Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977–1980, Volume
XXVIII, Organization and Management of Foreign Policy
Abbreviations and Terms
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A, Bureau of Administration,
Department of State
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AA, affirmative action
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AAFSW, Association of
American Foreign Service Women
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AAJOP, Affirmative Action
Junior Officer Program
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A/BF, Office of the Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for Budget and Finance, Bureau of
Administration
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A/BF/OB, Office of the
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Budget and Finance, Office
of Budget, Bureau of Administration
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ACDA, Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency
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ACLU, American Civil
Liberties Union
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ACSI, Assistant Chief of
Staff for Intelligence, U.S. Army
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ACTION, Federal agency
that coordinates domestic volunteer efforts
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ADNI, Assistant Director of
National Intelligence
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ADP, automatic data
processing
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AF, Air Force; Bureau of
African Affairs, Department of State
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AFGE, American Federation of
Government Employees
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AFL–CIO, American
Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
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AFSA, American Foreign
Service Association
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AID, Agency for International
Development
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A/ISO, Deputy Assistant
Secretary of State for Information Systems, Bureau of
Administration
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Amb, Ambassador
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ANZUS, Australia, New
Zealand, United State Security Treaty
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APA, Administrative Procedure
Act
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ARA, Bureau of Inter-American
Affairs, Department of State
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ARC, Application Review
Committee
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ASA, Army Security
Agency
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ASAT, anti-satellite
weapon
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ASD/C3I, Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence
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ASD/ISA, Assistant
Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
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ASEAN, Association of South
East Asian Nations
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ASW, anti-submarine
warfare
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A/SY, Office of Security,
Bureau of Administration, Department of State
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A/SY/OPS, Director for
Operations, Office of Security, Bureau of Administration, Department
of State
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A/SY/PSI, Director for
Personnel Security and Investigations, Office of Security, Bureau of
Administration, Department of State
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A/SY/SAS, Special
Assignments Staff, Office of Security, Bureau of Administration,
Department of State
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BBC, British Broadcasting
Corporation
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BEX, Board of Examiners
(Foreign Service)
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BFS, Board of the Foreign
Service
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BIA, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, Department of the Interior
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C, Carter; Confidential; Office
of the Counselor of the Department of State
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C&R, Communications and
Records
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C&T, Career and
Tenure
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CA, Bureau of Consular
Affairs, Depratment of State; Career Ambassador
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CCP, Consolidated Cryptologic
Program
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CDO, Career Development
Officer
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CEA, Council of Economic
Advisers
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CFI, Committee on Foreign
Intelligence
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CI, counterintelligence
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CIA, Central Intelligence
Agency
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CIA/DDI, Deputy Director
for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
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CIA/DDO, Deputy Director
for Operations, Central Intelligence Agency
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CIAP, Central Intelligence
Agency Program
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CIC, Combat Intelligence
Center, U.S. Marine Corps
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CIEP, Council on
International Economic Policy
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CINC, Commander in
Chief
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CFI, Committee on Foreign
Intelligence
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CM, Career Minister
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COM, Chief of Mission
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COMIREX, Committee on
Imagery Requirements and Exploitation
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COMSEC, communications
security
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ConGen, Foreign Service
Institute course that prepares Foreign Service Officers for consular
work
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COS, Chief of Station
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CS, Civil Service
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CSC, Civil Service
Commission
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CSRA, Civil Service Reform
Act
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CTB, Comprehensive Test
Ban
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CU, Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs, Department of State
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DAS, Deputy Assistant
Secretary
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DC, District of
Columbia
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DCC, Development Coordination
Committee
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DCI, Director of Central
Intelligence
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DCIA, Director of the
Central Intelligence Agency
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DCID, Director of Central
Intelligence Directive
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DCM, Deputy Chief of
Mission
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D/DCI/IC, Deputy to the
Director of Central Intelligence for the Intelligence
Community
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D/DCI/NI, Deputy to the
Director of Central Intelligence for National Intelligence
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DDI, Deputy Director for
Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
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DDO, Deputy Director for
Operations, Central Intelligence Agency
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DD/S&T, Deputy Director
for Science and Technology, Central Intelligence Agency
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DEA, Drug Enforcement
Administration
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DepSecDef/Intel,
Deputy Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
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Dept, Department
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DFI, Director of Foreign
Intelligence
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DG/EM, Employee Management
Division, Office of Employee Relations, Bureau of Personnel,
Department of State
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DG/PC, Office of Program
