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Diplomat Corps May Be Forced Into Iraq Service

Yanks face orders
to fill understaffed
Bagdad embassy

CNN CNN Apr 16, 08 4:28 AM CDT
(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 A similar threat last year, eventually withdrawn, drew huge protests among the foreign service. More »

More about:  Iraq • Baghdad • State Department • diplomat • foreign service

US Won’t Force Diplomats to Serve in Iraq

Volunteer officers
step forward to fill
last open spots

Associated Press Associated Press Nov 15, 07 9:10 PM CST
(Newser) - The State Department won’t have to assign diplomats to open posts in Iraq because enough staff members have volunteered for the spots, the AP reports. The department planned to require foreign service officers to serve at the US embassy in Baghdad and in nearby provinces if there weren’t enough volunteers, a decision that drew widespread criticism. More »

More about:  Iraq • Iraq war • Condoleezza Rice • State Department • Vietnam • US Embassy • foreign service

Diplomats Raise Stink Over Iraq Assignments

'Potential death sentence’ in required postings, staffers say

Associated Press Associated Press Oct 31, 07 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 provinces—a “potential death sentence”; another cited a survey showing few officers thought Condoleezza Rice was “fighting for them." More »

More about:  Iraq • Condoleezza Rice • State Department • Green Zone • town hall meeting • foreign service

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