The Foreign Service Journal, July-August 2007

T heAmericanForeignServiceAssocia- tion is proud to announce the win- ners of the 2007 AFSAConstructive Dissent Awards and the Outstanding Performance Awards. The awards cere- monywas heldon June 28 in theBenjamin FranklinDiplomaticReceptionRoomat the Department of State. Each award winner received a certificate of recognition and a prize of $2,500. All winners were selected by theAFSAAwards andPlaqueCommit- tee. Ambassador JoanM. Clark was select- ed for the 2007 AFSA Award for Lifetime Contributions to American Diplomacy. Former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger presented the awardat the cer- emony. Amb. Clark servedas director gen- eral of the ForeignService andassistant sec- T he AFSA Election Committee an- nounces the following results for the 2007 AFSA Governing Board elec- tion. The new board will take office July 15. A total of 2,830 ballots were cast in the election. The committee thanks all of the candidates and members who participat- ed in this important process. President John Naland State VP Steven Kashkett USAID VP Francisco Zamora FAS VP Undetermined FCS VP Donald Businger Retiree VP Robert W. Farrand Secretary F.A. “Tex” Harris Treasurer AndrewWinter State Reps: Oscar DeSoto David Firestein Michael Guest JimMcRea Nick Pietrowicz Margaret Riccardelli Sandy Robinson Daphne Titus Andrea Tomaszewicz USAID Rep Michael Henning FCS Rep Stephen Anderson FAS Rep Eric Trachtenberg IBB Rep Al Pessin Retiree Reps: Herman Cohen Harry Geisel Howard Jeter David Passage American Foreign Service Association • July-August 2007 2007-2009 AFSA GOVERNING BOARD AFSA ELECTION RESULTS Inside This Issue: BRIEFS: NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR..............70 VP STATE: PTSD & THE FS ................71 VP USAID: DEPT. FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT ....................72 LETTER TO THE SECRETARY ON IRAQ..............................................73 OVERSEAS COMPARABILITY PAY REQUEST.....................................74 AFSA SCHOLARSHIP WINNER: BEST ESSAY........................................77 AFSA SCHOLARS................................78 AFSA NEWS CONSTRUCTIVE DISSENT AND OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE HONORED AFSA Award Winners Announced Continued on page 76 J U L Y - A UGU S T 2 0 0 7 / F OR E I GN S E R V I C E J OU R N A L 69 A June 5press conferencewas held at AFSA to release the ForeignAffairs Council’s interim assessment of SecretaryCondoleezzaRice’s tenureman- aging the StateDepartment. The two-year assessment finds that management improvements in some areas have been overshadowed by the failure to obtain net new personnel and financial resources. It concludes thatmajornewresources arenec- essary to fill existingpersonnel vacancies and to empower the Foreign Service to imple- ment Secretary Rice’s signature “transfor- FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL REPORT ASSESSES SEC. RICE’S FIRST TWO YEARS AFSA Press Conference Draws Major Media Coverage BY SHAWN DORMAN JOSH Continued on page 75