U.S. students who want federal jobs as diplomats are skipping opportunities to study abroad or develop foreign contacts, according to a column in Foreign Policy.
Elizabeth Braw explains that government workers need security clearances, and students don’t want to complicate the process. Ultimately, their lack of expertise could hurt the nation. (May 2024)
America’s future diplomats forgoing foreign travel
FILE - An American Airlines flight that took off from Miami sits on the tarmac at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba, Nov. 15, 2021.