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I am writing from the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait, where I am serving as a Foreign Service officer. Over dinner last night, I was telling my wife how a clear majority of the other Foreign Service officers in the embassy have volunteered for tours of service in Iraq (or have already served there at least once) including every diplomat in my own section.
The next day, I was alerted to Bill Garner's editorial cartoon ("War on terror era," Monday). Lord knows what ax you have to grind against the Foreign Service, but get your facts straight before you slander the desperately short-staffed diplomatic corps, a significant proportion of whom have served or will serve in Iraq and/ or Afghanistan.See the full content of this document
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Ready to Serve in Iraq
I am agonizing over a...
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