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The Foreign Service Journal, September 1999 CELEBRATING 75 YEARS OF THE U.S. FOREIGN SERVICE THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN Checkmate: USIA and ACDA Are Merged Into State ALTERNATIVE EXAMINATION I MARCOS’ FINAL DAYS I INDIA’S LIFE LESSONS Reduced Life Premiums! DID YOU KNOW..... During World War II the Federal Government would not insure civilian government workers assigned to overseas posts. So in 1943 WAEPA was formed to offer insurance to these individuals as they helped with the war effort. Today WAEPA remains a non-profit association dedicated exclusively to insuring civilian federal employees at home and overseas. COMPARE WAEPA TO FEGLI Please take a moment to compare WAEPA to FEGLI. You will find that WAEPA's premium rates are much more affordable than those of FEGLI. LIFE INSURANCE Additionally, WAEPA offers you COVERAGE FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES a much wider choice of benefits. 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SPEAKING OUT / 15 By Kenton Keith Changing State s Corporate Culture By John K Naland 24 / A FAREWELL TO ACDA It will take vigilance to make sure that the end of POSTCARD FROM ABROAD / 60 ACDA does not mean a farewell to arms control. All Along die Watchtowers By Thomas Graham, Jr. By Lynn W. Roche 30 / THE DECLINE AND FALL OF USIA Focus Ironically, in the information age, public diplomacy is too important to be left to USIA. By Peter Galbraith FEATURES 35 / THE FALL OF THE MARCOS REGIME Were Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos tricked into leaving the Philippines? Was there a choice? By J. Michael Houlahan Page 18 39 / LIFE LESSONS FROM RAJAHMUNDRY Twertty-seven years after a Peace Corps stint in India, an DEPARTMENTS ex-volunteer is still contemplating the lessons he taught LETTERS/7 ... and the lessons he learned. CLIPPINGS / 10 By Richard Cole Pittman ROOKS / 45 43 / DUMBING DOWN THE FOREIGN SERVICE? Chinas Brave New World State s new Alternative Examination Program stirs By David Reuther controversy among those who entered the TELEVISION PREVIEW / 50 Foreign Service the hard way. An Ambassadors Return to Hanoi By Jeff Kaplow By David Rabadan IN MEMORY / 51 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS / 59 Cover and inside illustrations by Marcia Staimer THE MAGAZINE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS PROFESSIONALS Foreign Service Journal (ISSN 0146-3543), 2101 E Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037-2990 is published monthly by the American Foreign Sendee Association, a private, Editor Editorial Board non-profit organization. Material appearing herein represents the opinions of the writers BOB GULDIN EDWARD MARKS, Chairman and does not necessarily represent the views of the Journal, the Editorial Board or Managing Editor THE FOREIGN SERVICE - KATHLEEN CURRIE ELIZABETH SPIRO CLARK AFSA. Writer queries are invited. 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