July 2023

By Dan Buchman  Throughout 2023, the U.S. Consulate General in Jeddah has coordinated with American non-profit Global Sports Partners, and a local organization, Team Up, to train Saudi coaches in U.S. coaching styles and sports. This initiative—which...

Secretary of State Anthony Blinken (left) and Vice President Kamala Harris (right) hosted a state luncheon in honor of Republic of Korea (ROK) President Yoon Suk-yeol (center) at the Department of State, April 27....

Antique passports and a WWI-era letter regarding a wartime repatriation are a part of the Bureau of Consular Affairs’ collection. Photo by Lindsay Henderson By Moises Mendoza Three parallel history projects within the Department of State,...

By Sewit Mulat The Office of the Procurement Executive, Office of Acquisition Policy, Strategic Communications and Policy Division (SCP) conducted the first successful in-person procurement training for locally employed (LE) staff in Rome, March 27-31....

By Gabrielle Connellan On a historic day in a dusty cemetery in Victoria, Australia, Ambassador Caroline Kennedy and staff members from the U.S. Consulate General in Melbourne helped bend the arc of the moral universe...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken (center) with the members of the Kitchen Cabinet, from left: James Beard Foundation CEO Claire Reichenbach, American Culinary Federation President Kimberly Brock-Brown, Jeni Briton, Culinary Institute of America President...

The first lady of the United States, Dr. Jill Biden (center), joined Akshata Murty, the British prime minister’s wife (center left), and U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Jane Hartley (center right) for a...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken (center) takes a group photo at the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ 91st Winter Meeting in Washington, Jan. 18. From left: Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly, San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg,...

By Eiampichairit “Pinky” Chompoonuj and Russell Phillips Nearly 600 players, supporters, friends, and family members from U.S. embassies and consulates in Bangkok, Hanoi, Phnom Penh, Rangoon, Vientiane, Chiang Mai, and Ho Chi Minh City came...

Civil Service Baluch, Fahima M.Cooks, Angela D.Doerge, Wallis A.Dunne, James T.Fenstermacher, Dan L.Frowner, LynetteHaydar, Arif K.Hutchinson, Charles E.Lyons, Gordon S.McMahon, Linda M.Moore, Gregory A.Otto, Jeanine E.Silski, Andrew L.Smalling, Patrick J.Smith, Glenn E. Foreign Service Andre Jr., Larry...