Table of Contents
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The Foreign Service Journal, September 2008
Cover
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Contents
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Focus on the 2008 Elections
17
Africa Seeks a True Friend
17
Are Canadians Ready for a Leap of Faith?
20
Egyptians Expect A Shift in Style, Not Substance
25
Budapest’s Balancing Act
29
Trade Is Central for Uruguay
33
Obamamania, German Style
37
Indonesians Hope for Partnership
41
FS Fiction
45
What to Do about Gina
45
Features
51
Why the “F” Process Deserves That Grade
51
FOIA: Declassification and Its Ramifications
56
Appreciation
63
Consummate Diplomat, Extraordinary Human Being: David D. Newsom, 1918-2008
63
AFSA News
69
AFSA Awards: Honoring Dissent and Performance
69
Scholarship Fund Receives Major Gift
69
Committee Acts on the Pay Gap
69
Aggeler on Pay Gap
70
VP State: The Dark Ages
71
VP Retiree: Membership Task Force
72
AFSA Donates to Fallen Diplomats Fund
73
News Briefs: New Spouse Employment Initiative
75
Launch of Foreign Affairs Professional Reading List
76
AFSA Testifies on Staffing Crisis
77
Family Member Matters: Keeping the Home Culture Alive
78
Classifieds
79
Departments
5
President’s Views—The Journey
5
Speaking Out—State’s Wrong Turn on the Information Highway
13
Letter from the Editor
16
Reflections—Balkan Babas
88
Letters
6
Cybernotes
9
Marketplace
11
Books
81
Index to Advertisers
86
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