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In Memoriam

In Memoriam | June 2019

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

Historic Century

Meet State's Most Mediocre Officer L. Jess Fonitin. Jess made a robustly adequate contribution to the international air guitar freeedom report. Are you air guitaring the clearance page? His work for a visiting delegation of congressional staffers was hailed as "Just Fine." Here's your per diem. Okay. Thanks. That's just fine. Jess demonstrated a moderate level of competence in the local language. Icky icky. Shamalama ding dong! Why does he demand my lemur? While his entry in the embassy chili cookoff was not a finalist, it offended nobody. It's not too salty... that is true... Jess brings to all his diplomatic work the operational effectiveness of one full functioning kidney. Hey it's all your really need!

Lying In State | June 2019

Appointments

Appointments | June 2019

Ethics Answers

Ethics Answers | June 2019

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Security Investment

Hand places a ballot into a box.

Inspiring Confidence

From left: Members of GPS Washington, D.C., Senior Visual Information Specialists Monika Wesolowski and Lamya El-Shacke, Marketing Director Roberta Mather, Printing Specialist Loretta Moore, Financial Auditing Specialist Camilla Palmer and acting Deputy Director Pamela Holton. Photo by Isaac D. Pacheco

Global Publishing Solutions

Yo-Yo Ma and students perform "The Visitor" at his visit to ConGen Nuevo Laredo. Photo by Ana Serrano.

Yo-Yo Ma plays at U.S.-Mexico border

Attendees at the Veteran Employment Information Fair absorb information from a booth at the event. Photo by Luis A. Jimenez Jr.

Department of State Veteran Employment Information Fair

Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Human Resources Carol Z. Perez celebrated with award winners at the Bureau of Human Resources (HR) awards ceremony, April 9. State Department photo

Human Resources Bureau Award celebration

Ghulam R. Khan, a locally employed staff member who served as a supervisory immigrant visa specialist at the U.S. Embassy Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, retired, Feb. 14, after 42 years of government service. Photo by Asad Abdulkarim

Visa specialist retires after 42 years of service

OBO’s Director Tad Davis presented the Franklin award to representatives from 13 posts, in recognition of their superior performance in the program and their contribution to this life-saving mission. Photo by Dan Petersen

DriveCam Workshop reduces risk and saves lives

Moderated by Anya Creightney from the Library of Congress’ Poetry and Literature Center, the event featured authors Irene P. Mathieu, Jessica Mehta and Nina Murray who shared excerpts from their published works and spoke about their experiences being poets as cultural emissaries. Photo by Amanda J. Richard

Poets share excerpts, act as cultural emissaries

A mentor meets with mentees.

Fostering relationships mentor to mentee

Children that attended Take Your Child to Work Day, April 25, were sworn in by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and attended an assortment of activities throughout the day. Photo by State Magazine

Children of Department employees join workforce for a day

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issues the formal oath of office at the conclusion of the 150th SOAR class. Photo by Michael Morrison

The 150th Specialist Orientation Class leaves a legacy

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