The Foreign Service Journal, October 2018

6 OCTOBER 2018 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL 76 Reflections Playing Squash with Arlen Specter By A l ex i s L u dw i g 47 USDC and AFSA Join Forces for Remembrance of 1998 East Africa Embassy Bombings 48 Diplomacy Through Music 49 AFSAWelcomes Newest Foreign Service Members 49 Announcing the 2018 AFSAAwardWinners 50 State VP Voice—WeWork Hard for the Money 51 USAID VP Voice—FSOs Need to Support Diversity and Inclusion 51 AFSA Governing Board Meeting, August 16 52 FAS VP Voice—Mission (Almost) Impossible 52 Appreciation: Willard Ames “Bill” De Pree 53 WhereWe Stand—Rebuilding Our Economic Strength 54 Retiree Corner—Life After the Foreign Service: Jim Bullington 54 AFSA President inWilliamsburg 55 Summer and Fall Outreach: Baseball and California Visit 57 Inside theWorld of Diplomacy 58 AFSA Honors National High School Essay Contest Winner 58 Coordination of FEHB and Medicare AFSA NEWS THE OFFICIAL RECORD OF THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION On the Cover— Today crime knows no borders. Photo: iStockphoto.com/scyther5. Below: The sundial dedicated to Jessica El Bechir in Embassy Rangoon’s garden. Photo: Hannah Dufford. Marketplace 70 Classifieds 72 Real Estate 75 Index to Advertisers FOREIGN SERVICE 7 President’s Views Taking Stock By Ba r ba r a S t e p h e n s o n 9 Letter from the Editor Borderless Crime By Sh awn Do rma n 46 Family Member Matters Making It in Mongolia By N i c o l e Sc h a e f e r-McDa n i e l Perspectives Departments 10 Letters 12 Letters-Plus 14 Talking Points 59 In Memory 68 Books 47 78 Local Lens Say, Niger By Gemma Dvo r a k