Article snippet: Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories Scott Brown says he was advised by the US Department of State to be more culturally sensitive after he called Peace Corps volunteers in Samoa “beautiful” and told servers at another function in Samoa that they could make good money in the food services industry. “I was, in fact, told by my people that: ‘Listen, you’re not Scott Brown from Rye, N.H., anymore. You’re an ambassador. And you have to be aware, culturally aware, of different cultures, different insensitivities,’ ” the former US senator and current US ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa told a New Zealand news website. “And I’m always welcoming that kind of good advice.” Brown sat down with the Stuff.co.nz site on camera to address “rumor and innuendo” he said he was hearing about his behavior and told them there had been an official “administrative inquiry.” A State Department official told the Globe late Wednesday that its Office of Inspector General “has conducted an independent review of the allegations and reported its findings to the department,” but the official did not specify what the allegations or findings were. “Senior leadership at the State Department has been in contact with Ambassador Brown, and he has been counseled on standards of conduct for government employees, which also includes ambassadors,” the official said in an e-mail. As a politician, Scott Brown’s grea... Link to the full article to read more