Foreign Service Members Speak Out on Directed Assignments.

Authors :: Hohman, Jerome P.
Folmsbee, Paul
Munter, Cameron
Price, Woodward Clark
Colvin, George
Cole, Joe
Corwin, Elizabeth
Trendowski, Nikolas
Barth, Norman H.
Keene, Matthew E.
Erickson, Andrew
Mellott, Joe
Cassetta, Matthew V.
Stubbs, William B.
Falzone, Ralph
Carlson, Alan J.
Birdsey, David M.
Timmins, David Brighton
Gallagher, Leo
Roeder, Larry
Source :: Foreign Service Journal. Jan2008, Vol. 85 Issue 1, p15-25. 11p. 1 Illustration.
Publication Year :: 2008
Abstract: The article takes a look on the insights of various foreign service officers (FSOs) concerning the issues over Foreign Service Iraq assignments. According to one FSO, he was dismayed on the directed assignment policy for Iraq staffing. It stresses that with Iraq assignment issue, its time for all concerned to recognize that no other agency can substitute for the State Department. Moreover, one FSO also expresses that he wanted to support the directed assignments