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• “In the 21st century, a diplomat is as likely to meet with a tribal elder in a rural village as a counterpart in a foreign ministry, and is as likely to wear cargo pants as a pinstriped suit," Clinton writes.”

  The Washington Post: A sneak peek at Hillary Clinton's new global strategy

• “When I look back on my career, I wonder at how often I have had to start by explaining what a diplomat is and what he does.”

  The British Legacy: Diplomatic Reflections

• “They live in their own world, where tax cuts increase revenue, where Saddam was a major supporter of al-Qaeda, where dividend cuts go mostly to the middle class, where an experienced career diplomat is a raving left-winger, etc.”

  Economic Arguments, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty

• “Turkey pushes back against this characterization, and Ankara recalled its diplomat from the United States last month to protest the passage of a non-binding resolution in the House Foreign Relations Committee, which calls the 1915 killings a "genocide.”

  Obama avoids labeling massacres of Armenians 'genocide'

• “Isn't it funny that the only person who can be an effective diplomat is the husband of the Secretary of State?”

  Analysis: Bill Clinton as a diplomatic fix-it man

• “He is not hinting; he is saying it was judicial activism in diplomat language.”

  Think Progress » Citizens United Decision: ‘A Rejection Of The Common Sense Of The American People’

• “That line from a diplomat is just too ridiculous to be believable.”

  15 « August « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy

• “The hallmark of a great diplomat is the ability to delegate jobs to others without the necessity of getting all the credit.”

  Richardson: discussions with N. Koreans show a 'bit of a thaw'

• “A Canadian diplomat is blunt: "Things are going worse for us than they have during the past four or five years - the Taliban controls more of our territory than before, and we have made no progress at all on corruption.”

  Archive 2009-04-01

• “But every Latin American diplomat will see -- given the offensive character of Palmer's written statements -- that Venezuela cannot accept this nomination.”

  The Huffington Post: Mark Weisbrot: Does Washington Want Normal Diplomatic Relations With Venezuela?

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