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The Foreign Service Journal, June 2003 FROM BOSWELL TO JOHNSON ■ THE PALESTINIAN QUESTION AFSA’s 30 Years As a Union $3.50 / JUNE 2003 OREIGN ERVICE FJ O U R N A L STHE MAGAZINE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS PROFESSIONALS A LIFE OF PUBLIC SERVICE George P. Shultz With up to 25,000 Bonus Points or 7,500 Bonus Miles, who would you enjoy visiting? Family? Friends? Fiji Islanders? Its easy to earn points or miles for the trip youll enjoy most. Just stay at any participating hotel in the Priority Club® Rewards family of brands now through August 31, 2003. You can earn 5,000 bonus points or 1,500 bonus miles after every third stay— up to 25,000 bonus points or 7,500 bonus miles. That’s enough points for free nights at thousands of hotels worldwide. So whether you want to visit close friends or distant lands, Priority Club Rewards makes it easy to Stay With Someone You Know¤ ! 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A stay is qualified when paying qualifying rates, which include most business and leisure rates. Only one room per member per stay will be awarded the applicable bonus points or miles. No retroactive points or miles will be awarded for stays prior to registration. Subject to standard Priority Club terms and conditions. © 2003 InterContinental Hotels Group. All rights reserved. Most hotels are independently owned and/or operated. STAY W ITH SOMEONE YOU KNOW.¤ CONTENTS June 2003 ■ Volume 80, No. 6 F OCUS ON AFSA ASAU NION RESOLVING THE PALESTINIAN QUESTION / 52 More than 25 years after Egyptian President Anwar Sadat’s historic trip to Jerusalem, why hasn’t peace come? 18 / AFSA BECOMES A UNION: By Claude Salhani THE REFORMERS’ VICTORY Here’s how AFSA’s “Young Turks” and “Participation APPRECIATION: FROM BOSWELL TO JOHNSON / 58 Slates” expanded what had been a professional and social Vernon A. Walters, 1917-2002 organization into a labor union. By Fletcher M. Burton By Tex Harris 28 / AFSA BECOMES A UNION: FOUR BATTLES AFSA’s victories 30 years ago paved the way for the S CHOOLS S UPPLEMENT progress it continues to make today. By Tom Boyatt CHRISTMAS IN JULY: HOLIDAYS ASAFOREIGN SERVICE CHILD / 62 35 / AFSA BECOMES A UNION: A child raised in the Foreign Service can retain a sense of BREAD-AND-BUTTER ISSUES Helping individual members with their problems tradition and still appreciate new cultures, including their was an AFSA priority from the outset. holidays. By Herman J. Cohen By Mikkela Thompson SCHOOLS AT A GLANCE / 71 40 / AFSA AND THE COURTS: THE BRADLEY CASE A 1979 Supreme Court decision held that the Essential data on educational choices. Foreign Service has unique needs and challenges. By Ted Wilkinson C OLUMNS D EPARTMENTS 42 / AFSA AND THE FOREIGN SERVICE ACT OF 1980 The AFSA Governing Board played a key role in the nego- PRESIDENT’S VIEWS / 5 LETTERS / 7 tiations leading up to the Foreign Service Act of 1980. Exclusive Representative CYBERNOTES / 10 By Ken Bleakley By John K. Naland BOOKS / 82 IN MEMORY / 83 F EATURES SPEAKING OUT / 13 Dissent Again INDEX TO By David T. Jones ADVERTISERS / 90 A LIFE OF PUBLIC SERVICE: GEORGE SHULTZ / 47 AFSA NEWS / AFSA honors George P. Shultz for his contributions to REFLECTIONS / 92 CENTER INSERT American diplomacy and a lifetime of public service. By David Rabadan By Steven Alan Honley Cover and inside illustration by Ben Fishman THE MAGAZINE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS PROFESSIONALS OREIGN ERVICE Foreign Service Journal (ISSN 0146-3543), 2101 E Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037-2990 is published J O U R N A L F S monthly by the American Foreign Service Association, a private, non-profit organization. Material appearing here- Editor Editorial Board STEVEN ALAN HONLEY in represents the opinions of the writers and does not necessarily represent the views of the Journal, the Editorial Associate Editor JUDITH BAROODY, Board or AFSA. Writer queries and submissions are invited, preferably by e-mail. Journal subscription: AFSA HAIRMAN SUSAN B. MAITRA C Members - $9.50 included in annual dues; others - $40. For foreign surface