The question really is how do we get Embassy Officers into the minds of the American business community. That is a much more difficult task than understanding a statistical matrix.
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In the best of all worlds everyone in the Embassy is doing something to assist U.S. exports.
Americans who may be going to the largest embassy we've ever had.
The whole notion of an embassy is like 'The Other.' That's what makes Washington interesting.
As a journalist, I try to avoid talking to American diplomats, because I am stunned again and again by just how little grasp they have of what people are really feeling in a country. Especially CIA guys. Maybe they're just really good at playing stupid, but I don't think so.
Huge numbers of embassy cables are labeled 'unclassified' or 'limited official use' and deal with mundane matters.
I work a seventeen hour day, and I'm personally responsible for 108 staff members in the embassy.
Any Ambassador or Foreign Service Officer who has his or her head screwed on right knows that the U.S. position in the world is far more dependent on our ability to compete in world markets.
The American people depend on these federal employees to process, investigate, and adjudicate applications for immigration rights and benefits in a timely and thorough manner.
In 75 foreign countries, we have a presence in the USDA.
What is more important is that Foreign Service Officers understand business, about the needs of U.S. business and how to help U.S. companies make the right connections abroad.
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