The Foreign Service Journal, January 2004

16 F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L / J A N U A R Y 2 0 0 4 T HE BBG AND THE BBC ARE DIFFERENT ANIMALS , BUT FACE MUCH THE SAME CHALLENGES IN THE 21 ST CENTURY . B Y S TEVEN A LAN H ONLEY F O C U S O N U . S . B R O A D C A S T I N G ver the past 16 months, the Foreign Service Journal has periodically spotlighted each of the foreign affairs agencies (besides State) with Foreign Service contingents: the U.S. Agency for International Development (September 2002), the U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service (January 2003), and the Foreign Agricultural Service (May 2003). This month, we wrap up the series by focusing on the smallest (and newest — just a decade old) of the bunch, the International Broadcasting Bureau. Now, a quick show of hands: howmany of you knew there was another foreign affairs agency with Foreign Service posi- O Mikkela Thompson T HE ABC S OF U.S. O VERSEAS B ROADCASTING