11.   Djerejian vacated his diplomatic post last week.

12.   Earlier this year, the police inspector general was transferred to a diplomatic post when he investigated several police supervisors on suspicion of helping the drug smugglers.

13.   Flynn, who is returning from his diplomatic post this summer, is in the midst of a wide-ranging, and, to date, frustrating, job search.

14.   Foley, if confirmed by the Senate, would replace former Vice President Walter Mondale, who left the critical diplomatic post in December.

15.   For the past decade, we have been cutting foreign-policy positions, closing diplomatic posts and shutting U.S. Agency for International Development and U.S. Information Agency missions.

16.   Gaviria pestered Serpa for a diplomatic post in Madrid, so he can spend more time with his Spanish girlfriend.

17.   Harsh budget cuts have already incapacitated many U.S. diplomatic posts and severely damaged the morale of Americans and foreigners who serve at U.S. embassies and consulates.

18.   He has held senior diplomatic posts in Moscow and Washington.

19.   He has taken tutorials to brush up on his Spanish and has begun the extensive preparation for taking a diplomatic post.

20.   He resigned his diplomatic post after being named President of the International Olympic Committee during the Moscow games.