And that is what a number of foreign diplomats have been up to this summer.

From what I knew of diplomats, things were pretty much on track.

Yet at other times the general appeared to be playing the role of a diplomat.

I'm not much of a diplomat, but I've had more experience than these boys, he thought.

The new wave of diplomats often came from those programs.

His early career was that of a government official and diplomat.

But, in the words of the diplomats, it's going to take time.

"And I think we should have kept an equal number of female diplomats out here."

A number of diplomats already have returned, though few if any from the largest countries.

I had been invited to a party at the house of an important diplomat.