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Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Richard R. Verma (right) sits for an interview with State Magazine’s Multimedia Editor Amanda McCarthy (left), Aug. 8. Photo by Isaac D. Pacheco

Listening Tour

$At the center of the image is a horizontal orange cloud known as Herbig-Haro 46/47 that is uneven with rounded ends, and tilted from bottom left to top right. In the middle of this cloud is a yellow-white blob with 8 reddish pink diffraction spikes piercing through it. The left lobe of the cloud is thicker. Just off the edge is a tiny red arc that curves in the opposite direction. The right lobe is thinner, and ends in a smaller orange semi-circle that has a faint purple outline. Just off the edge of this lobe is a slightly smaller orange sponge-like blob. A delicate, semi-transparent blue cloud known as a nebula drifts toward the top of the image and peters out toward the left of the frame. Toward the right and bottom, the nebula ends in a soft ridge set off in a translucent orange. The background is filled with stars and galaxies. Two foreground stars with blue diffraction spikes, seen in the bottom right corner, are especially prominent.$

The Final Frontier

First responders, including local guard force members, medical emergency response team members, and other embassy personnel, attend to injured role-players during the crisis management exercise, Nov. 9, 2022. Photo courtesy of Embassy Kathmandu

Crisis Simulation

A straw-colored fruit bat flies past other bats roosting on a tree in the background. Photo by Michael Blees

Safari Lodge

Members of the SRREJ team pose together for a photo, June 6. From left: Ta'Adhmeeka Beamon, Brittany Greer, Jessica Huber, Clare Polke, Special Representative Desirée Cormier Smith, Michael Orona, Sydney Franklin, and Darius Edgerton. Photo by Isaac D. Pacheco

Frontier Work

Vice President Kamala Harris offers a toast at the state dinner held in her honor at Jubilee House, Accra, Ghana, March 27. Photo courtesy of the White House

The Future Business

Chargé d’Affaires Tracey Jacobson (right) and Yemen Ambassador Yahya Al Eriani (left) examine the public affairs section-curated photo exhibition inside the Gibbi, Feb. 22. Photo by Zelalem Gizachew

The Saved 700

In Brief

Public diplomacy initiative debuts South African artist at Kennedy Center

The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs welcomed powerhouse vocalist-songwriter Nomfusi and her seven-piece band to the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage, July 13. During...

DSS tells true stories in new podcast series

In April, the Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) launched its official podcast series, After Action: True Stories of the Diplomatic Security Service, hosted by DSS...

Publication names IO colleague 2023 Employee of the Year

Sofija Korać, foreign policy advisor in the Department of State’s Bureau of International Organization Affairs (IO) at the United States Mission to the United Nations,...

HECFAA and Vets@State host ‘Fireside Chat’ with SECNAV and E

Employee organizations Hispanic and Latin Employee Council of Foreign Affairs Agencies (HECFAA) and Veterans at State (Vets@State) presented a “Fireside Chat” with Secretary of...

Department announces new health bureau

The Department of State launched the new Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy (GHSD) at an event in the Dean Acheson Auditorium at...

Selfie booth provides quick, official-type photos

The Office of General Services Management announced the opening of the new U.S. flag self service photo booth, or selfie booth, for Department of...

In the News

From left: President of the Republic of Paraguay Mario Abdo Benitez and U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay Marc Ostfield formally open the new Embassy Asunción, June 29. Photo courtesy of Embassy Asunción

New U.S. embassy in Paraguay strengthens bilateral ties

By Evan Lewis In a significant milestone in the United States’ more than 150-year friendship with Paraguay, the U.S. Embassy in Asunción proudly opened the doors to its highly sustainable...

Heads of Delegation assemble for a photo at the 20th anniversary PSI HLPM in Jeju, May 30. Photo courtesy of the PSI HLPM Secretariat

Commemorating 20th anniversary of Proliferation Security Initiative

U.S. officials speak with a group of American travelers at the Jeddah port, April 26. Photo by Zinna Senbetta

ConGen Jeddah assists colleagues evacuated from Sudan

From left: Acting Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Conny Mayer stands with employees Cara Yar Khan (seated), Roberta Mather, Robert Dooling, and Rajiv Shah, who all made presentations during the ADA event, July 27. Photo courtesy of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion

Department celebrates 33rd anniversary of ADA

A student from the University of Lomé’s School of Administrative Assistants addresses her classmates during a graduation ceremony at Embassy Lomé’s Emerging Voices Center, June 7. Photo by Nathaniel Sowou Djifa

Embassy Lomé English language program boosts employment opportunities in Togo

Post of the Month

Residents and visitors gather on the coral bluffs overlooking the rugged coastline bordering Mogadishu’s Aden Adde International Airport. Photo by Larry Socha

Mogadishu

Office Spotlight

Ambassador-at-Large Geeta Rao Gupta (center) is congratulated by Vice President Kamala Harris (far right) at her swearing-in, July 10. Photo courtesy of GWI

Office of Global Women’s Issues

Making a Statement