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To: steve harris who wrote (382675)	3/31/2003 10:51:39 AM
From: E	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Wright was most recently the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. embassy in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. She helped open the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, in January 2002. I wrote this to explain to someone who spoke dismissively of her service to this country what her position as DCM represents: "Your belittling of Mary A. Wright's almost thirty years of service to our country, in the some of the most isolated and dangerous parts of the world, is ungrateful and ignorant. Deputy Chief of Mission is hardly an "assistant" job. The DCM is the person who is the acting Ambassador in the country when the Ambassador is away. It is usually a person who, while the Ambassador is engaged in more of the representation functions, does the nitty-gritty work at the Mission, and keeps the Ambassador up to speed on details. Possibly she has earned your seriously considering her reasons for resigning after a long career serving in the highest posts next under an Ambassadorship an American Foreign Service Officer can attain. She did a hard, dangerous job for our country under many administrations, and deserves respect, not ridicule. She is an American hero."

To: steve harris who wrote (382675)	3/31/2003 10:55:33 AM
From: E	Respond to of 769667

Had you read her letter, you would have noticed the following, btw: "[I was] the Deputy Chief of Mission in our Embassies in Sierra Leone, Micronesia, Afghanistan (briefly) and Mongolia. I have also had assignments in Somalia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Grenada and Nicaragua. I received the State Department's Award for Heroism as Charge d'Affaires during the evacuation of Sierra Leone in 1997. I was 26 years in the US Army/Army Reserves and participated in civil reconstruction projects after military operations in Grenada, Panama and Somalia. I attained the rank of Colonel during my military service."