The Krile Files

The Fight Over Forced Service

November 7, 2007 · Leave a Comment

It’s getting ugly over at the State Department.  The big argument remains whether employees can be ordered to go to Iraq, since there aren’t enough volunteers.

Debate Over Forced Iraq Service Continues: Diplomats Trading “Undiplomatic Potshots”

A bitter dispute over forced assignments to Iraq has erupted inside the State Department with diplomats taking decidedly undiplomatic potshots at one another. The latest public salvo came Tuesday with a harshly critical post on the department’s official blog in which a foreign service officer in Iraq skewered those who spoke out against the prospect of ordered tours of [...]

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