The Foreign Service Journal, May 2011

Cover I
Contents 3
Focus on Foreign Service Work-Life Balance 16
Editor’s Introduction 16
The Foreign Service Juggling Act 18
A Win-Win Approach to Time management 27
Si, Se Puede 30
Going Solo: Single in the Foreign Service 33
Forever Tandem 37
Trailing Tandem 41
Navigating Life's Unexpected Realities 44
Staying Connected While Deployed 47
Sharing Custody, Diplomatically 50
Work-Milk Balance: The State of Pumping 53
Can Technology Save the Foreign Service Family? 56
Workplace Flexibility: What's In It for State? 60
AFSA News 65
Covering the Globe, Economically 65
AFSA Officer Election Notice 65
AFSA Takes on Texas 65
News Briefs 66
VP State—The Better Part of Valor 67
VP FCS—Trading Up 68
AFSA Memorial Plaques: Eugene Sullivan 69
This Month in Diplomatic History 70
Ten Years at AFSA: Tom Switzer 71
Hail and Farewell / Classifieds 72
Departments 5
President’s Views—The Fundamental Question about Overseas Comparability Pay 5
Speaking Out—Building Professional Skills 13
Reflections—A Dad in Iraq 84
Letters 7
Cybernotes 10
Marketplace 12
Books 76
Index to Advertisers 82

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