Podcast on Diplomatic Facility Security
United States policy can call for U.S. personnel to be posted to high-threat, high-risk posts overseas. To maintain a presence in these locations, the Department of State has often relied on older, acquired, and temporary work facilities that do not meet the same security standards as newly constructed permanent facilities.
Hear our new podcast with Michael Courts, a director in GAO’s International Affairs and Trade team who led a review of U.S. diplomatic facility security.
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