In the autumn of 1978, a group of junior Foreign Service Officers shared cheap beers at a bar near the White House to celebrate the Camp David Accords signed by leaders of the US, Egypt and Israel.
Most of us, awaiting our first overseas assignments had volunteered for low-level administrative tasks; our over-blown egos convinced us we were “part of history.”
Recommended Stories
Print subscriber? Click here to login/register your account
Digital subscriber? Click here to login/register your account.