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Retirement Planning Shortfalls the First Female Fso the Diplomat's Ethical PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION JULY-AUGUST 2013 THE DIPLOMAT’S ETHICAL GROUNDING RETIREMENT PLANNING SHORTFALLS THE FIRST FEMALE FSO FOREIGN July-August 2013 SERVICE Volume 90, No. 7-8 FOCUS ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AFSA NEWS Presenting the 2013 AFSA Merit Ethics for the Professional Diplomat / 22 Award Winners / 49 A code of ethics is essential to give diplomatic practitioners guidance State VP: On Becoming Foreign with respect to personal, as well as official, boundaries. Service Policymakers / 50 Here are some components of such a code. Retiree VP: Déjà Vu All Over BY EDWARD MARKS Again / 51 2013-2015 Governing Board The Role of Dissent in National Security, Election Results/ 51 AFSA and Santa Fe Retirees Law and Conscience / 27 Sponsor Symposium / 52 One of three officers to resign from the Foreign Service a decade ago Book Notes: Living Longer, in protest of the Iraq War revisits the ethical implications of that decision. Stronger and Happier / 53 BY ANN WRIGHT 2013 AFSA Awards Winners / 53 AFSA Best Essay Winner: Some My Resignation in Retrospect / 32 Nails, Some Tape / 56 Those of us in the Foreign Service must keep our moral and professional compass PMA Funds AFSA calibrated to that point where integrity and love of country declare, “No further.” Scholarship / 56 BY JOHN BRADY KIESLING 2013 George F. Kennan Award Winner / 57 Sponsors: Supporting New Some Thoughts on Dissent / 36 Arrivals from the Get-Go / 58 All government employees should be free to speak their minds as openly FSYF 2013 Contest and Award as possible without endangering national security—a term regrettably Winners / 59 all too often used as an excuse to shut them up. BY JOHN H. BROWN COLUMNS President’s Views / 7 Loyalty: The Hallmark of the Professional Diplomat / 40 Passing the Baton Once a final decision is made by our political masters, it is the responsibility of BY SUSAN R. JOHNSON the professional diplomat to execute it—or step aside and let another do so. FS Know-How / 17 BY ROBERT WILLIAM DRY Retirement Planning Shortfalls BY JOHN K. NALAND DEPARTMENTS FEATURE Letters / 8 FS Heritage: Lucile Atcherson Curtis, Talking Points / 12 the First Female U.S. Diplomat / 44 Books / 61 Local Lens / 70 In 1922, the first female permitted to take the Foreign Service exam passed with the third-highest score that year. But it was only the first of many hurdles she faced. MARKETPLACE BY MOLLY M. WOOD Classifieds / 63 Real Estate / 66 Index to Advertisers / 68 On the cover: “Rooted” by Allison Davis. This graphite pencil drawing was one of Ms. Davis’ entries in AFSA’s 2013 Art Merit Award Competition. Vice president of the National Art Honor Society at the Ameri- can International School–Israel, Ms. Davis plans to pursue painting with oils, acrylic and water color, as well as methods of drawing, when she begins her freshman year at Abilene Christian University in the fall. THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | JULY-AUGUST 2013 5 FOREIGN SERVICE S Editor Steven Alan Honley: [email protected] Senior Editor Susan Brady Maitra: [email protected] Associate Editor CONTACT Shawn Dorman: [email protected] AFSA Headquarters: Labor Management AFSA News Editor (202) 338-4045; Fax (202) 338-6820 General Counsel Donna Ayerst: [email protected] State Department AFSA Office: Sharon Papp: [email protected] (202) 647-8160; Fax (202) 647-0265 Deputy General Counsel Ad & Circulation Manager USAID AFSA Office: Zlatana Badrich: [email protected] Ed Miltenberger: [email protected] (202) 712-1941; Fax (202) 216-3710 Labor Management Specialist Art Director FCS AFSA Office: James Yorke: [email protected] Caryn Suko Smith (202) 482-9088; Fax (202) 482-9087 Labor Management Counselor Janet Weber: [email protected] Editorial Intern GOVERNING BOARD Senior Staff Attorney Jesse Smith President: Neera Parikh: [email protected] Susan R. Johnson: [email protected] Advertising Intern Staff Attorney State VP: Andreas Dorner Raeka Safai: [email protected] Daniel Hirsch: [email protected] Staff Attorney Editorial Board USAID VP: Andrew Large: [email protected] James P. Seevers, Chairman Francisco Zamora: [email protected] Office Manager Judith Baroody FCS VP: Christine Warren: [email protected] William D. Bent Keith Curtis: [email protected] USAID Senior Labor Management Adviser Clayton Bond FAS VP: Douglas Broome: [email protected] Gordon S. Brown David Mergen: [email protected] USAID Staff Assistant Stephen W. Buck Retiree VP: Chioma Dike: [email protected] Ruth M. Hall Mary Ellen Gilroy: [email protected] Richard McKee Secretary: Vacant MEMBER Services Jed Meline Treasurer: Andrew Winter Member Services Director Gregory L. Naarden State Reps: Janet Hedrick: [email protected] Beth Payne Matthew Asada Member Services Representative William Bent Kristy Pomes: [email protected] E. Alex