“An exponential crisis of unprecedented proportions.”
That’s how John Dinkelman, president of the American Foreign Service Association, described the state of the country’s foreign service 10 months after the government took a sledgehammer to its diplomatic corps.
“The damage being done will take years — if not decades — to repair,” said Dinkelman at a press briefing Wednesday.
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Elissa Miolene
Elissa Miolene reports on USAID and the U.S. government at Devex. She previously covered education at The San Jose Mercury News, and has written for outlets like The Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, Washingtonian magazine, among others. Before shifting to journalism, Elissa led communications for humanitarian agencies in the United States, East Africa, and South Asia.
