UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE June 2003 StateStateMagazine Zambia The Real Africa John and Larry Dinger at home in Iowa. John is U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia and Larry is U.S. Ambassador to Micronesia. In our next issue: The Ambassador Brothers Family photo 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, Dave Krecke SA-1, Room H-236, Washington, DC 20522-0108. State Magazine WRITER/EDITOR is published to facilitate communication between management Paul Koscak and employees at home and abroad and to acquaint employees WRITER/EDITOR with developments that may affect operations or personnel. 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StateState Magazine June 2003 Contents No. 469 Department of State • United States of America 8Post of the Month: Zambia 30 COLUMNS Welcome to the “real Africa.” 13 Office of the Month: Multi-Media Services 2 From the Secretary It’s not your corner print shop. 7 Direct from the D.G. 16 The Royal Treatment VIP stand-in savors agents’ attention. DEPARTMENTS 18 On the War’s Edge Taking cover for real in Kuwait. 3 Letters to the Editor 20 Mission in Afghanistan 4 In the News Diplomats support Army civil affairs. 32 Safety Scene 23 Keeping the Oral Tradition Alive Under secretaries share their experiences. 32 Personnel Actions Photo by Dave Krecke Dave Photo by Raymond Cox, Diplomatic Security 24 On a Fulbright in Latin America 33 Education and Training officer, and his bomb-sniffing dog Belia search the Dean Acheson Historian learns from his Bolivian students. 34 People Like You Auditorium for explosives. 26 Baltic Summit Partnership yields high return on investment. 35 State of the Arts 28 Cultural Programming 36 Obituaries Pristina does a lot with $50. 30 Take Your Child to Work Day More than 600 participated in the special program. 31 A Silver Anniversary UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE June 2003 Family Liaison Office observes 25 years of service. StateMagazine 8 Zambia The Real Africa Agroup of Zambian On the Cover women wearing Zambia’s famed Victoria Falls. traditional costumes perform a cultural dance Photo © Galen Rowell/ at the Maramba Cultural Mountain Light/Stock Village. Connection/PictureQuest Photo by Eric A. Wessman/Stock,A. Eric Photo by Boston Inc./PictureQuest FROM THE SECRETARY SECRETARY COLIN L. POWELL Millennium Challenge Account: a New Tool for U.S. Foreign Policy he headlines about Iraq and the continuing war on receive aid based on performance criteria such as the Tterrorism often obscure the many important efforts accountability of their governments, their investment we are making to build a world free of fear and misery. in health and education and their support for a vibrant The worldwide advance of political and economic lib- private sector. erties has opened unprecedented opportunities to lift the Recipient countries will propose that the MCA support lives of millions on every continent. And President Bush specific programs to address the greatest obstacles to their is determined that we seize those opportunities. development. Governments, nongovernmental organiza- His innovative Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) tions and private organizations will implement the pro- will provide aid to countries that demonstrate a willing- grams. MCA funds, for example, could be used to train ness to govern justly, invest in their people and open their entrepreneurs, provide rural farmers with needed technolo- economies to growth and entrepreneurship. As the gy and otherwise help hard-working men and women har- President has said, the MCA is a powerful way to “draw vest the self-respect that comes with earning a decent living. whole nations into an expanding circle of opportunity Unlike traditional aid programs, the MCA will be run and enterprise.” as an independent government corporation. President Proposed last March and awaiting congressional Bush will nominate a CEO. I will chair a cabinet-level approval, funding for the MCA by FY 2006 will represent MCA board that will include the Secretary of the an historic increase of 50 percent over today’s core U.S. Treasury and the director of the Office of Management development assistance. From 2006 onward, the MCA and Budget. The board will make final recommendations will maintain an annual budget of $5 billion. to the President about which countries to fund. The MCA is part and parcel of a new approach to A lean and nimble MCA staff in both Washington and development assistance. It was forged at the U.N. in the field will rely on tight collaboration with our Conference on Financing for Development in Monterrey, embassy teams. The U.S. Agency for International Mexico, in March 2002 and reinforced that September at Development will work closely with countries that seek the World Summit on Sustainable Development in MCA assistance to help them get to the point where they Johannesburg, South Africa. Developed countries agreed qualify for MCA aid. And the MCA will provide a natu- to provide more and more effective, assistance to coun- ral bridge to discuss broader economic and political tries taking strong steps to create the political and eco- reform issues with developing countries. nomic conditions that generate growth, attract invest- I am looking to all of you, not just our economic offi- ment and empower their citizens. cers and USAID staff, to help poor countries view the This new thinking on development aid is featured MCA as a chance to take the hard but needed steps for prominently in President Bush’s National Security lasting progress. I need you to help potential candidate Strategy with the major objective of unleashing the pro- countries understand how they can qualify for assistance. ductive potential of people in all nations. Let them know that our purposes are rooted in partner- The challenge is immense. While many of us live well, ship and in helping them help themselves. Help us mon- and hundreds of millions far better than just 20 years ago, itor how MCA projects and countries are faring. Use the half of the human race still survives on less than $2 per MCA to showcase President Bush’s broad, foreign policy day. By spurring economic growth and helping countries agenda – from encouraging good governance to bolster- finance their own futures, the MCA aims to help the ing economic freedom and promoting stability. world’s poor put food on their tables, roofs over their To advance democracy, prosperity and security in a heads and hope in their hearts. 21st century world, we must apply all the tools of state- Countries that qualify for MCA assistance will contract craft—political, economic, military and diplomatic. The with the United States to meet shared goals. They will MCA will give us a powerful new tool. ■ 2 State Magazine LETTERS TO THE EDITOR More Than Mali Coming to Terms A Place in History I was delighted to I was very disappointed to see the Your April issue announced the read your post feature outdated term “nonessential” used restoration of the historic Talleyrand on Bamako, Mali, in four times in your April article Hotel in Paris where the Marshall the April issue. The “Evacuations Challenge Evacuees, Plan was developed in detail. article offered some Department.” I thought that term You also reported in the same excellent insights into had disappeared with the 1995 fur- issue on the massive modernization Mali and its rich cul- lough. In the latest cable from the of the Harry S Truman Building, tural heritage. We in under secretary for Management already begun with “the oldest part African Affairs share the ambas- authorizing departure for China of the building, built in 1939 as the sador’s pride in her country team posts, he used the terms “emergency War Department.” Senior alumni and delight that Mali will be featured and non-emergency.” will remember that oldest part as at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival If what we are doing is “nonessen- New State. In the summer of 1947 it this summer. tial” then we probably should not be became the focus of the disciplined At the same time, I would like to doing it at all. While we value the preparations for the European recov- clarify a statement that appears in contributions of all our hardworking ery program enacted by Congress the article—that “Mali is the only and dedicated staff, in a crisis some the following April. Muslim country in Africa whose things must be postponed until the Now that old New State is being population supports the war on ter- situation improves. Everyone is worked on, I hope there are plans to rorism.” Ties between Mali and the essential to a successful post, includ- honor its place in history with at United States are indeed strong and ing family members.