It’s not just the army that is hurting for recruits.
Moral is low, deployments are to high-risk areas (Kabul, Baghdad, Khartoum, anyone?), and not enough foreign service staff or auxiliary positions (language instruction, etc.) are being hired to fill spots created by a shift in diplomats from Europe (largely) to the Middle East (generally).
The situation in [...]
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Staffing crisis at U.S. foreign service
Posted in The Big Picture, The United States, The United States in the Middle East on June 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
