May 2020

Civil Service Barnes, Judson J.Blackwood, Ann S.Bounds, Julie W.Carlos, Rolando T.Christian, Steven A.Corey III, Charles W.Franks, Robert S.Gilzow, Douglas F.Gray, Ian S.Hairston, Jacqueline L.Hodgkins, Kenneth D.Karmokolias, ElinaLankowski, Carl F.Lapointe, David L.Martin, Tamara L.Merced, Debbie M.Meterko,...

By Isaac D. Pacheco On the morning of Aug. 7, 1998, al-Qaida-affiliated terrorists simultaneously detonated truck bombs with several tons of explosives in front of Embassy Dar es Salaam and Embassy Nairobi across the border...

The Regional Security Office (RSO) at Embassy Cairo planned and led several emergency preparedness familiarization and training activities throughout February, fostering a whole-of-community approach to the RSO’s overall security strategy. Discussions and presentations focused...

By Young Hoang, Ph.D.

By Tobin Tracey National Preservation Month, celebrated every May, is a global celebration that highlights the nation’s heritage through historic places and their meaningful stories. Originated as National Preservation Week in 1973, the National Trust...

By Alyxandria Hoge In the vast deserts of the far-western reaches of China, a harrowing scene has unfolded in recent years. A massive system of internment camps into which more than 1 million members of...

By Isaac D. Pacheco  In 1964, three years after gaining its independence from the United Kingdom, Tanganyika merged with the fabled archipelago of Zanzibar to form Tanzania. For many people, Tanzania conjures images of snow-capped...

Team members from Embassy Canberra in Australia traveled to the LAOKO (Looking After Our Kosciuszko Orphans) Snowy Mountains Wildlife Rescue to donate boxes of joey pouch liners sewn by a community group in Redding,...

North Macedonia Chargé d’Affaires Vilma Petkovska presents the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Acting Assistant Secretary Philip T. Reeker with North Macedonia’s instrument of accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in...