mail, add $18 per year; foreign air- Business Manager mail, $36 per year. Periodical postage paid at Washington, D.C., and at additional mailing offices. Postmaster: MIKKELA V. T HOMPSON MARK W. B OCCHETTI ELIZABETH SPIRO CLARK Send address changes to Foreign Service Journal, 2101 E Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037-2990. Indexed Ad & Circulation Manager ED MILTENBERGER TATIANA GFOELLER-VOLKOFF by Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS). The Journal is not responsible for unsolicited manuscripts, photos CAROL A. GIACOMO AFSA News Editor or illustrations. Advertising inquiries are invited. The appearance of advertisements herein does not imply the LAURIE KASSMAN SHAWN DORMAN endorsement of the services or goods offered. FAX: (202) 338-8244 or (202) 338-6820. E-MAIL: [email protected]. CAROLINE MEIRS Art Director WEB: www.afsa.org. TELEPHONE: (202) 338-4045. © American Foreign Service Association, 2003. Printed CARYN J. SUKO HOLLIS SUMMERS in the U.S.A. Send address changes to AFSA Membership, 2101 E Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037- Editorial Intern WILLIAM WANLUND STEPHEN E. MATHER TED WILKINSON 2990. Printed on 50 percent recycled paper, of which 10 percent is post-consumer waste. JUNE 2003/FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL 3 NOW AVAILABLE FROM AFSA… The most informative book on the Foreign Service Inside a U.S. Embassy: How the Foreign Service Works for America Only $12.95* *PLUS SHIPPING AND HANDLING. Proceeds will be used to enhance AFSA’s public outreach efforts. This book is a must-read for anyone who wants to know about the people who work in American embassies and consulates around the world. 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The profiles and the “ Inside a U.S. Embassy is a fascinating look at stories all show the rich diversity of our people, foreign policy in practice through the eyes of in terms of both their varied backgrounds and the U.S. diplomats.” wide range of services we perform. As a result, — Senator Joseph Biden, this book clearly advances the image of the State D-Del., Ranking Minority Department and all of us in the Foreign Service.” Member, Senate Foreign — Director General of the Foreign Relations Committee Service Ruth A. Davis Order your copy today! Go to www.afsa.org/inside or call (847) 364-1222. PRESIDENT’S VIEWS Exclusive Representative BY JOHN K. NALAND This is my penul- ly promote their interests. timate column after Elsewhere in this month’s Journal, four years on the AFSA is often you will find some fascinating articles AFSA Governing describing how AFSA became a union Board. While many the initiator of three decades ago. Sitting here today, it of my columns have employee-friendly is hard to imagine what the Foreign focused on AFSA’s Service would be like had AFSA not role (dating from changes in become a union. 1924) as a professional association, I am Much of what AFSA has accom- honored to use this month’s page to the rules. plished for the Foreign Service was commemorate the 30th anniversary of achieved either directly or indirectly AFSA’s certification as the exclusive rep- because of our union status. For exam- resentative — i.e., union — of the U.S. management officials at the foreign ple, employees would likely get less Foreign Service. affairs agencies must obtain AFSA’s bang for the buck from a non-union If you are among the 30 percent of concurrence before they may alter any AFSA that could not negotiate with the active-duty Foreign Service who of the conditions of employment that management on members’ behalf. have entered on duty within the past affect Foreign Service members. Fewer tangible accomplishments would four years, you will have heard me per- Examples of negotiable issues include probably result in a smaller member- sonally explain the significance of promotion precepts, assignment rules, ship than we currently enjoy. Fewer AFSA’s union role when you attended commissioning and tenure rules, and dues-paying members, in turn, would our welcoming luncheon at AFSA time-in-class and time-in-service rules.
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