Copher Administrative Assistant and Office Manager THE MAGAZINE FOR FOREIGN AffaiRS Tim Corso Ana Lopez: [email protected] PROfessiONALS Kenneth Kero-Mentz The Foreign Service Journal (ISSN 0146-3543), 2101 E Elise Mellinger Communications, MARKETING AND Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20037-2990 is published Joyce Namde Outreach monthly, with a combined July-August issue, by the Ted Osius Director of New Media American Foreign Service Association (AFSA), a private, Lillian Wahl-Tuco Ásgeir Sigfússon: [email protected] nonprofit organization. Material appearing herein repre- sents the opinions of the writers and does not necessarily David Zwach Director of Communications represent the views of the Journal, the Editorial Board or USAID Reps: Vacant AFSA. Writer queries and submissions are invited, prefer- Jason Singer Special Awards and Outreach Coordinator ably by e-mail. The Journal is not responsible for unso- Andrew Levin Perri Green: [email protected] licited manuscripts, photos or illustrations. Advertising FCS Rep: Steve Morrison Editor/Publisher, FS Books inquiries are invited. The appearance of advertisements FAS Rep: Rachel Nelson Shawn Dorman: [email protected] herein does not imply endorsement of the services or IBB Rep: Andre de Nesnera Speakers Bureau Director goods offered. Journal subscription: AFSA member–$20, Retiree Reps: Thomas Switzer: [email protected] included in annual dues; student–$30; institution–$40; others–$50. For foreign surface mail, add $18 per year; Robert Houdek Web and Graphics Assistant foreign airmail, $36 per year. Periodical postage paid Edward Marks Jeff Lau: [email protected] at Washington, D.C., and at additional mailing offices. Hugh Neighbour Indexed by the Public Affairs Information Services (PAIS). Molly Williamson PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS Coordinator, Retiree Counseling E-mail: [email protected] STAFF and Legislation Phone: (202) 338-4045 Executive Director Bonnie Brown: [email protected] Fax: (202) 338-8244 Ian Houston: [email protected] Associate Coordinator, Retiree Counseling Web: www.afsa.org/fsj Executive Assistant to the President and Legislation Patrick Bradley: [email protected] © American Foreign Service Association, 2013 Matthew Sumrak: [email protected] Advocacy Director PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. Business Department Javier Cuebas: [email protected] Director of Finance Legislative Assistant Postmaster: Send address changes to Femi Oshobukola: [email protected] David Murimi: [email protected] AFSA Controller Scholarship Director Attn: Address Change Kalpna Srimal: [email protected] Lori Dec: [email protected] 2101 E Street NW Assistant Controller Scholarship Assistant Washington DC 20037-2990 Cory Nishi: [email protected] Jonathan Crawford: [email protected] Washington DC 20037-2990 www.afsa.org 6 JULY-AUGUST 2013 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL PRESIDENT’S VIEWS Passing the Baton BY SUSAN R. JOHNSON s I complete my fourth and final advance American diplomacy and provide reactive to innovative, from resisting year as AFSA president, I have the capacity that our Secretaries of State change to embracing and shaping it, been reflecting on what we and presidents need. and from ignoring the need for new A have achieved together and on In that quest, we should always strive approaches to professional education and the challenges and opportunities ahead. to meet the aspirations set forth in the training to seeking them out and valuing I do so with a strong sense of the honor it 1980 Foreign Service Act. That landmark them. has been to lead AFSA and to represent legislation stipulates that “a career Foreign Finally, rather than pretending that they the Foreign Service. Service on the AFSA Service, characterized by excellence don’t exist, we must address institutional Governing Board has been an even more and professionalism, is essential to the weaknesses and deficiencies with resolve important responsibility than I had antici- national interest” and must be “preserved, and confidence. The Quadrennial Diplo- pated, but it has also been highly satisfying strengthened and improved to carry out macy and Development process must and rewarding. its mission effectively in response to the focus on increasing Foreign Service profes- In carrying out my responsibilities, I complex challenges of modern diplomacy sionalism and making the Department have been indebted to current and past and international relations.” It also calls for of State the primary vehicle of American board members, committee chairs and a Senior Foreign Service “characterized by diplomacy. AFSA must be involved in the members, and AFSA’s professional staff for strong policy formulation capabilities, out- QDDR process to bring about reform and their cooperation and support. I also want standing leadership qualities, and highly restructuring
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