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[quote=Anonymous]I worked at State for a few years as an appointee. There are truly great FSOs but it is a bureaucracy that is still very much governed by its origins in another era. Very very very clubby and insular - not because of the class background of FSOs but because the primary way to advance in your career involves massive amounts of networking within a closed bureaucracy. Add to that the fact that overseas postings inevitably blur the lines between work and home life - so everyone knows every personal detail about their colleagues. My complaint about State was not the snobbiness, but the fact that so many of my colleagues spent half their days schmoozing one another. [/quote]
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