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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE February 2003 StateMagazine In our next issue: Azeri women making bread. Baku Photo courtesy CLO State State Magazine (ISSN 1099–4165) is published monthly, except bimonthly in July and August, by the U.S. Department of State, Magazine 2201 C St., N.W., Washington, DC. Periodicals postage paid at Carl Goodman Washington, D.C., and at additional mailing locations. POSTMAS- EDITOR-IN-CHIEF TER: Send changes of address to State Magazine, HR/ER/SMG, Paul Koscak SA-1, Room H-236, Washington, DC 20522-0108. State Magazine WRITER/EDITOR is published to facilitate communication between management Dave Krecke and employees at home and abroad and to acquaint employees WRITER/EDITOR with developments that may affect operations or personnel. Deborah Clark The magazine is also available to persons interested in working DESIGNER for the Department of State and to the general public. 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StateState Magazine February 2003 Contents No. 464 Department of State • United States of America 10 Missions of the Month: Vienna 19 COLUMNS The city on the Danube hosts a variety of missions. 15 Office of the Month: 2 From the Secretary Protective Intelligence Investigations 9 Direct from the D.G. The office runs the Rewards for Justice Program. 19 The Lone Diplomat DEPARTMENTS Foreign Service officer “joins” Army in Afghanistan. 3 Letters to the Editor 21 Ahoy, Water Patrol boats travel overland in Peru. 4 In the News 23 Coping with Terrorism 29 Safety Scene Children need help as well, experts say. 30 People Like You 26 Peace and Prosperity You can’t beat an open society, conferees agree. 32 State of the Arts 27 Kampala Hosts Health Fair 33 Education and Training Raffles and door prizes attract 800 to event. Author Steve Kraft and 33 Personnel Actions translator in Badghis Province, 28 On Cold Mountain Afghanistan. Visitors receive warm welcome on movie set. 34 Obituaries 10 Vienna’s town hall. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE February 2003 StateMagazine On the Cover One of the posters advertising the Rewards for Justice Program. Photo courtesy of the Protective Intelligence Investigations Division Photo by G. Rossenbach/Masterfile G. Photo by of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security FROM THE SECRETARY SECRETARY COLIN L. POWELL The Lessons of Washington and Lincoln his month, we celebrate the lives of two great long civil war to its rebirth as a truly United States, ded- Americans—George Washington and Abraham icated to “government of the people, by the people, for TLincoln. the people.” Both of these remarkable men left an indelible mark on Even then, of course, our democracy was not perfect. the United States and the world. Both have much to teach Great Americans like Martin Luther King Jr., whose birth- us today about ourselves and our role in the world. day we celebrated last month, gave their lives—figurative- Over two centuries ago, George Washington launched ly and, often, literally—to advance the American idea. But us on our great democratic experiment. Looking back all who followed built on the foundation that Washington through the years of history and myth, it is easy to forget and Lincoln left. just how fragile America’s early democracy was. The What lessons can we take from George Washington and genius of the founding fathers had given us a Declaration Abraham Lincoln as we go about our lives and our work of Independence, asserting that “all men are created on behalf of the American people? equal and endowed by their Creator with certain unalien- Lesson one: the importance of leadership. In our per- able rights that among these are life, liberty, and the pur- sonal lives, in our work and in our role in the world, lead- suit of happiness.” ership is the key to progress. Washington and Lincoln But after a successful revolution, elegant theory ran into were great leaders, and they exerted all their leadership to harsh reality. Government requires messy trade-offs. For leave the country better than they found it. democracy to take root, the young country needed a Lesson two: the need for principles to guide us to a bet- respected government—and a democratic one. Most ter tomorrow. Leadership without principle is like wan- important of all, the new country quickly needed to estab- dering in the desert. Leadership guided by principle is a lish a tradition of peaceful transfer of power through the force for progress. Washington and Lincoln followed the ballot box. principles of liberty and opportunity. As we go through Under Washington’s leadership, America got honest every day, and as we do our jobs here and abroad, we must and responsive government. Then, in his most important navigate by our principles. act, President Washington voluntarily relinquished power Lesson three: the need to start somewhere. It is not nec- to an elected successor. essary to start with perfection. Here in America, we didn’t. The die was cast. America would have no king. America But we started. And, guided by the values of democracy would have no dictator. America would be spared the and the free enterprise system, and the individual rights of bloody aftermath that convulsed other revolutions men and women to pursue their God-given dreams, we throughout history. progressed. That was George Washington’s legacy to us, a country For more than 226 years, the United States has shown well rooted in the democratic tradition. He did not leave that if you believe in the vision of our founding fathers, behind a perfect democracy. The democracy of his day was even though they couldn’t make it perfect, and if you nev- restricted to a small group of white men. But he er lose sight of that vision, you can achieve great things. bequeathed the succeeding generation a country with a This is a powerful example to peoples everywhere striving democratic ideal and a commitment to perfecting its to be free. democracy. It was a good start. Washington and Lincoln remain giants who inspire us Abraham Lincoln, the other President we remember in our daily lives and work. With our help, they will con- this month, believed in the principles of the Declaration tinue to inspire all peoples, everywhere in the world, of Independence and in the democracy that George who aspire to the values these two great Americans held Washington had founded. He led the country through a so dear. ■ 2 State Magazine LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Right Angle, What Happened During the weeks prior to our Wrong Ladder to the Obituaries? November issue, the federal govern- ment was placed on a Code Orange I was shocked (no Could we be so fortunate that no alert status. That effectively halted pun intended) by the one in the State Department commu- the delivery of all mail from outside. photo accompanying nity died in the period covered by As you may have noticed, obituar- the article, “Taking the November issue? I find that hard ies resumed in our December issue. Falls Seriously,” in to believe, but easier to believe that —The Editor your December issue obituaries are no longer a feature. showing an alu- What’s up? minum ladder at an William Newlin electrical box. While Retired Foreign Officer the ladder may in- Washington, D.C. deed be set at the Corrections proper angle, that’s nothing com- pared to the danger posed by work- Response State Magazine regrets ing on electrical power while stand- that in the December ing on a metal ladder. In fact, a fall Most of the obituaries we receive issue a photograph of from the ladder under these condi- arrive the old-fashioned way: by retired Foreign Service tions may be precisely the event that mail. Since the anthrax incidents of officer Robert H. Munn saves the person’s life. One should 2001 that killed and injured several mistakenly appeared always use a wooden or fiberglass federal employees, including a State with the obituary of ladder while working with electrical Department worker at our pouch retired Foreign Service power. facility in Sterling, Va., all incoming officer Leo E. Cramp- mail is delayed for irradiation. So sey. Both obituaries Frank Bates Robert H. Munn even in the best of times, mail is slow. appear correctly in Bureau of Diplomatic Security this issue. From the Editor Money talks. And our Office of the Month, Pro- destination. The U.S. Embassy in Lima navigated the tective Intelligence Investigations, employs that pow- move and all six were delivered intact to Peruvian erful tool in its Rewards for Justice Program to obtain authorities to help interdict drug traffickers. information leading to the arrest and conviction of ter- Not all retirees know what they want to do when rorists who have done harm or are planning terrorist they “hang it up.” But Bob Cumming has known for acts against Americans. Since its inception, the office years what he would do—and that’s make knives.