The Foreign Service Journal, March 2009

Cover I
Contents 3
Focus on Going It Alone 18
Editor’s Introduction 18
Support for Unaccompanied Assignments 20
Coping with Separation: Tandem Couples 29
An Evacuation Survival Guide 31
Insights from the Field 36
Feature 43
The Leprosy Clinic: Madras, 1956 43
AFSA News 49
AFSA Welcomes Secretary Clinton to State 49
President Obama and Vice President Biden Visit State 49
News Briefs 50
VP USAID—The Foreign Service’s Poor Cousin 51
VP FAS—Why FAS Adopted the Foreign Service System 52
Sec. Clinton Addresses USAID Employees 53
AFSA Annual Report 2008: Turning the Tide 54
Classifieds 67
Departments 5
President’s Views—To Your Health 5
Speaking Out—Twelve Recommendations to Improve the Security Clearance Process 13
Reflections—Precious Time 76
Letters 6
Cybernotes 10
Marketplace 12
Books 69
Index to Advertisers 74

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