http://workingworldcareers.com/2008/12/05/foreign-service-redheaded-stepchild-of-the-us-foreign-policy-apparatus/ Careers in International Education, Exchange, and Development Sun, 02 Nov 2014 14:17:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://workingworldcareers.com/2008/12/05/foreign-service-redheaded-stepchild-of-the-us-foreign-policy-apparatus/comment-page-1/#comment-26 garrettkuk Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:46:42 +0000 https://digitalcommons.georgetown.edu/blogs/workingworld/?p=224#comment-26 With all of the pre-election parallels drawn between JFK and Obama , it will be interesting to see how/if Obama's foreign policy harnesses the enthusiastic young demographic. JFK created the Peace Corps during his administration, and the global worldview of Gen Y seems to suggest the right sort of strategic foreign policy will yield tremendous volume of talent and impact. Are we better off encouraging private NGO involvement rather than Foreign Service? With all of the pre-election parallels drawn between JFK and Obama , it will be interesting to see how/if Obama’s foreign policy harnesses the enthusiastic young demographic. JFK created the Peace Corps during his administration, and the global worldview of Gen Y seems to suggest the right sort of strategic foreign policy will yield tremendous volume of talent and impact. Are we better off encouraging private NGO involvement rather than Foreign Service?

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