by Patricia H. Kushlis | Feb 15, 2016 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis Madeleine Albright wrote in “My Undiplomatic Moment,†a commentary published in The New York Times on February 13, 2016, that she had said at a Clinton rally in New Hampshire “there’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Aug 1, 2013 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis The General Accounting Office (GAO) published its 32 page investigation of the Foreign Service promotion process in July 2013. The title? Foreign Affairs Management: State Department Has Strengthened Foreign Service Promotion Process Internal...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Jan 18, 2013 | Monitor
By Patricia H. Kushlis Also see Peter Van Buren "An Example of Petty Corruption and Cronyism at State", January 23, 2013. Van Buren worked on Congressional Relations for State's Bureau of Consular Affairs at the time of the passport fiasco. It wasn’t...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Oct 3, 2012 | Monitor
By Patricia H. Kushlis This is the fifth in a series of posts about Joan Wadelton, a veteran Foreign Service officer fired last year for blowing the whistle on longstanding corruption in the State Department’s Human Resources Bureau. Here are links to the first four:...