Coordination, Bureau of Personnel, Department of State
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DGP/PER, Office of the
Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Personnel,
Bureau of Personnel, Department of State
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DGP/PER/REE, Office of
Recruitment, Examination, and Employment, Office of the Director
General of the Foreign Service and Director of Personnel, Bureau of
Personnel, Department of State
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DIA, Defense Intelligence
Agency
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DIADC, Defense Intelligence
Agency Dissemination Center
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DNI, Director of National
Intelligence
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DOD, Department of
Defense
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DPS, White House domestic
policy staff
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DSAA, Defense Security
Assistance Agency
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DSD, Deputy Secretary of
Defense
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E, Office of the Under
Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
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EA, East Asia; Bureau of East
Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
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EA/EX, Executive Office,
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
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EB, Bureau of Economic and
Business Affairs, Department of State
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E/C,
Economic/Commercial
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EEO, Equal Employment
Opportunity
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EEOC, Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
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ELINT, electronic
intelligence
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ELTF, Executive-Level Task
Force on Affirmative Action
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E.O., Executive Order
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EOB, Executive Office
Building
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EOD, Entry on Duty
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EOP, Executive Office of the
President
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EPB, Economic Policy
Board
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EPG, Economic Policy
Group
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ERC, Employment Review
Committee
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ERDA, Energy Research and
Development Administration
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ERW, enhanced radiation
weapon
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ES, Executive Service
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ESF, Economic Support
Fund
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ETS, Educational Testing
Service
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EUR, Bureau of European
Affairs, Department of State
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FAA, Federal Aviation
Administration
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FAM, Foreign Affairs
Manual
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FAO, Food and Agriculture
Organization (United Nations)
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FAS, Foreign Agricultural
Service, Department of Agriculture; Foreign Affairs
Specialist
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FAST, Familiarization and
Short-Term courses
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FBI, Federal Bureau of
Investigation
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FBIS, Foreign Broadcast
Information Service
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FCA, Office of Foreign
Service Career Development and Assignments, Bureau of Personnel,
Department of State
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FCA/JO, Junior Officer
Division, Office of Foreign Service Career Development and
Assignments, Bureau of Personnel, Department of State
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FCS, Foreign Commercial
Service
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FDR, Franklin Delano
Roosevelt
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FEORP, Federal Equal
Opportunity Recruitment Program
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FEW, Federally Employed
Women
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FISA, Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act
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FLO, Family Liaison Office,
Bureau of Personnel, Department of State
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FLRA, Federal Labor
Relations Authority
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FOIA, Freedom of Information
Act
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FPMP, Federal Personnel
Management Project
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FS, Foreign Service
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FSI, Foreign Service
Institute, Department of State
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FSIO, Foreign Service
Information Officer
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FSLRA, Foreign Service
Labor Relations Authority (proposed)
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FSN, Foreign Service
National
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FSO, Foreign Service
Officer
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FSR, Foreign Service
Reserve
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FSR/JO, Foreign Service
Reserve, Junior Officer
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FSRU, Foreign Service
Reserve (Unlimited)
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FSS, Foreign Service
Specialist; Foreign Service Staff
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FSSO, Foreign Service Staff
Officer
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FY, Fiscal Year
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GAC, General Advisory
Committee
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GAO, Government Accounting
Office
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GATT, General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade
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GDIP, General Defense
Intelligence Program
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GG, General Government (pay
plan)
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GNP, Gross National
Product
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GS, General Schedule (pay
plan)
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GSA, General Services
Administration
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GSO, General Services
Officer
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H, Bureau of Congressional
Relations, Department of State
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HEW, Department of Health,
Education and Welfare
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HIRC, House International
Relations Committee
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HUD, Department of Housing
and Urban Development
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HUMINT, human
intelligence
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IAW, in accordance
with
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IBWC, International Boundary
and Water Commission
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IC, Intelligence
Community
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ICA, International
Communication Agency
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ICBM, inter-continental
ballistic missiles
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ICS, Intelligence Community
Staff
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IDCA, International
Development Cooperation Agency
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IIC, Interdepartmental
Intelligence Conference
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IIM, Interagency Intelligence
Memorandum
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IFI, International Financial
Institutions
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IFTC, Institute for
Technological Cooperation
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IG, Inspector General
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IMF, International Monetary
Fund
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INFCE, International
Nuclear Fuel Cycle Evaluation
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INR, Bureau of Intelligence
