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New Secretary Faces Reforming Under-Resourced State Department

 

Published 11/15/2008 by Michael Abramowitz at Wash Post Federal Page

The next secretary of state not only will face the challenge of repairing the nation's tattered image and grappling with an array of global crises and hot spots, but also must solve a problem closer to home: reforming an under-resourced State Department to handle its growing duties, such as rebui... (link)

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