The Foreign Service Journal, November 2018

6 NOVEMBER 2018 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL 85 Reflections An Unexpected Find in Deir al-Qamar By Da n i e l Mo r r i s 86 Local Lens Bukhara, Uzbekistan By Me l i n d a Mc I n t y re 70 Foreign Service Night at Nationals Park 71 State VP Voice—Foreign Service Family Ties 72 FCS VP Voice—Working in Concert with State to Advance Economic Security 72 16,914! 73 Retiree VP Voice—No Soup for You! 73 Last Chance to Update Your Information for the 2019 Retiree Directory 74 Stick with AFSA in Retirement 74 AFSAWelcomes Consular Fellows 74 AFSA Receives “Clean” 2017 Audit 75 AFSA on the Hill—The Race to the Midterms 75 FSJ Editor Gives Lecture on Diplomacy 76 AFSA Honors Amb. Tom Shannon 76 AFSAWelcomes New Governing Board Member 76 AFSA Governing Board Meeting, September 12 77 AFSA’s Outreach Goes from Coast to Coast 78 Notes From Labor Management— Performance Management: A How-To Guide 79 AFSAWelcomes Incoming USAID Officers 79 AFSAWelcomes New TeamMembers AFSA NEWS THE OFFICIAL RECORD OF THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION On the Cover— The Diplomatic Courier Service then and now. Photo: U.S. Department of State/Diplomatic Security Service. Marketplace 80 Classifieds 82 Real Estate 84 Index to Advertisers FOREIGN SERVICE 7 President’s Views Telling Our Story to the American People By Ba r ba r a S t e p h e n s o n 9 Letter from the Editor Tales from the Foreign Service By Sh awn Do rma n 19 Speaking Out Radically Simple Ideas for a Better State: Foreign Service 2.0 By J C Wi n d h am Perspectives Departments 10 Letters 13 Talking Points 74