and Research, Department of State
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INR/DDC, Deputy Director
for Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of
State
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IO, Bureau of International
Organization Affairs, Department of State
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IO/UNP, Office of UN
Political Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs,
Department of State
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IOB, Intelligence Oversight
Board
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ISSS, Intelligence Space
Support Systems Agency
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ISTC, International Science
and Technology Center
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JCS, Joint Chiefs of
Staff
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JO, Junior Officer
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KGB, Soviet Committee for
State Security
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KIQ, Key Intelligence
Question
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L, Office of the Legal Adviser,
Department of State
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LDC, less developed
country
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LDP, Language Designated
Position
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L/EB, Economic and Business
Affairs, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
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L/M, Legal Adviser for
Management, Department of State
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LRA, Limited Renewable
Appointments
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LSAT, Law School Admission
Test
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LULAC, League of United
Latin American Citizens
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LWOP, leave without
pay
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M, Office of the Under
Secretary of State for Management
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MAAG, Military Assistance
Advisory Group
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MBFR, Mutual and Balanced
Force Reductions
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M/COMP, Office of the
Comptroller, Department of State
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M/CT, Office for Combating
Terrorism, Department of State
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MDB, Multilateral Development
Banks
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M/DG, Bureau of Personnel,
Department of State
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M/DGP, Director General of
the Foreign Service and Director of Personnel, Department of
State
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MED, Office of Medical
Services, Department of State
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M/EEO, Equal Employment
Opportunity Office, Department of State
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M/FSI, Foreign Service
Institute, Department of State
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MGT/HRM, Human Resource
Management Division, Office of Management, Bureau of Personnel,
Department of State
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MGT/OS, Operating Systems
Division, Office of Management, Bureau of Personnel, Department of
State
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M/MED, Office of Medical
Services, Department of State
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M/MO, Management Operations,
Department of State
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MODE, Monitoring Overseas
Direct Employment
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MSPB, Merit Systems
Protection Board
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MTN, Multilateral Trade
Negotiations
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Mustang, program for
Civil Service and Foreign Service Specialists seeking entry-level
Foreign Service Generalist appointments in one of the four cones:
Consular, Economic, Administrative, or Political
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NAACP, National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People
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NAC, National Advisory
Council on International Monetary and Financial Policies
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NAM, National Association of
Manufacturers
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NATO, North Atlantic Treaty
Organization
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NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern
and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
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NFAC, National Foreign
Assessment Center
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NFIB, National Foreign
Intelligence Board
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NFIP, National Foreign
Intelligence Program
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NGT, Numerical Goals &
Timetable Study
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NIAM, National Intelligence
Analytical Memorandum
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NIE, National Intelligence
Estimate
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NIO, National Intelligence
Officer
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NIPA, National Intelligence
Production Agency (proposed)
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NITC, National Intelligence
Tasking Center
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Nodis, No
Distribution
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NPIC, National Photographic
Interpretation Center
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NPT, Non-Proliferation
Treaty
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NRO, National Reconnaissance
Office
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NRP, National Reconnaissance
Program
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NSA, National Security
Agency
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NSA/CSS, National Security
Agency, Central Security Service
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NSC, National Security
Council
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NSCID, National Security
Council Intelligence Directive
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NSSM, National Security
Study Memorandum
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OA, Other Agency
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OAG, Operations Advisory
Group; Office of the Attorney General
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OAS, Organization of American
States
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OBE, overtaken by
events
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OC/P, Diplomatic Pouch and
Courier Operations Division, Office of Communications, Department of
State
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OECD, Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development
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OEO, Office of Economic
Opportunity
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OMB, Office of Management and
Budget
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ONE, Office of National
Estimates, Central Intelligence Agency
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OPEC, Organization of the
Petroleum Exporting Countries
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OPIC, Overseas Private
Investment Corporation
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OPM, Office of Personnel
Management
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OSD, Office of the Secretary
of Defense
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OSI, Office of Special
Investigations, U.S. Air Force
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OSS, Office of Strategic
Services
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PA, Bureau of Public Affairs,
Department of State
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PA/PP, Office of Public
Programs, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State
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PAR, Personnel Audit
Report
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PCI, Italian Communist
Party
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PDASD/I, Principal Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Defense for Intelligence
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PDB, President’s Daily
Brief
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PE, Office of Performance
