foreign service
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If negotiations were to resume, it’s unclear whether Trump and his coterie of negotiators have the stamina or the foreign service expertise to bring about an accord.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
After graduation, he opted for Wall Street rather than the foreign service, journalism, or computer science.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
And then they tell the career civil servants and foreign service officers and military people, “This is what we want to get at the negotiating table. How do we do that?”
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2025
Once in a great while, a diplomatic memorandum—the outline of a proposed change in policy sent from a foreign service officer to his political masters back in Washington—has momentous impact.
From Slate ● Dec. 23, 2024
How Florence blushed as Fane whispered his soft good night; she looked so happy, poor girl, and he, heartless demon, talked of going into foreign service!
From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida
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