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State employee devised diplomatic dispatch service during Arab Spring

Shane Morris overcame numerous obstacles during the Arab Spring uprisings to ensure that U.S. diplomats in the Middle East could securely dispatch and receive classified documents and equipment. She is a finalist for a Service to America Medal.

Tags: State , Shane Morris , Service to America Medal , In Depth , management , Arab Spring

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Budget constraints challenge State's continued presence in Middle East

The fiscal 2013 budget leaves uncertainty about U.S. operations in Iraq, as the mission shifts from the Defense Department to the State Department.

Tags: Stephanie Sanok , Center for Strategic and International Studies , DoD , State , Iraq , Afghanistan , budget , Federal Drive

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21st Century Statecraft add-on to traditional diplomacy

Social media has fundamentally changed the way people communicate — and that includes how the State Department communicates with foreign countries. Dubbed 21st Century Statecraft, the use of digital tools is a way for State to engage with other countries' government, listen to foreign citizens and promote national interests abroad.

Tags: Victoria Esser , State , technology , social media , 21st century statecraft , Federal Drive , Jolie Lee

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Foreign Service Association calls for program, not people, cuts

An organization representing Foreign Service members says cuts to the State Department's international affairs should come in programs and not people.

Tags: State , American Foreign Service Association , management , budget , Congress , Your Turn , Mike Causey , susan johnson

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WikiLeaks reveal marketing as part of diplomacy

The New York Times reports on U.S. diplomats' efforts to market U.S. items, such as jets, to foreign countries, revealed by the WikiLeaks cables.

Tags: DoD Report , WikiLeaks , State , marketing , cables , secrecy , transparency , Saudi Arabia , Turkey , NASA , Dorobek Insider

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U.S. to swap guns with diplomacy

Fewer than seven months remain before the U.S. military is scheduled to leave Iraq, and the handoff from DoD to diplomats is in full swing. Federal News Radio's Francis Rose spoke with former Ambassador Ronald Neumann about the buildup of American soft power.

Tags: DoD , military , Iraq , In Depth

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More investment needed in U.S. diplomatic ranks

Under-investment has left the US Foreign Service overstretched and under prepared. Ambassador Robert Beecroft explains some of the challenges that has left behind.

Tags: Federal Drive , State , smart power , management , American Academy of Diplomacy , Robert M. Beecroft , Suzanne Kubota

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WikiLeaks aftermath: What is unpublishable?

The lawyer who represented the New York Times in the Pentagon Papers case writes about the differences between the two document leaks.

Tags: Must Reads , Dorobek Insider , WikiLeaks , Daniel Ellsberg , Julian Assange , Floyd Abrams , New York Times , Wall Street Journal , Pentagon Papers , Financial Times , secrecy , confidential documents , State

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WikiLeaks is not just about WikiLeaks

The Pulse blog and The Economist report on the broader context of WikiLeaks on State diplomacy in an online world.

Tags: Hillary Clinton , Economist , Roy Revie , Pulse , WikiLeaks , Julian Assange , technology , 21st century statecraft , Internet , Must Reads , Dorobek Insider

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State QDDR outlines new goals, strategy

What does the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review mean for the nation's defense, diplomacy and development strategy? Jon Allen and Cheryl Steele, senior associates at Booz Allen Hamilton, joined the Federal Drive this morning to discuss it.

Tags: Federal Drive , management , Defense , Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review , USAID , Booz Allen Hamilton , Jon Allen , Cheryl Steele

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