Evaluation, Bureau of Personnel, Department of State
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PER, Bureau of Personnel,
Department of State
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PER/CCA, Office of Civil
Service Career Development and Assignments, Bureau of Personnel,
Department of State
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PER/ER, Office of Employee
Relations, Bureau of Personnel, Department of State
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PER/FCA, Office of Foreign
Service Career Development, Bureau of Personnel, Department of
State
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PER/FCA/ARA,
Inter-American Affairs Division, Office of Foreign Service Career
Development, Bureau of Personnel, Department of State
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PER/FCA/EUR, European
Assignment Division, Office of Foreign Service Career Development,
Bureau of Personnel, Department of State
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PER/MGT, Office of
Management, Bureau of Personnel, Department of State
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PER/MGT/AS,
Administrative Services, Office of Management, Bureau of Personnel,
Department of State
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PER/MGT/EX, Executive
Office, Office of Management, Bureau of Personnel, Department of
State
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PER/MGT/HRM, Human
Resource Management Division, Office of Management, Bureau of
Personnel, Department of State
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PER/MGT/OS, Operations
Systems Division, Office of Management, Bureau of Personnel,
Department of State
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PER/PE, Office of
Performance Evaluation, Bureau of Personnel, Department of
State
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PER/REE, Office of
Recruitment, Examination, and Employment, Bureau of Personnel,
Department of State
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PIT,
Part-time/Intermittent/Temporary Employee
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P.L., Public Law
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PLO, Palestine Liberation
Organization
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PM, Bureau of
Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
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PPG, Priorities Policy
Group
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PRC, Policy Review Committee;
People’s Republic of China
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PRC (I), Policy Review
Committee (Intelligence)
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PRC (Intell), Policy Review
Committee (Intelligence)
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PRP, President’s
Reorganization Project
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Pres, President
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PRM, Presidential Review
Memorandum
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R&D, research &
development
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REE/BEX, Foreign Service
Board of Examiners, Office of Recruitment, Examination, and
Employment, Bureau of Personnel, Department of State
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REE/EMP, Employment
Division, Office of Recruitment, Examination, and Employment, Bureau
of Personnel, Department of State
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REE/EXAM/BEX, Foreign
Service Board of Examiners, Examination Division, Office of
Recruitment, Examination and Employment, Bureau of Personnel,
Department of State
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REE/REC/SP, Recruitment
Division, Office of Recruitment, Examination and Employment, Bureau
of Personnel, Department of State
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RIF,
reduction-in-force
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ROC, Republic of China
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ROK, Republic of Korea
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RSO, Regional Security
Officer
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S, Secret
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SACEUR, Supreme Allied
Commander, Europe
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SALT, Strategic Arms
Limitation Talks
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SCA, Bureau of Security and
Consular Affairs, Department of State
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SCC, Special Coordination
Committee
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SCC/CI, Special
Coordination Committee/Counterintelligence
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SCC(CI), Special
Coordination Committee (Counterintelligence)
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SCC(I), Special Coordination
Committee (Intelligence)
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SecDef, Secretary of
Defense
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SecState, Secretary of
State
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SES, Senior Executive
Service
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SFRC, Senate Foreign
Relations Committee
-
SFS, Senior Foreign
Service
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S/IG, Inspector General of
the Department of State and the Foreign Service
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SIGINT, signals
intelligence
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sitreps, situation
reports
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SLOC, Sea Line of
Communication
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SNIE, Special National
Intelligence Estimate
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SOP, state of play
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S/P, Policy Planning Staff,
Department of State
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Specat, Special
Category
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S/PRS, Office of Press
Relations, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
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SRAM, short-range
air-to-surface attack missiles
-
SRG, Senior Review
Group
-
S/S, Executive Secretariat,
Department of State
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SSA, Security Supporting
Assistance
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SSCI, Senate Select
Committee on Intelligence
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STR, Special Trade
Representative
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SY, Office of Security, Bureau
of Administration, Department of State
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T, Office of the Under
Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science, and
Technology
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TDY, Temporary Duty
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TIC, Time In Class
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TPC, Trade Policy
Committee
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TRW, Thompson Ramo Wooldridge
(American company)
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UNCTAD, United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development
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UNICEF, United Nations
Children’s Fund
-
US, United States
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USC, Under Secretaries
Committee; U.S. Code
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USDA, United States
Department of Agriculture
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USG, United States
Government
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USIA, United States
Information Agency
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USICA, United States
International Communication Agency
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USSID, United States
Signals Intelligence Directive
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USSR, Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics
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USTPA, United States Trade
Policy Administration
-
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VO, Visa Office, Bureau of
Security and Consular Affairs, Department of State
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VOA, Voice of America
-
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WAE, when-actually-employed
(pay status)
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WAO, Women’s Action
Organization
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WCAS, Women’s Class Action
Suit
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WSAG, Washington Special
Actions Group
-