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Informing Civil Servants

By Tommye L. Grant In 2021, the Civil Service Association (CSA) celebrated 10 years as an officially chartered non-union employee association at the Department of...

Recruiting for the Future

Diplomat in Residence for Central South J. Nathan Bland (far right) hosted former Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Carl Risch (second from right) for a virtual recruitment event broadcast from Bland’s host institution, Tulane University. Tulane’s Assistant Dean Eddy Cruz (left), and Senior Associate Dean Amjad Ayoubi (second from left) both participated in the event. Photo courtesy of J. Nathan Bland
Diplomat in Residence for Central South J. Nathan Bland (far right) hosted former Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Carl Risch (second from right) for...

Women of OBO Construction

Women of the construction site team at the new office annex project in Kampala gather outside of the embassy. Photo courtesy of the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations
By Misty Boykin, Susana Kyrgos, Molly McCormick, Sonia M. Miranda-Palacios, and Susan Patton  In March 2011, an article in State Magazine highlighted 10 women serving...

Documenting Diplomacy and Writing History

Members of the Foreign Relations Division of the Historical Office photographed in the Harry S Truman Building, 1963. Photo courtesy of the Office of the Historian
By Adam Howard, Kristin Ahlberg, and Joshua Botts In 2021, the Foreign Service Institute’s (FSI’s) Office of the Historian (OH) celebrated three important anniversaries: the...

Creating Community

Mission Thailand’s Charge d’Affaires Michael Heath (11th from left) hosts a dinner for Federal Women’s Program (FWP) members and Thai women parliamentarians at the chief of mission’s residence, March 2021. FWP members from multiple agencies and sections joined the dinner. Photo courtesy of Mission Thailand
Mission Thailand’s Charge d’Affaires Michael Heath (center right) hosts a dinner for Federal Women’s Program (FWP) members and Thai women parliamentarians at the chief...

A Global Response

A collage of photos in a diamond-shaped grid show an assortment of photographs representing the global response following the evacuation in Kabul.
Compiled by Isaac D. Pacheco, Amanda McCarthy, and Luis A. Jimenez Jr. In the wake of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, the United...

A Knock at the Door

U.S. prisoners of war during the Battle of the Bulge, where the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion—the Wereth 11’s military unit—saw half its members killed or captured during an early German advance in December 1944. Photo courtesy of Source Deutsches Bundesarchiv
U.S. prisoners of war during the Battle of the Bulge, where the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion—the Wereth 11’s military unit—saw half its members killed...

Adapting to a Changing Climate

Ambassadors, diplomatic officials, and the Bangkok governor pose on stage with joined hands at a pledge signing ceremony to symbolize the partnership of the Eco Capitals Forum, June 6, 2016. State Department photo
Opening Photo: Ambassadors, diplomatic officials, and the Bangkok governor pose on stage with joined hands at a pledge signing ceremony to symbolize the partnership...

An Inaugural Visit

Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at Gardens By The Bay in Singapore, reaffirming the U.S. commitment to the Indo-Pacific. Photo courtesy of Embassy Singapore
Opening Photo: Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at Gardens By The Bay in Singapore, reaffirming the U.S. commitment to the Indo-Pacific. Photo courtesy...

Guiding Progress

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman discusses pressing foreign policy issues and shares her leadership insights during an interview with State Magazine Editor-in-Chief Isaac D. Pacheco in Washington, Sept. 13. Photo by Luis A. Jimenez Jr.
Opening photo: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman discusses pressing foreign policy issues and shares her leadership insights during an interview with State...
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