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The Foreign Service Journal, July-August 2004 A DIPLOMATIC “RENAISSANCE MAN” I REBEL AS CONSUL I SAVING UGANDAN CHILDREN $3.50 / JULY-AUGUST 2004 OREIGN ERVICE FJ O U R N A L S THE MAGAZINE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS PROFESSIONALS THE STORIES OF SUMMER On Vacation with Foreign Service Fiction CONTENTS July-August 2004 I Volume 81, No. 7-8 See p. 44 F OCUSON F OREIGN S ERVICE F ICTION F EATURES 20 / STRANGE DAY AFSA AWARD WINNERS IN ACTION / 44 A man recognizes the rhythm of life Photos and citations for some of this year’s winners. and death in a rainstorm in Africa. By Shawn Dorman By Michael E. Kelly AN FS “RENAISSANCE MAN”: RICHARD B. PARKER / 49 23 / THE VERDERER Three-time Ambassador Richard Parker was a A centuries-old affront drives Foreign Service officer for 31 years, and since a political officer to plan a retirement has continued to write and teach. meticulous revenge. Last month, AFSA honored Parker for a By John D. Boyll lifetime of contributions to American diplomacy. By Steven Alan Honley 26 / AWAKENING As the slow, creaky wheels of an REBEL RAIDER AS DIPLOMAT: JOHN MOSBY IN CHINA / 60 African emergency turn, an As U.S. consul in Hong Kong, the colorful Confederate American health worker comes guerrilla leader greatly improved the United States’ to terms with the reality of her reputation in China. own loss. By Kevin H. Siepel By Rachel Herr IT’S TIME TO WIN THE BATTLE FOR 32 / BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS UGANDA’S CHILDREN / 66 An early education in peacemaking A perverse war continues to devour thousands of chil- in Brooklyn lasts a lifetime. dren each year in Uganda, putting President Museveni’s By Francis Xavier Cunningham international reputation at risk. By Michael Orona 38 / THE KEEPER Negotiating a peace with Rose Williams’ C OLUMNS D EPARTMENTS loyal cat is Conrad Campbell’s greatest challenge. PRESIDENT’S VIEWS / 5 LETTERS / 6 By Ricky Rood Creative Writing: CYBERNOTES / 14 45 / THE GULSHAN REGATTA A Talent for All Seasons BOOKS / 71 A young man finds that fate plays a role — By John Limbert IN MEMORY / 73 even in an arranged marriage. SPEAKING OUT / 17 By Mary Cameron Kilgour INDEX TO ADVERTISERS / 86 A Tribute to the Senior AFSA NEWS / Seminar CENTER INSERT By William Stedman REFLECTIONS / 88 By Jeff Mazur 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 with a combined July/August issue by the American Foreign Service Association, a private, non-profit Editor Editorial Board organization. Material appearing herein represents the opinions of the writers and does not necessarily represent STEVEN ALAN HONLEY the views of the Journal, the Editorial Board or AFSA. Writer queries and submissions are invited, preferably by Senior Editor JUDITH BAROODY, CHAIRMAN SUSAN B. MAITRA e-mail. Journal subscription: AFSA Members - $13 included in annual dues; others - $40. For foreign surface mail, Associate Editor add $18 per year; foreign airmail, $36 per year. Periodical postage paid at Washington, D.C., and at additional mail- MARK W. BOCCHETTI SHAWN DORMAN ing offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to Foreign Service Journal, 2101 E Street N.W., Washington, D.C. STEPHEN W. BUCK Ad & Circulation Manager 20037-2990. Indexed by Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS). The Journal is not responsible for unsolicited PATI CHAPLIN ED MILTENBERGER manuscripts, photos or illustrations. Advertising inquiries are invited. The appearance of advertisements herein TATIANA C. GFOELLER Business Manager does not imply the endorsement of the services or goods offered. FAX: (202) 338-8244 or (202) 338-6820. CAROL A. GIACOMO MIKKELA V. THOMPSON E-MAIL: [email protected]. WEB: www.afsa.org or www.fsjournal.org. TEL: (202) 338-4045. © American Foreign WILLIAM W. JORDAN Art Director LAURIE KASSMAN Service Association, 2004. Printed in the U.S.A. Send address changes to AFSA Membership, 2101 E Street N.W., CARYN SUKO SMITH HOLLIS SUMMERS Washington, D.C. 20037-2990. Printed on 50 percent recycled paper, of which 10 percent is post-consumer waste. Editorial Intern BILL WANLUND KRISTOFER LOFGREN TED WILKINSON Cover and inside illustrations by Donald Mulligan JULY-AUGUST 2004/FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL 3 PRESIDENT’S VIEWS Creative Writing: A Talent for All Seasons BY JOHN LIMBERT We have dedicat- garbage; and the so-called forces of ed our summer law and order are the greatest threat issue, as we do every In our Foreign to public safety. year, to the work of Service work, there General Reporting. Here the the best fiction writ- possibilities are endless. One can, for ers among us. I am are year-round example, compose poetry — leaving always amazed to opportunities for the dull world of reality far behind — see the variety of tal- about the positive