From the Diamond to Diplomacy
Cal Ripken Jr. will get a new job next week, USA Today: The State Department is set to name Ripken as a "special sports envoy." He'll work with Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes to reach out "to a worldwide audience of young people while visiting their schools and clubs, hosting baseball skills clinics, and sharing the keys to his success: character, hard work and perseverance," the department says.
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