The Foreign Service Journal, February 2006

F E B R U A R Y 2 0 0 6 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 17 uring gatherings with State Department employees, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice likes to tell a story about her first job at the department, back in 1977. She recalls that while studying at the University of Denver, she was an intern in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, reflecting her “very strong interest in public diplomacy.” Then she shares a lesson she learned from that experience: “Always be nice to your interns; you never know where they’re going to end up.” F O C U S O N S E C . R I C E ’ S F I R S T Y E A R T RANSFORMATIONAL D IPLOMACY : A W ORK IN P ROGRESS D F OR MANY AT S TATE , C ONDOLEEZZA R ICE ’ S FOCUS ON POLICY HAS COME AT THE EXPENSE OF MANAGEMENT . B Y S HAWN Z ELLER Darren Gygi