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The Foreign Service Journal, December 2015.Pdf PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION DECEMBER 2015 CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL VISITORS PROVING PUBLIC DIPLOMACY WORKS EDUCATION OPTIONS FOR FOREIGN SERVICE KIDS FOREIGN December 2015 SERVICE Volume 92, No. 10 AFSA NEWS FOCUS ON THE INTERNATIONAL VISITOR LEADERSHIP PROGRAM Foreign Service 101 on Capitol Hill / 49 Soft Power, High Impact / 23 VP Voice State: Challenges and America’s premier exchange program is 75 this year. In this selection of Frustrations of Bidding / 50 personal experiences, participants offer insight into its unique effectiveness. VP Voice FAS: Workforce BY ROBERT ZIMMERMAN Planning Overdue / 51 Job Search Program Reception / 51 Looking to the Future / 36 VP Voice USAID: Human Capital IVLP’s partners and stakeholders are examining the challenges ahead and and Talent Management / 52 exploring ways to renew the program to ensure continuing success. Changes to Danger and BY JENNIFER CLINTON AND JELENA PUTRE Hardship Differentials / 53 AFSA Youth Scholarships / 53 FEATURE Issue Brief: Update on Meritorious Service Increase Disputes / 54 Reminder: Award The Usefulness of Cookie-Pushing / 42 Nominations / 55, 57 Retired Chicago Tribune foreign correspondent Richard C. Longworth AFSA Hits the Congressional discusses his 1977 “Primer for Diplomats,” a concise and still timely Caucus Circuit / 56 survey of the duties of diplomats and the importance of diplomacy. On the Lighter Side: Vodka, BY CECILE SHEA Anyone? / 56 Retirement Planning in Uncertain Times / 57 EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT New AFSA Governing Board Member / 57 FAFSA Reform: What Does It Mean for You? / 61 What Does the Foreign Service Improvements in the Free Application for Federal Student Aid are slated Do? / 58 for the 2017-2018 academic year. Lunch with 8th CA-LNA Class / 59 BY SHANNON MIZZI AFSA Governing Board Meeting / 59 Options for Educating Foreign Service Kids / 67 For most Foreign Service families, the education of their children COLUMNS is a primary bidding concern. Here is an overview of the many options. President’s Views / 7 Refining Our Message BY LEAH WALLACE BY BARBARA STEPHENSON Letter from the Editor / 8 Multilingual Matters: How FS Students Can Make Welcoming Visitors, Building Bridges the Most of Language-Rich Experiences Abroad / 77 BY SHAWN DORMAN BY MARYBETH HUNTER AND CHRISTINE BROWN Speaking Out / 19 Proving Public Diplomacy Programs Work Schools At A Glance / 80, 82, 84 BY JAMES RIDER Reflections / 105 Would You Like a Cup of Tea? BY JOSH GLAZEROFF DEPARTMENTS Letters / / 9 On the Cover: In September, the International Visitor Leadership Program’s “Womens’ Entre- Talking Points / 14 preneurship in the Americas (WEAmericas)” initiative brought 17 women from South America to Books / 97 the United States. After touring Washington, D.C., the group split up to visit different parts of the Local Lens / 106 country. This group of six—from Mexico, Paraguay, Cuba, Haiti, Brazil and Uruguay—traveled to Kalamazoo, Michigan. There, hosted by Colleagues International, Inc., a nonprofit community- MARKETPLACE based member of Global Ties U.S., the young women explored local government support for Classifieds / 98 female entrepreneurs, microloans and alternative funding sources, and youth and female leader- Real Estate / 101 ship development programs. They posed for this photo during a break between appointments. Index to Advertisers / 104 Photo courtesy of Cultural Vistas. 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