Much commentary on the difficulty State has staffing its Iraq positions, magnified by the 10% at Foggy Bottom who got together to complain publicly. The bottom line seems to be that the Department of State has neither the volume of people nor the staff with the skill sets necessary to hold up their end of the post-conflict bargain.

So I ask what are the selection attributes and trainable skills that are needed to work in the unstable environments of today and tomorrow?

-Matt