Part 1: Powell: 'I Am on the President's Agenda'
Part 2: Diplomats Fight Their Stuffed-White-Shirt Image
Part 3: Diplomacy Adapts to New Threats
Part 4: Cultural Diplomacy Pays Off, Envoys Say
Part 5: Consular Services Changed After 9/11
Part 6: Embassy Bombings Spur Security Boost
Part 7: Diplomatic Reorientation: Recruitment Changes
Part 8: Ups and Downs of Diplomatic Life

Related items:

Preview of the series in foreign editor David W. Jones' weekly column

Interview with Secretary of State Colin L. Powell

• Travel for this series was made possible in part by a grant from the Una Chapman Cox Foundation

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