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Diplomats Raise Stink Over Iraq Assignments

'Potential death sentence’ in required postings, staffers say

By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 31, 2007 5:02 PM CDT

(Newser) – Foreign service officers vented anger today over the State Department's plan to require some to serve in Iraq, chewing out their director in a meeting. One senior officer called the “directed assignments”—which could force diplomats to take postings in Baghdad or outlying...   Read full story »

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