The Foreign Service Journal, January 2006

for FBO, creating a logo to show the office’s function. It was the figure of a person holding the world on his shoulders. Above the figure were the words “Area Management” and below were the words: “Supports the World.” I hope that the article in the Journal was only about one aspect of OBO and that the function of the AMO has not been dimin- ished with the reorganization. Jerry Lujan FSO, retired Saddle Brooke, Ariz. n 10 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 6 L E T T E R S u Correction: In the October 2005 article, “Breaking through Diplomacy’s Glass Ceiling,” a note in Chart 7 inadvertently includes Laos in a list of Asian countries to which a female has never been appointed ambassador. In fact, as the chart shows, four women had served in Laos as chief of mission through 2003. The current ambassador to Laos is Patricia M. Haslach, whose appointment occurred after the chart was assembled. Send your letters to: journal@afsa.org. Note that all letters are subject to editing for style, format and length.