by Patricia H. Kushlis | Jun 17, 2013 | Monitor
By Patricia H. Kushlis How many more embarrassing reports revealing the underside of the State Department need to leak to the media before the new Secretary does something about cleaning up the administrative swamp into which this once venerable institution has sunk....
by Patricia H. Kushlis | May 26, 2013 | Monitor
By Patricia H. Kushlis Will persistence pay off or does hope just spring eternal? The former would be nice. On May 24, 2013, 51 former US Ambassadors and senior US government officials with extensive overseas and Washington experience in foreign affairs wrote to...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Apr 23, 2013 | Monitor
By Patricia H. Kushlis I have been documenting serious problems with the State Department’s approach to its most precious resource, its human capital since January 23, 2008. These problems, in reality, began well before 2008. This post “Can the Foreign Service Reform...