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Robert Neus Analysis Robert Neus a US Consular and the Diplomat in Residence for the Midwest, who’s taken various tours worldwide, emphasized a few things when speaking to our Political Science 281 United States Foreign Policy class. Some of the thing he emphasized were diversity in regards to the people that the state department employs to represent the United States abroad, involvement in political and social issues overseas despite popular demand to be reclusive and the reach of the US State department when dealing with different bureaus under their control.
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He expressed the need for the United States to continue to be involved in the world’s issues even if they don’t directly affect our citizens. The reasoning for this point is that we must implement our influence worldwide or major negative repercussions will take place as has happened in the past. Further we must be concerned for the safety and lives of others as a democratic nation and to be respected as a world superpower. The second point, which is essential, was the diversity in the State Department. This point is extremely key because the representation of the United States interests must entail a fair representation of every one of our citizens. Further in order to be respected as a player on the international scale we must be represented by diverse respected individuals from all walks of life making the United States interests known. Lastly the speaker touched on the vast reach of the State Department worldwide. This can be seen with the various programs employed in the State Department. As well as for basic procedure our State Department has created a large program base with includes aid, outreach and cultural awareness both domestically and abroad. With these programs the United States has saved many youth from crime, hunger and homelessness as well as with healthcare and after natural disaster. With these key components and more our State Department successfully makes us a well respected international superpower, which needs to be taken legitimately by every other country on the planet. With this respect we are now the presiding leader of the