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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

System Update

Staff members of the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy pose with Secretary of State Antony Blinken (center).The staff represents more than 60 Civil and Foreign Service officers, and the bureau plans to hire more than 50 employees in the coming year, April 4. Photo by Ron Przysucha

Staff members of the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy pose with Secretary of State Antony Blinken (center). The staff represents more than 60...

A Pet’s Journey

By Maureen Johnston and Sarah Genton Thousands of pets accompany U.S. diplomatic personnel overseas, which comes as no surprise to those who cherish their furry...

Team Readiness

Members of Marine Security Guard Detachment Karachi demonstrate a method of carrying an injured person without a stretcher during Karachi’s Emergency Preparedness Fair, Feb. 25. Photo by Narendar Kumar

Members of Marine Security Guard Detachment Karachi demonstrate a method of carrying an injured person without a stretcher during Karachi’s Emergency Preparedness Fair, Feb....

Facing Tomorrow’s Challenges

By Sarah Schornstein The Under Secretariat for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, known colloquially as the E family, includes three bureaus and four offices,...

Proactive Professionals

Ambassador Caryn McClelland (front row, seated fourth from left) and Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan staff and family members join the Brunei-U.S. Association’s Ramadan charity drive in Temburong, Brunei, April 2022. The annual event helps distribute household necessities to families in need. Photo by Sarina Yasmin Mueller

Ambassador Caryn McClelland (front row kneeling, fourth from left) and Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan staff and family members join the Brunei-U.S. Association’s Ramadan charity...

Expanding Opportunities

By Naomi Walcott Domestic Employees Teleworking Overseas (DETOs) are direct-hire Civil and Foreign Service employees teleworking for domestic offices while accompanying a spouse overseas on...

Together Apart

Embassy families including, from left, Sophia, William, and Jacob Tippets board a charter flight that departed, Jan. 28. Photo courtesy of the Kyiv Community Liaison Office

Embassy families including, from left, Sophia, William, and Jacob Tippets board a charter flight that departed, Jan. 28. Photo courtesy of the Kyiv Community...

Workforce Investment

By Stacy D. Williams Following the murder of George Floyd in May 2020 and the subsequent global reckoning on systemic racial inequality, the Bureau of Western Hemisphere...

Building Sustainability

The embassy’s façade takes advantage of solar orientation with an integrated approach to sun shading through breezeways, deep overhangs, and porches. Photo courtesy of Embassy Asunción

The windows on Embassy Asunción’s north façade are oriented north and south to avoid heat gain from direct sunlight, keeping the building cool in...

Engaging Foreign Audiences

Students rehearse a play in English during a musical theater camp at the Deutsch-Amerikanische Institut in Tübingen, Germany. Approximately 100 independent binational centers contract with embassies to double as American Spaces. Photo by Sophia Kummler

Students rehearse a play in English during a musical theater camp at the Deutsch-Amerikanische Institut in Tübingen, Germany. Approximately 100 independent binational centers contract...

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