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Podcast: This Is Nashville
Episode: They say diplomacy starts at home- so do diplomats!
Description: US diplomats live and work overseas, helping US citizens abroad as well as building relationships with host countries. They get a new assignment to change countries — and often the languages they’re working in — about every two years. What is their life and work really like? And who are the people working here in the US to support US foreign policy goals? Today we’re talking with native Tennesseans who are serving in the US State Department's Civil Service and Foreign Service. We’ll find out what it takes to represent the US internationally and the steps anyone can follow to...