Following a 2002-2004 domestic assignment, Kiriakou resigned from the CIA in 2004.

G.M. also now rotates designers from studio to studio, much as administrative personnel can be rotated between international and domestic assignments.

In 2003, she joined Sky News as a reporter, working on both domestic and international assignments.

I could do with a domestic assignment for a time,' Stan-ton suggested.

'We usually try to work married men into the domestic assignments,' Mr Johnson said.

The agency changes and reviews involve assignments, both domestic and international, with billings estimated at more than $250 million.

The domestic assignment handled by Fallon is about 65 percent of the account and the international assignment is about 35 percent.

With the domestic assignment settled, attention has turned to the international portion of the account, with billings estimated at $50 million to $60 million.

The term is often associated with people involved in an expatriate assignment but is also used by academia on domestic assignments.

Ambassador Barr has also had domestic assignments in Washington, D.C.