ave made it a priority to try to recruit and retain a workforce at the State Department that actually reflects the country that we represent. So if any of you Americans here are interested in a career in foreign policy, the Foreign Service, the Civil Service, come on down. We need you; we want you. This is a time – it’s the most exciting time, as challenging as it is to be engaged in diplomacy, because of the very reason that I cited at the outset. None of the problems that really matter can be tackled by any one country acting alone. The role of our diplomacy, the role of our diplomats, is to build that cooperation, that coordination among countries. There’s never been a more important time to do it, so come on down.
Let me stop talking with that, because I’m really anxious to hear (inaudible). (Applause.)
Source: US State Department