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Foreign Service Retiree Associations
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| •THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS RETIREES OF NEW ENGLAND (FARNE) | |||||||||||
No announcements at this time.
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| •THE FOREIGN SERVICE GROUP - CENTRAL TEXAS | |||||||||||
UPCOMING MEETINGS: February 8, 2011: Dr. Robert Hutchings, Dean of the LBJ School of Public Affairs, UT Austin April 12, 2011: Dr. Francis Gavin, Director of the Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law, UT Austin The San Antonio group has invited us to their luncheon on Saturday, May 21, 2011, perhaps at a central location such as Gruene. We would reciprocate with an invitation to the San Antonio group in 2012. Please let us know if you’d be interested in doing this, and attending a San Antonio joint luncheon next May. |
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| •THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS RETIREES OF MARYLAND | |||||||||||
The Foreign Affairs Retirees of Maryland will hold their February luncheon 11:30 on Tuesday Feb. 15 in the main floor dining room, Vi Living (formerly Hyatt Residence) at 8100 Connecticut Ave, Chevy Chase, Md. Retired FSO Michael Metrinko will talk about Afghanistan, where he worked for the department and DynCorp International for the past 10 years. Mike is certifiably the Lawrence of Arabia of our Foreign Service. He began as a Peace Corps teacher in Turkey and Iran and subsequently served in Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Israel, Afghanistan, Poland and Iran (Tabriz and Tehran where he was one of the hostages.) Mike won numerous awards during his tenure: The Rivkin award, two awards for valor and other citations from the Department and awards from Israel and Lithuania, as well as the Jesuits. Call Norman Glick at 301-963-7747 or e-mail (ndglick@msn.com) by Feb 14th if you plan to join us. |
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