[KentuckyWoman]

If the job qualifications changed to require bilingual employees, she should have been offered a transfer.

Uhh, excuse my interuption here but....no one in THIS Country, especially one who works for the government, should EVER be REQUIRED to speak a FOREIGN language. Those who come here should be learning OUR language not expecting to US to learn THEIRS'. PERIOD.

[Luis Gonzalez]

"...especially one who works for the government, should EVER be REQUIRED to speak a FOREIGN language."

Where do you get people to work as translators for foreign dignitaries? How would the CIA, FBI et al. monitor foreign news?

I guess you don't want anyone employed by the US government to transalate intercepted terrorist communications.

Come on! Use your head!