The headlines on New York Times states: “U.S. Diplomat Killed in Jordan.” Despite this, I have every desire to be a diplomat in the Middle East for United States.

My thoughts and prayers are with family and friends of Laurence Foley, a senior administrator in the American aid program to Jordan. Today, Laurence Foley was gunned down outside of his home in what appears to be one of the latest attacks against the West. I was horrified this morning as I read the news from my two-way pager which stated that Foley was gunned down by a “hail of bullets.” Mr. Foley was shot eight times in the head and chest. According to Neil MacFarquhar and Daniel J. Walkin, “analysts pointed out that numerous small extremist groups unearthed in Jordan in recent years harbored anti-Western and anti-American sentiments because of the lack of a resolution to the Palestinian conflict and the threats to attack Iraq.”

I’m not going to dig deep into a Western-Eastern conflict discussion at this time.

I want to be a diplomat because I feel that I can be involved in making a positive difference. In college, I majored in Arabic and I also studied Persian, Israeli Politics, History of the Middle East and several other courses about this diverse area of our world. I have a strong yearning to work amongst people like Laurence Foley and others throughout the United Nations and across the world. Reading about Mr. Foley sent shivers down my spine but at the same time the quivers turned into an affirmation. What I envision for myself in life became more clear this morning and this evening as I watched the evening news and read the New York Times.

Again, I would like to send my sympathy to the family of Mr. Laurence Foley.

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