WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, has introduced legislation (H.R. 8912) to amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 "to establish in the Department of State a Chief Diversity Officer and the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to promote increased diversity in the Foreign Service." The bill was introduced on Dec. 9 and was co-sponsored by Reps. Debra Haaland, D-N.M., Judy Chu, D-Calif., Dina Titus, D-Nev., and Karen Bass, D-Calif. It was referred to the House Foreign  more