3/21/18: Foreign Service Edition

Our diplomats abroad perform many functions both for our country and citizens abroad. Recently retired Foreign Service Officer George Aldridge shares his insights about our diplomatic corp – what it is like to be a foreign service officer and the application process, what services they provide to Americans abroad, and the highs and lows of representing the US to governments and peoples around the world. He experiences spanned the globe including Lebanon, Sudan, Tunisia during the Arab Spring, Belize, and more…