By Jim Lobe
WASHINGTON - While the Pentagon's budget has risen to heights not seen since World War II, United States diplomatic and foreign aid assets have largely wasted away and must be quickly rebuilt by any new administration that takes office in January, said a new report released in Washington this week by former senior foreign service officers.
The report, written by the American Academy of Diplomacy (AAD) and the Henry L Stimson Center, calls for a nearly 50% increase in the number of diplomats and aid and development specialists recruited into the foreign service over the next five years.
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Peacenik isn't surprised that the U.S. diplomatic core has been hollowed out. The whole fucking world has been hollowed out by the Bush administration policies. Given the state of the world economy its nice that someone is thinking positively about the future. Peacenik is encouraged.
WASHINGTON - While the Pentagon's budget has risen to heights not seen since World War II, United States diplomatic and foreign aid assets have largely wasted away and must be quickly rebuilt by any new administration that takes office in January, said a new report released in Washington this week by former senior foreign service officers.
The report, written by the American Academy of Diplomacy (AAD) and the Henry L Stimson Center, calls for a nearly 50% increase in the number of diplomats and aid and development specialists recruited into the foreign service over the next five years.
Read on...
Peacenik isn't surprised that the U.S. diplomatic core has been hollowed out. The whole fucking world has been hollowed out by the Bush administration policies. Given the state of the world economy its nice that someone is thinking positively about the future. Peacenik is encouraged.
