#13 - The Foreign Service
Long Time No See
English - February 09, 2021 05:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsNews Government mediafile news politics media headlines journalism long time no see michael kohler beltway Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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After four years of a “hollowing out” of the State Department, the U.S. Foreign Service looks to the future. Many voices have come forward proposing solutions on how to bring the service into a new modern era. Ambassadors Marc Grossman and Eric Rubin give a rundown on how the Foreign Service got to this point, what problems within the service predate the Trump years, and what needs to be done going forward.
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Music: “Side Hustle” by Otis Galloway [License: CC BY 4.0]