The Foreign Service Journal, March 2008

Cover I
Contents 3
Focus on Iraq, Five Years Later 22
After the Surge: Toward an 18-State Federation 22
Helping Those Who Helped Us 28
Working and Living in Iraq 35
Features 41
Welcome to the FS Blogosphere 41
Don’t Reinvent the Foreign Assistance Wheel 46
AFSA News 51
AFSA Annual Report 2007 51
Year in Review 52
State VP: Shooting the Messenger 61
An Inside View of the FS Grievance Board 62
USAID VP: An Open Letter to Administrator Fore 63
Crossing the Rubicon on the Overseas Pay Gap 64
State Officials Blast AFSA Survey 65
AFSA News Briefs 66
Family Member Matters: The Way of the Diplomatic Princess 67
Classifieds 68
Columns/Departments 5
President's Views—Defending Our Future 5
Speaking Out—Member of Household Policy: Failing Our Families 15
In Response—Toward a Post-2012 Approach to Climate Change 18
Reflections—The Managua Earthquake of 1972 84
Letters 6
Cybernotes 11
Marketplace 12
Books 70
In Memory 73
Index to Advertisers 82

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