[Cincinatus' Wife]

And Obama/NASA/Adm. Charles Bolden are busy shutting down our national space program while pursuing outreach abroad. Obama, Holdren, Holder and Bolden have made it clear that they don't like or believe in American exceptionalism.

".........NASA/HQ plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the following Commercial services; these services include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1) Oral interpretation and written translation of official and technical/scientific/engineering documents; (2) Language translation (verbal & written) of many countries; i.e. Russia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Brazil, India, Israel, China, Indian, Korea, Portugal, etc; (3) Visa processing for Former Soviet States (Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan), Russian Federation, and China; (5) Desktop publishing of translated text; (6) Processing letters of invitation and assignments required to support official travel to countries by way of drafting letters, completing appropriate documentation, database entry and continued communication to the client on processes and status updates; (7) Administrative coordination, advance preparation and support of conducting onsite overseas official meetings and high level visits; 8) Overseas logistics support primarily for the Former Soviet states and China, providing administrative, clerical and in-country ground transportation logistic services; (9) Conversion of foreign currency and metric measurements to the US currency and measurement system and US to foreign systems; (10) Website localization; (11) Video/Audio voice-over narration services; and (12) Instantaneous telephone interpretation services .".....

http://spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=41348

[Diogenesis]

If there was EVER proof that the State Dept works
against America for foreign nations, this is yet another.

[G Larry]

America NEEDS A NEW PRESIDENT!!!

Then, keep Petraeus and authorize him to completely restaff the CIA.

Folks don’t know that this agency has been overrun by liberal academic elites, bent on stifling the charter of this once fine team.

[txrangerette]

What is the purported purpose behind NASA’s outreach to other countries? Note: “purported” purpose? I’m not sure I understand even their claim behind it, not even to mention their real reason...

[Jumper]

Maybe some FReepr's can do some math on this, e.g., the US Department of State has a manning level capped by law at 15,000 Foreign Service Officers & Specialists; if someone was to add up the number of actual positions currenly filled (not on the books) home and abroad we could find the actual number of DoS employees stated publically on the Mission (consulate/embassy) websites. The difference would then be a strong indicator of the infiltration by other agencies creating the overages. This would still not account for CONUS manning or Civil Service Employees filling STATE positions.

I assure you that without considering the CONUS fills or Civil Service Employees serving abroad that the listed number exceeds 15,000.

Cheers.