Inside A Us Embassy Chapter Summary

*  1) Substantive Knowledge: The Foreign Service seeks a diverse workforce with broad job skills and a depth of experience to represent the US overseas. Briefly describe why you chose the career track you selected.

The first SOF imperative is to “Understand the Operational Environment.” The character of Ambassador MacWhite clearly illustrates this imperative during his preparation for his new assignment as Ambassador to Sarkhan. He learns the language, researches their history and political life, and

One of the many tasks of the State Department is to protect the safety of U.S. citizens as they travel internationally. To familiarize yourself with the role of the State Department in this regard, complete the following about passports and travel warnings.

CATEGORY 1: From growing up watching the news and reading articles about illegal immigrants, to currently realizing and seeing things into a different perspective. I noticed how the media loves to twist information, which brainwashes people into thinking negatively about events, like immigrants coming to America. It was at that point in my life that I realized I never thought about the struggles and obstacles they have to endure in order to cross the border to America. After reading the book, I learned that people scarified a lot to come to America. Reymundo Barreda is one of the characters that I wished would have made it to America alive and accomplish his goal.

Edwards compares man and his righteousness to insects to demonstrate the unworthiness and insignificance of man. “The God that holds you over the pits of Hell, much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect over a fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked:”. In this imagery, Edwards tells how the only thing keeping humanity from Hell is God holding them in His hand. However, God’s wrath is also depicted, as Edwards describes God holding them as if they were loathsome bugs or spiders. This emphasizes the huge size of God’s wrath, as generally people do not like bugs and would gladly throw them in fire. This stresses the dangerous situation humanity is in, saying that they are all hanging by a string over Hell and would cause the audience to repent and seek salvation. “… all your righteousness, would have no more influence to uphold you and keep you out of Hell, than a spider's

The Department of Homeland Security plays in a very important part in terrorism. DHS protect the United States from foreign and domestic threats to the United States. One of the missions is to find and destroy any weapon of mass destruction. Cyberspace is a threat to the United States in the technology field. DHS have to stop threats, hazards and disasters in its tracks at large public gatherings.

Diplomacy is the art of dealing with foreign countries and their people in a sensitive and effective way. The ability to influence people and situations contributes to effective American diplomacy. In The Ugly American William J. Lederer and Eugene Burdick comment on the nature of American diplomacy in 1950s Southeast Asia. They identify the characteristics and effects of both inept and skilled diplomacy. The book highlights knowledge of language, history, and culture as critical components to the ability to influence indigenous populations. In many ways the situations and characters described in the book mirror situations and challenges faced by Special Operations Forces (SOF) today. Special Operations Imperatives are a planning tool that SOF use to influence people and situations they encounter. In order to understand the influence and effects of proper application of the Special Operations Imperatives the stories of Homer Atkins, Colonel Hillandale and Solomon Asch provide a setting to compare and contrast with my own experiences in Afghanistan, Iraq and Jordan.

The first institution that plays a major role in immigration is the Department of Homeland Security (DOH). John Francis Kelly is the fifth and current United States Secretary of the Department. Within the Department of Homeland Security lies the U.S. Citizenships and Immigration Services (USCIS). According to “Who Does what in U.S. Immigration”, the USCIS, “…is responsible for providing immigration-related services such as processing immigrant and nonimmigrant benefits; adjudicating refugee, asylee, and naturalization petitions; and granting or denying work authorization”. USCIS has four eligibility requirements:

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security was formed more than a decade ago with a very significant mission of safeguarding America's homeland from hazards, threats, and national disasters. This department conducts its mission through securing the country's borders, preventing terror attacks, and responding to incidents or threats to its citizens (Miller, n.d.). Generally, the most important roles of the Department of Homeland Security are to lead a concerted national effort in securing the United States and preserving the American way of life. The department was established in 2002 in reaction to the 9/11 terror attacks and has since developed a nationwide strategic plan for evaluating and updating its mission statement and effectiveness of operations. These plans can be updated and transformed to accomplish the needs of the Department for Homeland Security and the American people.

President George W. Bush, appointed Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge as the first Director of the Office of Homeland Security in the White House. The office duties are to oversee and coordinate a comprehensive national strategy to safeguard the country against terrorism and respond to any future attacks. On November 2002, Congress passed the Homeland Security Act and the Department of Homeland Security became a stand-alone, Cabinet-level department. The department’s vision is to coordinate and unify national homeland security efforts. The creation of the department forms the most substantial reorganization of the federal government agencies since the National Security Acts of 1947. Ultimately this placed military departments under a secretary of defense and created the National Security Council (NSC) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The Department of Homeland Security incorporates 22 government agencies that holds 179,000 people into one organization. The organization consists of five directorates: Border and Transportation Security, Emergency Preparedness and Response, Science and Technology, Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection and Management. In regard to border and transportation security , DHS manages who and what enters into the United States to prevent the entry of terrorists and the instruments of terrorism. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), an agency of DHS is responsible for Emergency Preparedness and

The secretary of the DHS, Appointed by the President, is the head of the department. The president appoints the secretary with the consent of the senate (H.R. Res. 5005, 2002). After the appointment of the secretary, the secretary takes complete control of the department. The secretary delegates the functions of the department established by the act. In addition, can enter into agreements with other executive agencies and ensure the systems and databases are compatible with the other entities of the department (H.R. Res. 5005, 2002). The secretary also has the authority to make contracts, grants, and cooperation agreements between other federal and non-federal agencies to combat terrorism (H.R. Res. 5005, 2002). The secretary has the responsibility to access, and advocate, the resources need by state and local governments that is to implement the

In this case “Kelly’s Assignment in Japan”, we have an example of expatriation poorly managed and unprepared. Different cultures, customs seem very important between Japanese and Westerners. Added to this barrier, we also not that there

What are the agencies contained with the Department of Homeland Security, including their roles and functions?

In summary, the home culture of an expatriate predisposes them to certain behaviors and situations. It allows them to operate efficiently in that environment. However, moving to the host-culture changes that operating environment and makes their 'mental software ' less efficient and effective. Culture is clearly a relevant variable when expatriating employees and their families for international business assignments. Training can be applied to ameliorate these effects. Also, training provides insight into the procedural, substantive and informational aspects of their work and personal life in the host location.

International House Davis, in short for I-house, is a non-profit organization which offers a variety of programs, classes, and events for members in Davis community to foster their beliefs of global cross-cultural exchanges; it is designed to be a communication hub to meet the needs from the international students/scholars. There are two major discourse forms have been adopted by the members of I-house for years now to facilitate communication among international students and local residents; one is a monthly discussion on books called Books Beyond Borders to assemble people on one specific day in the month to talk about the “book of the month”, usually recommended by one of the