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Congressional action on the Foreign Service is moving unusually quickly this summer, with proposals affecting promotion, tenure, training, and pay—some beneficial, others potentially making your job harder. Join AFSA’s advocacy team for one of two 45-minute virtual town halls on Tuesday, August 4, and submit your questions when you RSVP.
Since February, hundreds of American diplomats and their families have been evacuated from embassies and consulates across the Middle East for their safety, as Iran’s retaliatory strikes and a conflict with the U.S. have kept the region unstable with no end in sight. Under the department’s own rules, that kind of evacuation—called “Ordered Departure”— should last no more than 180 days. That deadline arrives in August.
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In this issue: recasting U.S. diplomacy, a reemerging spoils system, the costs of dismantling VOA, public diplomacy at the front lines of migration, and more!
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