April 2021

Opening photo: A Danish Demining Group deminer carefully extracts a landmine from the side of the mountain in Afghanistan. Photo courtesy of the Danish Demining Group By Stephanie L. Pico  Imagine yourself as a 6-year-old student...

Opening photo: An aerial view shows the city of Lomé, Togo. Photo by The EITI By Harry Sullivan and Tiffany Miller A majestic waterfall is one of the many located in the mountain resort of Kpalime. Photo...

During Black History Month in February, Passport Specialist Yaneth Birch, a recent Pathways graduate, interviewed 12 Black women and shared their stories with her team at the Seattle Passport Agency. In March, in honor...

By Katie Zitzer Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken hosted the 15th Annual International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award ceremony in Washington, March 8. Special remarks were delivered by First Lady Jill Biden, Ambassador to...

Photo by Seisa Tšiame

By Alice Chang and Amanda Solomon During a recent virtual meeting, members of the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) were sitting at their dining room tables, bedrooms, and home offices across the Washington region...

Civil Service Bisson, Mark G. Davis, Yvette M. Foreign Service Marvin, Douglas C. Perkins, Ollie J.

U.S. and Moroccan fighter jets flew over the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Atlantic Ocean during “Lightning Handshake,” a bilateral maritime exercise involving U.S. and Moroccan armed forces, March 3. Morocco is a...

Embassy Dili’s American Corner welcomed Ambassador Kevin Blackstone, March 1, where he toured the facility and was introduced to group leaders who explained why they volunteer and what their teams do. Locally known as...