Most Foreign Service officers with the Department of State begin their careers with a 2-year stint, like me, as a consular officer conducting interviews for tourist and immigrant visas. Many move on to other departments such as the economic or political sections after that initial rite of passage.
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A Day in the life of a Diplomat/Foreign Service Officer/Specialist ... Divided into two clear lines of Foreign Service specialist and Foreign Service officer, applicants are afforded the opportunity to select a path best suited to their interests and talents.
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I am a consular career track officer. I joined the Foreign Service as a management career track officer. ... I spent six years there, three as the spouse of a U.S. government employee and three as a Foreign Service officer.
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Are you interested in the Foreign Service, but wonder what life would be like? Are you "in shock" after your partner announced that he/she passed the Foreign Service exam and plans to join? Or do you have a son or daughter becoming a Foreign Service Officer?
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A retired Foreign Service Officer offers an online gallery of original art featuring scenes depicting daily life from home and abroad (Africa and the Americas), still life, landscapes, and abstract designs.
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View this Specialist vacancy and apply online ... Register for the Foreign Service Officer Test ... View Careers in Foreign Affairs on Facebook!
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Erin Eussen, a consular officer at the embassy in Amman, Jordan, recalls one scare: ... Foreign Service Life Disruptive for Families July 26, 2006 ... Excerpted from Realities of Foreign Service Life, edited by Patricia Linderman and Melissa Brayer-Hess, published by the Associates of the American Foreign Service Worldwide.
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Her story, along with 28 others, appears in the AAFSW's second volume of Realities of Foreign Service Life, a collection of personal experiences from members of the U.S. diplomatic community. ... But after a few days of increasing pain, I decided to make a late night call to our Regional Medical Officer (RMO), Dr.
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I am joining my colleague John Brady Kiesling in submitting my resignation from the Foreign Service (effective immediately) because I cannot in good conscience support President Bush's war plans against Iraq.
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