Do you know what's going on in the world around you? Are you staying abreast of the proposed tax cuts for us Foreign Service workers? Has the earthquake in New Zealand and its aftermath tugged at your heart strings lately? How up-to-date are you on the craziness in Libya? The evacuations in Cairo and Tunisia? The shooting at the Embassy in Bangkok?
Every Friday a Foreign Service blogger hosts the "Weekly Roundup", and spends countless hours compiling news recaps and tidbits of everything going on in the blogosphere around world. While many weeks the themes are lighthearted, filled with amazing adventures and gorgeous pictures, just like this week, there are often nitty gritty posts that are emotional, hit hard, and get you thinking. So much of what happens in the Federal Government and in our U.S. Embassies and Consulates abroad affect more than just us Government employees...
If you have the time, you should absolutely check these out. And stay tuned ... one of these days I'll be hosting it myself.
5 comments:
Hm, I'm in Morocco, ain't no evacuations here :)
No really, it's peaceful here, no police or military violence like the neighbors. Good thing too, we're here for another ten days or so...
Okay, you come over and do my laundry, dust, kick some @&& and I'll go read.
xx
I will check those out for sure. Having worked in the news world as long as I did, I can't go through a day without reading the newspaper or the headlines at least, on line. It's so much to think about, the tragedies around the world.
Thanks for the shout out.
Thanks for those links--I'm going to check them out right now.
Wendi
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