The Foreign Service Journal, April 2015

Cover 1
Contents 5
Focus on the Foreign Service in Vietnam 20
History Revisited 20
Viet Cong Attack on Embassy Saigon, 1968 22
From Whitehouse to White House 25
Mobilizing for South Vietnam’s Last Days 33
Saigon Sayonara 37
Finding My Heroes, Finding Myself: From Refugee Child to State Department Official 43
Doing Social Work in Southeast Asia 50
Counterinsurgency in Vietnam: Lessons for Today 53
Vietnam Today 63
Return to Vietnam: Observations in 2015 66
Appreciation 83
A True Gentleman: Theodore S. Wilkinson III 83
AFSA News 71
2014 Survey—AFSA Listens to Its Members 71
2014 Survey—State Members Respond 72
VP Voice State: Open Plan Offices—Boon or Bane? 74
VP Voice FCS: Some Good News 75
Look for Your Ballot: Vote in the AFSA Election 75
VP Voice Retiree: My Three Laws 76
AFSA Hosts Va. Congressman 77
2014 Tax Guide: Clarification 77
Capitol Hill Panel Discusses Women in Diplomacy 78
Sinclaire Language Award Recipients 79
AFSA Community: A New Way to Engage 79
AFSA at the Bureau of Diplomatic Security 80
Tax News: Foreign Earned Income Exemption Denials 80
AFSA Welcomes New Interns 81
Helping Our Afghan and Iraqi Colleagues 82
Columns 7
President's Views: How to Find the Next Bill Burns 7
Speaking Out: Citizenship and Unwed Border Moms—The Misfortune of Geography 16
Reflections: Vietnam—Endings and Beginnings 96
Departments 8
Letters 8
Talking Points 12
Books 85
Local Lens 98
Marketplace 87
Classifieds 87
Real Estate 90
Index to Advertisers 95

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