The Foreign Service Journal, November 2009

J O U R N A L OREIGN ERVICE S F P RESIDENT ’ S V IEWS / 5 Rebranding the Foreign Service By Susan R. Johnson S PEAKING O UT / 11 Merge USAID Fully into State By Raymond Malley FS K NOW -H OW / 15 Coping with Dietary Restrictions Overseas By Kelly Armstrong R EFLECTIONS / 72 Discovering Yasukuni By James B. Angell C YBERNOTES / 6 M ARKETPLACE / 10 B OOKS / 61 I N M EMORY / 65 I NDEX TO A DVERTISERS / 70 Cover and inside illustration by Phil Wrigglesworth C O V E R S T O R Y I N T HEIR O WN W RITE : B OOKS BY F OREIGN S ERVICE A UTHORS / 17 Our annual compilation of recent books by Foreign Service authors celebrates the FS community’s wealth of literary talent. By Susan Maitra F E A T U R E T HE FS B LOGOSPHERE IN 2009 / 43 Foreign Service blogging has boundless potential to promote U.S. soft power, foster the expression of dissent and build connections within the FS community. By Mark Hay A F S A N E W S M ARC G ROSSMAN D ELIVERS A DAIR L ECTURE / 49 F IRST C ALL FOR AFSA D ISSENT A WARDS / 49 N EWS B RIEFS AND A GGELER / 50 VP S TATE : A N O UNCE OF P REVENTION / 51 VP R ETIREE : H EARING FROM Y OU / 52 S URVIVOR A NNUITY E LECTIONS / 53 VP FCS: C ULTIVATING K EY A LLIES / 54 S HARON P APP : C ELEBRATING 17 Y EARS AT AFSA / 55 C HANGES TO O VERSEAS P AY AND B ENEFITS / 56 F ROM I NTERN TO FSO / 56 A MBASSADOR R IDGWAY S CHOLARSHIP / 57 E LDERHOSTEL B ECOMES E XPLORITAS / 57 C LASSIFIEDS / 59 N O V E M B E R 2 0 0 9 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 3 C ONTENTS November 2009 Volume 86, No. 11