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Johnson, Chris From: Sent: To: Subject: Lena Beiruti [beiruti_lena@state.gov] Monday, August 29, 2007 11:31 AM Chris Johnson [Johnson_chris@state.gov] Welcome and observations Welcome to Kuman! We are honored by your presence in our country. I'd just like to share with you a few observations based on my many years of experience in the Consular Section. I know Visa <strong>Service</strong>s has taken on a great deal more work over the past couple of years, compared to what it previously had to do, but they've also gained the services of an additional Visa Assistant and the American Family Employee. If they can't cope with the workload, I would submit it's not the resources that are the problem, but rather Maher's management skills. Although Maher is energetic and bright, he does demonstrate greater aptitude for whining than for leadership. As a result, there is no logical division of labor among the four staff in his unit, and they spend much of the day tripping over one another, rather than getting the work accomplished. In desperation, they look to Ibrahim and me for help, when we are fully occupied dealing with assisting American citizens through the increasingly difficult circumstances here in Kuman. In fact, we are even beginning to see signs of fraud in some of our birth registration applications. If you like, I could recommend some strategies for streamlining the work in Visa <strong>Service</strong>s (I have given this issue much thought), but even if they were adopted I am not sure Maher would be either amenable to or capable of carrying them out. I would be willing to supervise the streamlining process, however, if you wish. Lena Beiruti
West, Boswell___________________________________________________________ From: Sent: To: Subject: Steven Sinclair[Sinclair_steven@state.gov] Wednesday, August 11, 2007 9:35 AM Boswell West [west_boswell@state.gov] Ambassador’s Letter Boss, Attached is a copy of a letter the Ambassador recently received. As you might imagine, he doesn’t like getting letters like this. I know that this probably happened during Patience’s tenure, but it is still unacceptable. Let me know ASAP how we’re going to prevent things like this in the future.
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