Presidents are Breaking the U.S. Foreign Service
04.12.2013 at 03:47pm
Presidents are Breaking the U.S. Foreign Service – Washington Post Op-Ed by Susan R. Johnson, Ronald E. Neumann and Thomas R. Pickering.
American diplomacy is facing a crisis. The professional career service that is intended to be the backbone of that diplomacy no longer claims a lead role at the State Department or in the formulation or implementation of foreign policy. The U.S. Foreign Service is being marginalized — just as military efforts to resolve major diplomatic challenges in Iraq and Afghanistan have failed, and as diplomacy has become both more complex and more important to our national security and prosperity…
