Karachi Consul General attends Special Olympics of Pakistan ceremony
Consul General Nicole Theriot (center) stands with Pakistani athletes at a ceremony in Karachi, Jan. 20. The athletes are training for the June 2023 Special Olympic World Games in Berlin, Germany. The chairperson of...
Mission Spain connects women entrepreneurs with mentors
U.S. Ambassador to Spain and Andorra Julissa Reynoso (center) stands with recent graduates of the Department of State’s Academy of Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) and representatives from the Young Business Association (YBA) of Castilla-La Mancha,...
Secure Games
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 row, third from left), and Tiffany Toteno (bottom row, far...
Climate Security & Resilience Program
Storm surge from then-Tropical Storm Nicole slams against the seawall on Junkanoo Beach in Nassau, Nov. 9, 2022. Photo by Isaac D. Pacheco
By Cassandra M. Smith
Located in the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations’ (OBO)...
Retirements | March 2023
Civil ServiceBarraja, Anne C.Conard-Midgett, Lynette A.Curran, Marisa K.Davis, Terry V.Deaton, Rodney D.Gouldmann, Peter M.Holmes, David E.Indriyanto, SigitJackson Jr., RoscoeJones, ElizabethJones, Silvia K.Lower, Robert S.Lowther, Lorri A.Marshall, Joyce L.Mau, Cecilia J.Stahl, Edward H.Wimpye, Marcia M.Wynn,...
Embassy Cairo celebrates return of historic sarcophagus to Egypt
By Alexander McLaren
Embassy Cairo’s Department of Homeland Security team alongside Homeland Security Investigations in New York, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, and the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences, and in coordination with Egyptian authorities,...
Setting the table for diplomatic history in Warsaw
By Glyn T. Davies
Diplomatic negotiations typically occur in a conference room, but diplomacy itself is often best conducted over dinner. That’s why so much attention is paid to setting the scene for diplomatic dining:...
Ambassador pays respect to victims of war crimes
U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Michael Murphy (second from left), along with Adnin Hasić (far left), president of the Association of Families of Victims of Sutina/Uborak; Diana Salčin (far right), member of...
Award for Corporate Excellence
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 Business Affairs—honored a seafood provider in Bali, an international clothing...