The Foreign Service Journal, April 2013

the Foreign Service journal | APRIL 2013 5 April 2013 Volume 90, No. 4 Foreign Service FOCUS AFSA Celebrates 40 Years As a Union Paving the Way for Unionization / 19 A series of reforms during the 1960s transformed AFSA into an effective, energetic advocate for the career Foreign Service. BY HARRY W. KOPP The State of the Union / 27 Four past presidents of the American Foreign Service Association reflect on the organization’s past, present and future. THOMAS D. BOYATT TED WI LK I NSON DAN GE I S L ER JOHN K . NALAND FEATUREs SOS for DOS, 13 Years Later / 35 Back in 2000, a group of FSOs led efforts to publicize and elevate the need for change at State. Is it time for another grassroots campaign? BY TED STR I CKL ER My Breakfast with Russell Means / 41 Looking back on an experience in San José, an FSO gains insight into the hubris of men in power and the “perverse, unpredictable logic” of war. By STEPHEN J . DE L ROSSO AFSA News 2012 USAID Survey Reveals Some Improvement / 45 State VP Voice: A Jury of Our Peers / 46 FAS VP Voice: A Kinder, Gentler and More Productive Workplace / 47 USAID Alumni Association Continues to Grow / 50 AFSA’s First Virtual Student Foreign Service Intern / 51 AFSA at the Oscars / 52 Life in the Foreign Service / 53 2012 Sinclaire Awards Winners / 54 Amb. Christopher Van Hollen Scholarship / 55 Retired USAID FSO Receives Purple Heart / 56 Managing Your Thrift Savings Plan / 56 Columns President’s Views / 7 AFSA and the Foreign Service: The Road Ahead BY Susan R . Johnson Speaking Out / 15 Unionization, AFSA and the Foreign Service By Dav i d T. Jones DepartmEnts Letters / 8 Talking Points / 12 Books / 58 In Memory / 61 Local Lens / 78 Marketplace Guide to Property Management / 60 Classifieds / 71 Real Estate / 74 Index to Advertisers / 76 On the cover:AFSAPresident SusanJohnson addresses the crowd at the“Rally to ServeAmerica”onApril 11,2011, inWashington,D.C. In the face of a threatened government shutdown,AFSAand employees of the foreign affairs agencies spoke out on the importance of diplomacy and development and the work they do forAmerica’s national security and prosperity.Photo credit: DonnaAyerst. Lower left: Russell Means, the Ogalala Sioux activist for the rights of NativeAmericans.© Ernie Leyba/Denver Post/Getty Images.