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Diplomacy Under Fire
The cocktail parties and communiqués of traditional diplomacy are giving way to counterinsurgency and crisis management in places like Iraq and Colombia. But the Foreign Service is short on folks with the language and technical skills to fill these modern posts.

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"When I worked in the state department, we made the decision to put diplomats into the front lines in Iraq and Afghanistan. That's an entirely different proposition than serving in Rome."
– Former Ambassador Nicholas Burns

The cocktail parties and communiqués of traditional diplomacy are giving way to counterinsurgency and crisis management missions in places like Iraq and Colombia. American diplomats are now required to serve in both embassies and embeds. But the Foreign Service is short on folks with the language and technical skills to fill these modern posts. Add to that a bureaucratic State Department short on funds and slow to adapt and you end up with the 82nd Airborne as the face of American foreign policy to the world.

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Plan Colombia
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Field report from Hyderabad, India
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The challenges facing the State Department
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Diplomacy Under Fire / Executive Producer: Aaron Lobel / AAM Producers: Monica Bushman, Sean D. Carberry, Matt Ozug, Monica Villavicencio and Chris Williams / Interns: Natalie Friedman, Alex Taylor and Jake Yarmus / Photo: Sean Carberry.

Host: Deborah Amos / Length: 51 minutes / Airdate: July 2009

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