And what that means is that her job is to connect all Americans, especially young people, to music, art, dance and film.

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Keeping a close eye on what is going on around her, she tells me that this is not just a job - she feels it is part of a change that India has to go through.

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What frightens Razieh, for example, who is fully garbed in the chador, is that her husband, an unemployed hothead by the name of Hodjat (Shahab Hosseini), will discover what kind of job she has taken, and her fear is well founded.

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In a time of economic hardship, when it is difficult for a person to get a job based on her skills, what would you say to a woman who has been denied employment because of her religion or lack of religious beliefs by a taxpayer-funded organization?

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And her view of her role as Israel's ambassador is strictly in keeping with what Livni perceives as the job of Israel's top diplomats.

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