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		<title>SHOTS! SHOTS! SHOTS!</title>
		<link>http://www.supermariodiplomacy.com/2011/03/27/shots-shots-shots/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 13:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Super Mario</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Awww yeahhhh, that&#8217;s what I&#8217;m talking about. It was last Friday (and then comes Saturday, and Sunday comes afterwards) and there&#8217;s nothing more that I needed to do than get some SHOTS! Wait, hold on. Not those kinda shots. I&#8217;m talking about the nearly dozen shots (and typhoid pills) that I needed to have injected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saying Goodbye</title>
		<link>http://www.supermariodiplomacy.com/2011/03/26/saying-goodbye/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011 15:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I went back home last weekend to say goodbye to my family and friends and to grab some more things from my old room to bring overseas with me. It definitely wasn&#8217;t easy. I&#8217;m a very sentimental person &#8211; I keep nearly everything that reminds of memorable moments. That is why when my family presented [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEND ME TO BEIRUT, PLEASE!</title>
		<link>http://www.supermariodiplomacy.com/2011/03/18/send-me-to-beirut-please/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 02:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Super Mario</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another reason why I would love to be posted in Beirut.]]></description>
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		<title>PJ Crowley Resigns</title>
		<link>http://www.supermariodiplomacy.com/2011/03/13/pj-crowley-resigns/</link>
		<comments>http://www.supermariodiplomacy.com/2011/03/13/pj-crowley-resigns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 18:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Super Mario</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.supermariodiplomacy.com/?p=86</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A reminder to those at State Dept. that no matter who we are, what position we hold, or even whether we are technically right or wrong, the fact is we&#8217;re diplomats 24/7 and every word that we say will be closely scrutinized. From CNN: P.J. Crowley abruptly resigned Sunday as State Department spokesman over controversial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Answering the Personal Narrative Questions (PNQs)</title>
		<link>http://www.supermariodiplomacy.com/2011/03/12/answering-the-personal-narrative-questions-pnqs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 13:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Super Mario</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.supermariodiplomacy.com/?p=84</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve received a few messages asking for some advice on the PNQs from those who passed the Foreign Service Officer Test (written exam). Here is the advice that I shared: For the PNQs, what they&#8217;re actually looking for: http://www.careers.state.gov/index/download-center4/3.0.0_fso_13_dimensions.pdf Anyone can write a short essay but the key is to incorporate a few of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Month</title>
		<link>http://www.supermariodiplomacy.com/2011/03/07/one-month/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 03:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Super Mario</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.supermariodiplomacy.com/?p=83</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In one month, I will be up in the air and saying goodbye to DC and getting reacquainted with the Middle East. Is anything going on over there right now that I should know about? Tomorrow, I will be back in training after spending several weeks on a bridge assignment.  A bridge assignment is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shipping a Vehicle to Post</title>
		<link>http://www.supermariodiplomacy.com/2011/03/05/shipping-a-vehicle-to-post/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 17:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Super Mario</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s the point of being a diplomat if you can&#8217;t have diplomatic license plates? For many of us going in the foreign service, having a vehicle at post is an incredible convenience. Over the last few weeks, I&#8217;ve been trying to figure out the best way to ship a vehicle overseas. Here is what I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Reassignment Bureau</title>
		<link>http://www.supermariodiplomacy.com/2011/03/04/the-reassignment-bureau/</link>
		<comments>http://www.supermariodiplomacy.com/2011/03/04/the-reassignment-bureau/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 02:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Super Mario</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.supermariodiplomacy.com/?p=79</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I apologize for my absence but no worries, I&#8217;M BACK! As the title mentions, I am no longer going here but I will now be going here. I absolutely look forward to my new assignment and to help the mission in anyway that I can. This post is just a quick update. I&#8217;ve been lucky [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flag Day</title>
		<link>http://www.supermariodiplomacy.com/2010/10/09/flag-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2010 18:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Super Mario</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The day I had been waiting for since I got the call&#8230; When the bid list comes out, you write to your CDO and mention your top 3 preferences (what you look for in a post) and you must rank each of the posts either High, Medium, or Low. I&#8217;m a picky guy. I ranked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;You might not ship a boat.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.supermariodiplomacy.com/2010/09/10/you-might-not-ship-a-boat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Super Mario</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.supermariodiplomacy.com/?p=74</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Haven&#8217;t posted much lately because I&#8217;m beginning to realize that with a gig like this, there&#8217;s only so much you&#8217;re allowed to talk about, that all you can really discuss is your personal life and nobody wants to hear about me partying. I finally packed out and tomorrow I&#8217;ll be flying down to DC to [...]]]></description>
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