impact of this or ents among colleagues — music, paint- creativity and that program or visitor. I once had to ing, poetry, and, as reflected in this imagination. deliver the text of a 27-page speech magazine, a knack for creative writing. about the Law of the Sea Treaty to a Where does all this wonderful talent bored host-country official whose come from? ignorance of the subject was only But while the Foreign Service leagues who have, according to their exceeded by his indifference. How Journal devotes its summer issue to fic- EERs, unilaterally brought democracy could I describe his reaction in my tion, it stays serious during other sea- to the previously oppressed inhabitants reporting cable? The bald truth in sons, with articles about “prospects for of some remote corner of Afghanistan this case would have been brutal and development in Africa” or “what next reachable only by a six-day trip on broken the hearts of many good for world oil prices.” But how about muleback. friends. Or, with just a little poetic the rest of the year? Why should we MPPs. Years ago I was responsible license, I could spread good will restrict our fiction and fantasy to one for preparing a post’s Mission among those Washington colleagues season? In our Foreign Service work Program Plan. One category was, who had worked so hard on the issue there are year-round opportunities for “Please list all required factual report- and had labored so many hours on the creativity and imagination. Consider ing.” After listing human rights speech. The choice was easy. the following: reports, real property reports, family The above examples are just the EERs. Was there ever a greater member employment reports, free- most obvious ones. Judging by the opportunity for letting the imagination dom of religion reports, trafficking in quality and variety of Foreign Service wander through realms of unreality? persons reports, etc., I could only add fiction, there are few areas where our An employee evaluation report is clear- the comment: “As far as I know all of colleagues cannot apply their creativi- ly not the place for understatement or our reporting is factual, not science ty. So the next time you are preparing even literal adherence to fact. The test fictional.” In retrospect, however, I inspection reports, management con- for a rated officer is: if you recognize am not so sure. All too often, Foreign trol compliance reports, differential yourself in the report, then it probably Service employees and their families reports, or other documents not needs work. Nor do you want to be the live in a world reminiscent of Ray known for exciting and vivid writing, object of your supervisor’s unilateral, Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, in which be imaginative. Although the Foreign quixotic campaign to restore “balance” firemen were responsible for burning Service Journal publishes fiction only to the EER process — especially not books. After all, in many places we in the summer, there is no reason the when you are in competition with col- serve, the electric company steals rest of us must restrict fiction to one your power and sells it to your neigh- season of the year. We should mine John Limbert is the president of the bor; the water company turns off your those rich veins of fantasy just waiting American Foreign Service Association. water; the garbage men deliver to be tapped. I JULY-AUGUST 2004/FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL 5 LETTERS A Welcome Policy 1999 to October 2001 as office man- month stay and then a long-distance I have been a special agent in agement specialist for the deputy relationship. In October 2001, we State’s Diplomatic Security Service chief of mission. In March 2000, I were married. for an eventful two years and will be took a trip to New York via Air Paula P. Guimond considering overseas bids in the next Afrique. After two days, I was ready OMS year. As an employee with a non-tra- to leave New York and return to Embassy Beijing ditional family, I am faced with addi- Senegal. tional stresses related to overseas At the airport, there were long In Defense of U.S. Policy assignment. I was considering leaving lines and short tempers. After 12 As I read Louis Janowski’s article, my life partner here in the States to hours waiting (some spent at a nearby “Neo-Imperialism and U.S. Foreign fulfill my overseas requirement and hotel), I saw a gentleman arguing (he Policy” (FSJ, May), I found myself feeling marginalized in having to says he was “discussing”) with the remembering an old line: This isn’t make this sacrifice, given the danger woman at the counter. I was thinking, right; it isn’t even wrong. and demands already placed upon me “Hey, give her a break, back off, and Janowski argues that the narcotics in the course of my duties.
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