Only 10 Out Of 34,000 State Department Employees Are Fluent In Arabic...
USA Today February 14, 2006 at 04:34 PM
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Hoping to make a difference in the world (and perhaps sensing the prospect of likely employment), U.S. students are flocking to newly formed Arabic classes on high school and college campuses.
At the State Department, for instance, only 10 of 34,000 employees are rated fully fluent in Arabic.
In his recent budget, President Bush proposed an initiative to address the shortfall by jump-starting training in such critical languages as Arabic, Farsi, Hindi and Urdu.
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READ MORE: George W. Bush
Hoping to make a difference in the world (and perhaps sensing the prospect of likely employment), U.S. students are flocking to newly formed Arabic classes on high school and college campuses.
At the State Department, for instance, only 10 of 34,000 employees are rated fully fluent in Arabic.
In his recent budget, President Bush proposed an initiative to address the shortfall by jump-starting training in such critical languages as Arabic, Farsi, Hindi and Urdu.
READ WHOLE STORY
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