Wall Street Journal

In Defense of the Foreign Service Officer Test

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kyle Peterson, Allysia Finley and Dan Henninger. Images: Getty Images Composite: Mark Kelly Since 1924, anyone who wants to become an American ...
Indiatimes

'Choosing merit over DEI': Trump admin to scrap Foreign Service Officer Test; will introduce new version

The Donald Trump administration is scrapping the State Department’s current Foreign Service Officer Test (FSOT) and introducing a new version that it says would be strictly “merit-based,” in contrast ...
AOL

EXCLUSIVE: State Dept. Gutting Foreign Service Test — ‘Merit-Based’ Not ‘DEI Principles’

The State Department is set to replace the existing Foreign Service Officer Test (FSOT) in favor of a more “merit-based” structure, the agency exclusively told the Daily Caller News Foundation on ...
Wall Street Journal

Are Diplomats Ready to Defend U.S. Interests?

As a 31-year veteran of the Foreign Service, I am dismayed by the suggestion that passing the Foreign Service Officer Test would no longer be a requirement for recruitment into our diplomatic corps ...