When a crisis occurs and somebody wants to call for a fireman, if you happen to be the one that they call on, there's a certain degree of satisfaction in that achievement, if you succeed. There's no question that the Foreign Service is a career which provides ample opportunity for exciting involvement. Because one characteristic of the diplomatic service is that if you don't like what you are doing, just wait a little time and you'll be assigned somewhere else, or you'll do something else. The variety is amazingly wide. If you're an economist, there's plenty of room for economic analysis and expertise.
Economic diplomacy is an important element of our foreign policy.
If you're interested in politics, there it is. If you want to be an administrator, there are plenty of opportunities. It's a very human profession in the sense that you are constantly dealing with human beings and human problems, and social problems, including political problems. So a career in the diplomatic service provides an opportunity not only to serve, but to serve with fascination.