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Illustrations Table 2.1 State Department Posts and Staffing, 1781–2010 13 Table 2.2 Foreign Service Officers (Generalists) 25 Table 2.3 Outlays on International Affairs (Function 150) 34 Table 3.1 The Foreign Service in Round Numbers, 2010 59 Table 6.1 International Affairs (Function 150) Budgets (Billions of US dollars) 136 Table 7.1 Foreign Service Salary Table, 2010 (Base pay, US dollars) 165 Table 7.2 Senior Foreign Service Pay Range, 2010 (Base pay, US dollars) 165 Table 7.3 Executive-Level Pay Scale, 2010 (US dollars) 165 Table 7.4 Career Trajectory (Average) 167 Table 7.5 Up or Out (Years) 173 Table 7.6 Thirteen Dimensions of Foreign Service Work 178 Table 7.7 Foreign Service Specialists: Jobs and Job Categories 181 Table 9.1 Hardship Differentials, September 2008 210 Table 10.1 Foreign Service Projected Hiring and Attrition 226 Table 10.2 Smart Power at Work, Planned Staffing of Civilian Response Corps 229 Figure 6.1 Organization of a Typical Mission 147 ix This page intentionally left blank ...

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