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Ambassador admonishes BYU students to pay attention to Middle East

Ari Davis

Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker comes to talk to an audience at BYU. Crocker admonished BYU students to seek professions of service to the United States (Ari Davis)

The Middle East is deteriorating, but there is something everyone can do about it.

Former U.S. Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker spoke to BYU students on Thursday concerning the deteriorating situation in the Middle East. At the end of his lecture, he left BYU students with two basic concepts of advice and a strong admonishment.

'Go to hard places and do hard things. Think about how and where you want to serve. Take a look at the foreign service. It is really hard but intensely rewarding. They're doing hard things and great things for their own country,' Crocker said.

(Gianluca Cuestas)