Great Distinction

Award winners stand for the national anthem at the awards ceremony at the Harry S Truman Building. Dec. 7, 2022. State Department photo By Mahvish...

Instrumental Support

Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Global Talent Marcia S. Bernicat (center) stands with Foreign Service National of the year award...

Aware and Prepared

FACT students seek cover from a simulated terror attack during the course's final training exercise, Dec. 9, 2022. Story and photos by Isaac D. Pacheco Traveling...

New Heights

U.S. Ambassador to Peru Lisa Kenna (far right) and the climbing group reach for the sky on the way up Mount Mismi, Dec. 4, 2022. Photo by Victor Vílchez
U.S. Ambassador to Peru Lisa Kenna (far right in blue hat) and the climbing group reach for the sky on the way up Mount...

Secure Games

DSS Special Agents and World Cup Field Liaison Officers Casey Shearing (top row, second from left), Katherine Johnston (top row, third from left), Rachel Wolf-Hubbard (bottom row, third from left), and Tiffany Toteno (bottom row, far right) and their U.S. Soccer Federation counterparts hold up an American flag before the start of the FIFA World Cup match between the United States and Netherlands at Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Dec. 3, 2022. Photo by Eric Weiner
DSS Special Agents and World Cup Field Liaison Officers Casey Shearing (top row, second from left), Katherine Johnston (top row, center), Rachel Wolf-Hubbard (bottom...

Award for Corporate Excellence

From left: CEO and co-founder of Drinkwell Minhaj Chowdhury, Interim CEO and Chairman of the Board of Gap Bob Martin, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, CEO and Managing Director of Anova Blane Olsen, Chief Government Affairs Officer of Intel Bruce Andrews, and Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Ramin Toloui pose together after the ACE ceremony, Dec. 9, 2022. Photo by Freddie Everett
By Christian Bonadio The 2022 Secretary of State’s Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE)—organized by the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs’ Office of Commercial and...