The Foreign Service Journal, July-August 2005

T heAFSAMemorialPlaqueCeremony was held May 6 during Foreign Affairs Day in the C St. lobby of the StateDepartmentinfrontofthewestplaque. Theannual ceremony serves tohonor those colleagues who have lost their lives in the lineofdutywhile serving their countryover- seas. The names of three more fallen col- leagues were added to the plaque this year: James Mollen, Edward Seitz and John O’Grady. T his year’s AFSA Award for Lifetime Contributions to American Diplomacy has gone to Senator Richard Lugar, R-Ind., chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Senator Lugar is one of the strongest supporters of Americandiplomacy inCongress andone of the legislature’s most thoughtful leaders in the realm of foreign policy. During his 28 years in the Senate, RichardLugar hasmade enormous contributions toAmerican foreign policy and has been instrumental in promoting democracy around the world. He led in establishing the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, which aims at dis- mantlingweapons ofmass destruction in the former SovietUnion. He continues towork towardeliminating the threat of nuclear, chemical andbiological proliferation tomake the worlda saferplace. As chairmanof theSenateForeignRelationsCommittee, SenatorLugar hasconsistentlydemonstratedstrongsupportforboththepracticeandpractitionersofdiplo- macy. He has been a staunch advocate and faithful friend of the career Foreign Service, the “unsung heroes” of public service. See the interview with Senator Lugar in the June issue of the Foreign Service Journal , p. 18, or online at www.afsa.org/fsj. Deputy Secretary of State Robert B. Zoellick presented the award to Senator Lugar at theJune17AFSAawardceremonyintheDepartmentofState’sBenjaminFranklinDiplomatic Reception Room. All of this year’s AFSA awards were presented at the ceremony. Look for coverage of the June awards ceremony in the September AFSANews. Articles about the other performance awardwinners start on page 7 of this issue of AFSANews.  American Foreign Service Association • July-August 2005 AFSA Performance Award Winners This Issue in Brief: BRIEFS...................................................2 VP STATE: HAIL & FAREWELL..............3 MEETING WITH SEC. RICE....................3 AFSA DISSENT AWARD WINNERS......4 AFSA PERFORMANCE AWARD WINNERS ..............................................7 DAY ON THE HILL...............................10 SCHOLARS..........................................12 AFSA NEWS FOREIGN AFFAIRS DAY AFSA Honors Fallen Colleagues at Plaque Ceremony Continued on page 9 “ D issent is to the Foreign Service what canaries were to coal min- ers at the turn of the century. Dissent lets Foreign Service employees know how breathable the air is where they work.” (From a July 1996 Foreign Service Journal article on dissent by the late Ambassador Hume Horan.) AFSAis proud tocontinuethe30-yeartra- ditionof honoring thoseamonguswhohave thecouragetochallengethesystemfromwith- in. This year’s Constructive Dissent Award winnerswereGeoffreyR. Pyatt,whoreceived the William R. Rivkin Award; James Arlen Holt, who received theW. Averell Harriman Award; and F. Scott Gallo, who received the TexHarris Award. Each of these brave indi- vidualsstoodupforwhathebelievedwasright, regardless of possible negative consequences for his career. Articles about them begin on page 4 of this issue of AFSANews. AFSA did not present the Christian A. Herter Dissent Award this year. The AFSA AwardsCommittee, upon reviewof theorig- inal decision to confer the award on Ambassador John Evans, withdrew the awardbecause the nominationdidnotmeet the criteria for constructive dissent.  AFSA Constructive Dissent Award Winners JAY MALLIN Under Secretary Nicholas Burns and AFSA President John Limbert unveil the new names added to the AFSA Memorial Plaques.