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AVC Assistant Secretary Mallory Stewart (second from left) tours the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, a chemical weapons destruction facility in Colorado, July 27, 2022. Photo courtesy of the Department of Defense

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

The Final Frontier

More than a Job

Silhouette of Business People Posing by Window

By Jeremy Edwards Jose Mercado, a special agent with the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, was finishing up a detail assignment at the Inter-American Defense College...

Postcard from Oceania

Rock Islands Southern Lagoon in Palau is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

By Angela Vasovic, Zachary J. Vertefeuille, Eva Parker-Bulgakova, Vanessa Martin, Charles Ammon, Vyas Keplar, Gracie Messier, Emily Roberts, and Will Bame In one of his...

Intercultural Competency

Andean Affairs Public Diplomacy Desk Officer Renato Ramaciotti (standing) conducts a group debrief during off site training with the public diplomacy affairs section in WHA, Feb. 7. Photo by Emilie Bruchon

Andean Affairs Public Diplomacy Desk Officer Renato Ramaciotti (center, standing) conducts a group debrief during off site training with the public diplomacy affairs section...

Professional Growth

The sun shines on Building B, FSI’s newest addition, where classrooms are designed to meet the modern needs of foreign affairs professionals. Photo courtesy...

Funding Diplomacy

Bureau of Budget and Planning employees pose for a group photo in the Dean Acheson Auditorium at the Harry S Truman Building, March 30....

Preserving Architectural History

The exterior of the Post Office building shows a carved relief. Photo by Aislinn Weidele By Giuliana Bullard and Ryan Thompson Secretary of State Antony Blinken...

Outsized Impact

Buildings adorned with their distinctive color palette can found in Havana City’s Parque Central, or Central Park, which is filled with landmarks and historic...

Sustainable Practice

Civil engineering students from NUST visit the construction site, Oct. 29, 2021. Photo by Jacques Du Toit By Matthew A. Shedd Nestled among the gently rolling...

Imbued with History

Office of Cultural Heritage Conservator Lauren Hall (left) and Consultant Emily MacDonald-Korth (right) use technology to look beneath the outer layers of paint to...

The Decisive Decade

Secretary of State Antony Blinken (center) speaks at the Office of Management Strategy and Solutions Center for Analytics. From left: M/SS Deputy Director Brett Pomainville, Deputy Undersecretary Brian McKeon, Blinken, M/SS Director Janice deGarmo, and Chief Data Officer Dr. Matthew Graviss, Nov. 9, 2022. State Department photo

By Tanner Gildea and Lily Bermel “This is the decisive decade for the climate crisis,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary J.R. Littlejohn during a presentation...

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