Becoming a Foreign Service officer – a prestigious position in the U.S. diplomatic corps – isn’t easy. There’s a written test and an oral test and less than 10 percent pass both. But for college students who may be curious about what it’s like to serve as an American diplomat there’s another option: the Virtual Student Foreign Service.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the creation of the program in  May 13 commencement speech at New York University:
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