Rice Blamed for Staff Shortage, Low Morale Among US Diplomats
By P. Parameswaran, Agence France-Presse
Saddled by the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the US State Department faces an acute staff shortage amid “worsening morale,” according to a study blaming Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for the problem.
The report by the influential Foreign Affairs Council, comprising mostly senior retired US diplomats and ambassadors, said the department faced a shortage of 1,100 staff and that in the “first two years of Secretary Rice’s stewardship almost no net new resources have been realized.”
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