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Foreign Service group urges administration to raise bar on diplomat nominees


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foreign-service-group-urges-administration-to-raise-bar-on-diplomat-nomineesFox News:

The union representing America's Foreign Service professionals has a novel idea -- diplomatic nominees should have international experience and probably know a thing or two about the host country where they're being assigned.

 

The recommendations were part of proposed diplomatic job qualifications put out Tuesday by the American Foreign Service Association, in a bid to increase pressure on the administration to raise the bar on the quality of its ambassadorial picks. The guidelines come after a string of rocky confirmation hearings for a few of President Obama's diplomatic nominees, and amid heightened scrutiny of the time-honored presidential practice of selecting political donors and friends for these high-profile posts.

 

"It is essential ... that ambassadors chosen to represent the president and lead our diplomatic missions possess the attributes, experience and skills to do so successfully," the group said in its report published Tuesday.

 

The proposed guidelines were put together by a panel of former diplomats. The association itself has long argued that administrations of both parties should favor career Foreign Service professionals, and not political donors, when choosing ambassadors.

 

The guidelines reiterated that theses posts "should normally be accorded to career members," while acknowledging that those outside the Foreign Service ranks "can bring other highly valuable experience and attributes."

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Campaign donors and bundlers need not apply...

 


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