The Foreign Service Journal, March 2009

lthough nearly every issue of the Foreign Service Journal in recent years has de- scribed the impact of increasingly dangerous assignments on Foreign Service members and their families, the last time we devoted a focus section to the subject was February 2003. Understandably, our coverage then reflected the still-pro- found reverberations of the 9/11 attacks, as well as widespread anxiety over the Bush administration’s preparations for the invasion of Iraq. But in covering the challenges of living and working in danger zones, we mainly highlighted the F O C U S O N G O I N G I T A L O N E G OING I T A LONE : E DITOR ’ S I NTRODUCTION Jeff Moores 18 F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L / M A R C H 2 0 0 9 A