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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:State> Post</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Soldiers and diplomats still lack language skills</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Can we talk? </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Not if it’s a foreign language, according to government auditors, who issued a highly critical review of national security agencies’ programs Wednesday. </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Tucked deep into the Government Accountability Office report was a brief, disparaging passage on the foreign-language capabilities at the departments of State and Defense. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The language situation was not only not improving, it said, it was going backward.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Full story:</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">http://blog.washingtonpost.com/spy-talk/2010/06/gao_soldiers_and_diplomats_sti.html</P></DIV></BODY></HTML>