human Services. During my last years of federal service, I was an international assignee. Because I was both new to...
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