The Foreign Service Journal, May 2014

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | MAY 2014 5 May 2014 Volume 91, No. 5 FOREIGN SERVICE AFSA NEWS Senate Releases Hold on FS Employees / 51 Diplomacy in Dangerous Places / 51 State VP Voice: Millennial Diplomacy / 52 FAS VP Voice: New USDA Under Secretary Position / 53 AFSA on the Hill: The Multiplier Effect / 54 Honoring Toni Tomasek on Foreign Affairs Day / 55 Department of State by State / 56 UNA-NCA Honors Amb. Edward Perkins / 56 Members Support Merit Awards Program / 57 Advocating for FS Child Care Options / 58 International Studies: AFSA Meets Academia / 59 “Nowruz Pirooz!” / 60 COLUMNS President’s Views / 7 In Defense of Nation-Building BY ROBERT J . S I LVERMAN Letter from the Editor / 8 Remembering Our History BY SHAWN DORMAN Speaking Out / 16 Getting State and the Foreign Service Back in the Game BY ROBERT HUNTER Reflections / 81 On the Eve of Independence Day BY J ENN I E WI L LSON DEPARTMENTS Letters / 9 Talking Points / 12 Books / 65 In Memory / 66 Local Lens / 82 MARKETPLACE Marketplace / 14 Classifieds / 73 Real Estate / 77 Index to Advertisers / 80 On the cover: The “father of the Foreign Service,” John Jacob Rogers, a Republican congressman fromMassachusetts, is shown here in a portrait from 1921, courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. The photo of Ambassador Charles W. Yost, “Our Man in Morocco,” was taken in February 1971, when the distinguished diplomat served as president of the United Nations Security Council, having been called out of retirement in 1969 by President Richard Nixon to be the U.S. Permanent Representative to the U.N. Photo courtesy of UN Photo/Teddy Chen. FOCUS 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF AFSA AND THE FOREIGN SERVICE Foreign Service, Civil Service: How We Got to Where We Are / 19 The burden of two very different personnel systems, and a large and growing cohort of appointees exempt from the disciplines of either, is taking a real toll on the Department of State—and the Foreign Service. BY HARRY KOPP In the Beginning: The Rogers Act of 1924 / 26 The Foreign Service Act of 1924, known as the Rogers Act, created the U.S. Foreign Service as we know it today. Here is how it happened. BY J I M LAMONT AND LARRY COHEN Foreign Service Stories: What Makes Us Proud / 33 Members of the U.S. Foreign Service share moments from their careers. CONTR I BUT I ONS FROM AFSA MEMBERS An AFSA Timeline: Selected Highlights / 38 FEATURE The American Way of Diplomacy / 40 How do we rescue U.S. foreign policy from creeping militarization? How can we resurrect diplomacy from the musty archives of the past? A diplomatic practitioner offers some answers. BY ROBERT HUTCH I NGS FS HERITAGE Charles W. Yost: Our Man in Morocco / 44 This account of Ambassador Charles Yost’s tenure in Morocco during the Cold War offers a window into his remarkable career and the texture of postwar diplomacy. BY F E L I C I TY O. YOST