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Hunter Spearheads Backlash Against Foreign Service Officers
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ABC News' Z. Byron Wolf Reports: Reports on the showdown between State Department managers and the Foreign Service Officers at a townhall meeting at the State Department over the 48 unfilled diplomatic slots in Iraq and the apparent lack of foreign service officers volunteering to ship off to Iraq to fill them have sparked strong reaction on Capitol Hill.
Congressman Duncan Hunter -- a Vietnam Veteran, the ranking Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, a Presidential candidate, and the father of a Marine serving in Afghanistan -- wrote a terse letter to Secretary Rice yesterday suggesting she fire any State Department personnel who refuse to be deployed to Iraq.
"If any Foreign Service Officers resist their directed assignment to Baghdad, I hope you will make it clear to all that there is no place in our government for public servants who refuse the more difficult assignments. America's security is based on our citizens who deploy to dangerous and difficult places in the world to preserve freedom. Our marines, soldiers, airmen, and sailors are making this sacrifice each and every day, as are many brave State Department personnel. If any Foreign Service Officers refuse orders to deploy to Iraq, I trust they will be immediately fired," Hunter wrote yesterday.
Looking for Volunteers at Walter Reed
Hunter is meeting with President Bush today on the treatment of wounded servicemen returning from Iraq.
Hunter said he's sure that the State Department could find plenty of volunteers among the wounded at Walter Reed and he's going to ask the President today to send State Department recruiters to Walter Reed.
“They are veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan theaters and you can be sure that when called on for difficult assignments, they won’t convene a town meeting to protest," Hunter said in a paper statement today. "Especially for those whose mobility has been impaired by wounds, State Department positions, not only in Baghdad but around the world, will provide excellent jobs as well as availing our nation of their enormous talent.”
November 1, 2007 in Thompson, Fred | Permalink | User Comments (21)
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Hey DK! Your comment reveals your ignorance of the issue! Gullible ideologues like you were great supporters of Mao during the cultural revolution!
Posted by: Bruce | Nov 9, 2007 10:33:15 AM
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