Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance

AVC Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas G. DiNanno inspects a Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launch facility at Minot Air Force Base, N.D, June 2019. AVC participation in nuclear deterrence assurance dialogues with key U.S. allies underscores our mutual defense commitments. Photo courtesy of AVC
Above: AVC Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas G. DiNanno inspects a Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launch facility at Minot Air Force Base, N.D, June...

Built Together

Above: Artist’s rendering of the new chancery building. Image courtesy of the Bureau of Overseas Building Operations By Rob Force This year marks the 70th anniversary...

Future Focused

Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger stands with Secretary Mike Pompeo as they present a cake in honor of the Department's 230th anniversary celebration program, July 29. Photo by Luis A. Jimenez
By Amanda J. Richard The Department of State became one of the first federal agencies when the First Federal Congress of the United States established...

An Auspicious Anniversary

The Administration Bureau’s Media Services Division staff focus on sound and video while filming the interview from multiple angles. Photo by Luis A. Jimenez Jr.
By Isaac D. Pacheco Last year, President Donald Trump tapped former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Mike Pompeo to serve as the nation’s 70th...

Annual Homecoming

From left: Judy Ikels, Carol Z. Perez, director general of the foreign service and director of human resources and William R. Brownfield pose after being presented with the 2019 Director General Civil Service Cup and the Director General Foreign Service Cup, May 3. Photo by Heidi Howland
Above: From left, Judy Ikels, Carol Z. Perez, director general of the foreign service and director of human resources and William R. Brownfield meet...

Secure Departure

RSO Caracas security personnel check vehicles prior to the motorcade carrying embassy personnel to the airport, March 14, in Caracas, Venezuela. Photo by Joel Gomez
By Angela French Ordered departure: It rarely happens, but when it does the Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) makes sure it is done...

Dogs Enhance Learning Environment

Hobbes may be the smallest of FSI’s volunteer therapy dogs but he has just as much love to share as the largest. Photo by Amanda J. Richard
By Laura E. Smallwood Ambassador Dan Smith, director of the Foreign Service Institute (FSI), announced the first official therapy dog program as a permanent fixture...

Historic Century

Ambassador Barbara Stephenson, AFSA’s president, gives remarks at the Foreign Service Journal centennial exhibit opening held in the U.S. Diplomacy Center. Photo by Joaquin Sosa
By Donna Scaramastra Gorman The Foreign Service Journal (FSJ or Journal)—published by the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA)—celebrated its 100th birthday, March 20, with an...

Security Investment

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By Tau Shanklin Roberts, Ian Arzeni and Razia Kimani The U.S. National Strategy for Counterterrorism requires the U.S. to broaden its range of partners...

Inspiring Confidence

Hand places a ballot into a box.
By Michael Liebegott Five years after the 2014 Revolution of Dignity in which the Ukrainian people demanded a democratic, Euro-Atlantic future, they headed to the...