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Old 10-27-2007, 01:22 PM   #7
richlevy
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Pretty much. The risk being it would be a career ender. And the government is very good at making those lists consist of people who would rather go than give up the potential retirement, as well as including those they want to get rid of because they know they will quit rather than go.
It would be a lot more effective if they could make up the lists to include people based on how good they are.

Since almost everyone agrees that the solution to Iraq will be political, it would be comforting to know the embassy is not being used as a dumping ground for the dregs of the diplomatic corps.
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