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The World Needs a Democracy That Educates Its Citizens to Lead It

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How Values-Based Diplomacy Can Augment U.S. Global Primacy

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A Consul General With Housemates and No Office

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Why Defense Gets 12 Times More Money Than Diplomacy

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Ambassador Gina: WIDA Instructor Is First State Dept. Diversity Chief

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A State Department Internship Showed Why Diplomacy Isn’t for Me

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In Rare Move, Black Career Diplomat Is Named Assistant Secretary of State

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U.S. Public Diplomacy’s Secret Weapons Are Too Few

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For Americans in Trouble Abroad, a Consular Officer May Be the Only Hope

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Curating Diplomacy: Museum Tells of U.S. Global Engagement

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All in the Family: 70 Years in the Foreign Service

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The State Department’s Million-Dollar Mistake

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Confessions of an Ex-U.S. Diplomat and Expat in Europe

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The Unconventional Diplomatic Career of Victoria Nuland

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Amid Chaos, Diplomats Aide Strange Power Transition

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Why Lawyers Are Often a Diplomat’s Best Friends

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How Political Ambassadors Waste Taxpayer Dollars

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WIDA Instructor William Burns Named CIA Director

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The ABCs of Marketing That Can Help Public Diplomacy

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