Foreign Service Officer

benefit society at large. I am interested in a career as a Foreign Service Officer for Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) because of the international scope and dynamism of its long-term career path as well as the opportunity to contribute to Canadian society as a member of the public service. Although these aspects of the career appeal to me, I also recognize them as the two most challenging aspects of working as a Foreign Service Officer. First, the prospect of moving from posting to posting

towards that goal and one of them is a Foreign Service officer. The purpose of a Foreign Service officer also known as a United States diplomat in the Foreign Service is to support prosperity, promote peace, and protect American citizens while proceeding to attain the interests of the United States abroad (DOS, 2016). In this essay I will discuss the objectives Foreign Service officers encompass, the positive and negative aspects of working for the Foreign Service, as well as how this in turn helps our

At this point in my life the career path which interests me the most is the Foreign Service. This is has been a career interest of mine throughout high school and continues to be today. Saying that getting a job in the State Department is hard is a bit of an understatement. After spending months researching others’ endeavors trying to get employed the Department of State, I’ve learned it is one long battle. You are essentially competing with yourself every time. Surprisingly with all the negative

several senior KGB officers, to include its chairman Vladimir Kryuchkov, to attempt a coup during the summer of 1991. The coup failed, resulting in the systematic removal of many military units from its possession as well as the removal of its domestic security functions and the end of Soviet Union. Post-communist Russia broke what was left of the into several services. The two most important of these were the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia (SVR) and the Federal Security Service (FSB), the former

Aldrich Hazen Ames is a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operations officer active from 1967 to 1994 and was responsible for some of the most damaging acts of espionage during the Cold War, to include the true identities of CIA officers, high-ranking assets, and operations. Ames’ actions resulted in the deaths of at least ten CIA assets towards the end of the Cold War and completely shutting down CIA activities in Russia at a crucial moment in history. The purpose of this report is to

Over the course of history various individuals have committed crimes, varying in severity and notoriety. Crimes are not able to go unpunished, and the punishment determined by the court is that which the convicted must serve. As people are caught and placed in custody, in America, the individual or individuals must be held accountable for their actions. For instance, Aldrich Ames was tried and convicted of espionage and sentenced to life in prison without parole. Aldrich Ames worked for the Central

in the near future and what, if any, countermeasures the U.S. has to counter this potential threat. For more than a century, intelligence and security services have played a role within Russian foreign and domestic policy. The czars, General Secretaries of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and all post-Soviet leaders have viewed these services as crucial in coping with rebels and domestic terrorists, and gathering intelligence on both internal and external threats. One of the first official

when CIA lawyers weren’t sure if the project was legal. Despite the ineffectiveness of the operations, Ames was rewarded for his initiative with a promotion to GS-14. The irony about the promotion is it came from Dewey Clarridge, the same senior officer who had almost ruined Ames’s career in its early stages. Ames was enjoying his time in Mexico and started to believe his career was back on track. (Earley, 1997) His marriage however was in shambles, he and Nancy never met up like they planned to

QUESTIONS: *  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. Well over a year ago, I considered working with my brother-in-law at Northwestern Mutual. I took the preliminary tests and did very well. Along with the other partners, I met with David Thompson, the Managing Director. Ultimately, I decided to pursue other options.

Foreign Service and applied to take the exam for the third time. Virginia’s request got denied to take the exam for the third time by the U.S. Department of State for the reason she was not “able-bodied”. Virginia appealed the decision numerous times, requesting a waiver for her to take the exam, but once again, got denied. Virginia was not happy with the decision and decided to resign from the U.S. Foreign Service in 1939. Virginia went to Paris in 1939