Italian or Russian?

<p>I'm going to be an International Affairs major and i'm looking for a language to go with it. I'm interested in working in the federal government and I'm not quite sure which would be more appealing. </p>

<p>Im much more interested in italian and would much rather work in and learn about Italy/Sicily etc, but I feel like i'd be less useful that Russian? </p>

<p>I also feel like Italian would be much easier than Russian to become fluent in...but would it be practically useless to various agencies such as the CIA, NSA, State Dept, etc?</p>

<p>Thanks for your time,
Eric</p>