http://www.theworld.org/2013/01/us-ambassador-to-finland-goes-great-guns/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=us-ambassador-to-finland-goes-great-guns Global Perspectives for an American Audience Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.theworld.org/2013/01/us-ambassador-to-finland-goes-great-guns/comment-page-1/#comment-27184 phlegma Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:06:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=154483#comment-27184 Hey, I realize this was a light news piece, and I enjoyed it... further, I do not mean to disrespect Ambassador Oreck or his accomplishments in the fields of law, business, and fund-raising, but I guess the story came too soon after the tragic circumstances surrounding the death of Ambassador Chris Stevens, in September.  The contrasts of the two men's careers with the State Dept. are too huge to dismiss.  From what I have read about Chris Stevens, he would be among the last to engage in the in-house resentments about career Foreign Service ambassadors versus political appointees, but you also have to wonder what impression that makes in the receiving country. Hey, I realize this was a light news piece, and I enjoyed it… further, I do not mean to disrespect Ambassador Oreck or his accomplishments in the fields of law, business, and fund-raising, but I guess the story came too soon after the tragic circumstances surrounding the death of Ambassador Chris Stevens, in September.  The contrasts of the two men’s careers with the State Dept. are too huge to dismiss.  From what I have read about Chris Stevens, he would be among the last to engage in the in-house resentments about career Foreign Service ambassadors versus political appointees, but you also have to wonder what impression that makes in the receiving country.

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