(Amer. Foreign Service Assoc. )Union Calls for Better Security Overseas

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WASHINGTON - The labor union that represents 23,000 current and former U.S. foreign service workers called on Monday for a security buildup in response to the death of an American diplomat in Iraq (news - web sites).


John W. Limbert, president of the American Foreign Service Association, said the union recognizes it is impossible to provide 100 percent protection "for our personnel who staff the front lines of American diplomacy."


But he said much work remains to be done to bring U.S. embassies, consulates and missions up to security standards.


The State Department responded that "security is an issue that we look at constantly." Deputy spokesman Adam Ereli said that was one of the things the slain diplomat, Edward Seitz, 41, of Parma, Ohio, was doing in Iraq.

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Guess the folks working for the gov't overseas don't feel "safer" under this misadministration?!?!