An Inside Look at State Department Staffing

Inside information from someone who's been there ^ | 10 November 2001 | A Foreign Service Candidate invited to Washington, D.C.

[Askel5]

Thanks for resurrecting this -- I'd missed it.

[Uncle Bill]

You're welcome my friend. Hope all is well with you. I've always thought the first hand account of the article to be interesting and illuminating.

[okie01]

I went through the same process with the Foreign Service in the summer of '61.

Only the faces have changed. The backgrounds and attitudes obviously haven't.

[tictoc]

In my opinion, the only way to repair the State Dept. would be to fire EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE and start over.

BTTT