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GAO-15-808R 1 (2015-09-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaajfn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 September 9, 2015 The Honorable Edward R. Royce Chairman Committee on Foreign Affairs House of Representatives The Honorable Michael T. McCaul Chairman Committee on Homeland Security House of Representatives The Honorable Jeff Duncan House of Representatives Diplomatic Security: Options for Locating a Consolidated Training Facility The Department of State's (State) Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS) is responsible for ensuring a safe and secure environment for the successful conduct of U.S. foreign policy. This responsibility includes developing and delivering training programs to protect U.S. government personnel and their families under chief-of-mission authority at diplomatic and consular posts overseas. DS currently provides training in hard skills (e.g., firearms, driving, and explosives) and soft skills (e.g., classroom-based training in counterintelligence, cybersecurity, and law) to a diverse student population (see fig. 1). Figure 1: Examples of Bureau of Diplomatic Security Hard-Skills Training Exercises Source: Department of State. I GAO-15-808R DS has expanded its training over the last decade, and following the 2012 attack on the U.S. Special Mission compound in Benghazi, Libya, the independent Accountability Review Board (ARB) recommended further security training for DS agents and all other Foreign Service GAO- 15-808R Diplomatic Security Training Page 1

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