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	<title><![CDATA[Why We Said No: Three Diplomats' Duty]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-brady-kiesling/why-we-said-no-three-dipl_b_92488.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>by <strong>Ann Wright, John Brown,</strong> and <strong>Brady Kiesling</strong></p>

<p>Five years ago this month, the three of us left the US Foreign Service in opposition to the war on Iraq. We were not pacifists. We were professional, non-partisan diplomats bound by our oath of loyalty to the US Constitution. Our job was to build effective relationships with key figures outside the United States. We used our language skills, respectful curiosity, and understanding of local politics to promote US national interests as our...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-03-28T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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