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Bob Menendez: Hispanics make up just 5 percent of all State Department employees and just 3.9 percent of Foreign Service officers.

On the recordMarch 1, 2011
Hispanics make up just 5 percent of all State Department employees and just 3.9 percent of Foreign Service officers.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez highlights the low percentage of Hispanic employees in the State Department.

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