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Diplomat Corps May Be Forced Into Iraq Service

Posted Apr 16, 08 4:28 AM CDT in World 

(Newser) – American diplomats may be forced to serve in Iraq if enough qualified candidates don't come forward voluntarily, reports CNN. The US embassy in Baghdad is chronically short-staffed, and the State Department has threatened that no other diplomatic jobs will be filled until the Baghdad bureau is up to speed. A similar threat last year, eventually withdrawn, drew huge protests among the foreign service.

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