1. U.S. Foreign Service

2. U.S. Department of State

3. IRAN 1979

4. IRAN 1979 Mark & Cora Lijek

5. GRENADA 1983

6. Grenada 1983 Phil Carter

7. IRAQ INVADES KUWAIT 1990

8. KUWAIT 1990

9. NAIROBI 1995

10. NAIROBI 1998 Bob Godec & Mike Marine

11. GREECE 1999

13. IRAQ 2010

14. IRAQ 2010 Laurent Charbonnet

15. IRAQ 2010

16. What do FSOs Do? Five main areas of specialization (“cones”) –Political Affairs –Consular Affairs –Public Affairs –Management –Economic Affairs

17. Desired Skill Set “13 Dimensions” Composure Cultural Adaptability Experience and Motivation Information Integration & Analysis Initiative and Leadership Judgment Written & Oral Communication

18. Desired Skill Set “13 Dimensions” Planning & Organizing Quantitative Analysis Resourcefulness Working with others

19. Advocacy U.S. policy U.S. interests –American citizens –American corporations –Perceptions of U.S. Intergovernmental organizations –Votes –Candidates –Reforms

20. What do Officers Do? IT DEPENDS –On the Administration’s policies –On your post of assignment –On the size of the post –On the organization of the post –On the presence of other agencies –On the Ambassador –On the host government

21. Typical Officer Duties Advocacy Reporting Outreach Visitors

22. Reporting Host country internal developments Host country external developments Labor issues Environment, science, technology, health Agriculture Resources

23. Outreach Speeches, seminars, op-eds, visits to –Parliamentarians –Media –Schools & universities –NGOs –Trade associations –Chambers of Commerce –Ministries (Foreign Affairs, Finance, Economy, Interior, Justice, Environment)

24. Visitors White House Congress State Department Industry delegations Trade associations Lobbyists State, city, county trade promotion groups Other U.S. agencies –Commerce –USTR –Defense –Transportation –Homeland Security –FAA –AID –Treasury –Agriculture –Energy

25. How Do I Prepare for a Foreign Service Career? The Economist Foreign Affairs Business Week National weekly news magazine (Time, Newsweek) www.state.gov reading list

26. RESOURCES www.state.gov www.facebook.com www.afsa.org (American Foreign Service Assoc) www.foreignpolicy.com www.usdiplomacy.org pdstephenson@gmail.com

27. More Resources http://apps.usa.gov/doscareers.shtml http://www.youtube.com/user/statevideo youtube.com search FSOT Facebook search FSOT, Department of State