Experts say Obama must beef up the State Department, giving it more money and more people. They note that the better-funded Pentagon has been usurping functions that belong in or under State and the U.S. Agency for International Development. Certainly the State Department and USAID need more money. They do...

Dear Friends and Relations,

A friend and former colleague of mine in the Foreign Service, Kevin McGuire, some time ago drafted a short statement of support for Obama and began to ask retired Foreign Service officers if they would sign it. So far 334 of us have done so, including...