Commercial rescue during COVID-19
By Kristen Erthum
Following the COVID-19 global outbreak, border closures trapped more than 100,000 Americans in more than 100 countries, giving them few options to return. The pre-existing Department...
Preserving America’s Cultural Heritage
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...
INL transforms the face of security in Costa Rica
By Carla Ortega
With no military—and located just a stone’s throw from the biggest cocaine-producing countries in the world—Costa Rica is a prime target for drug traffickers. In fact,...
LE staff EEO Liaisons fill critical roles
By Ellen Bremenstul
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Liaisons facilitate communication between locally employed (LE) staff, post management, the Department of State’s Office of Civil Rights, and the EEO counselor...
North Macedonia joins the NATO alliance
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...
Coronavirus Global Response Coordination Unit
By Michael Dubray
The Department of State is rising to meet the historic challenge posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, every day, all over the world. When the evacuation preparation...
Virtual diplomacy allows access amid global pandemic
Ambassador Maria Brewer (top row, second from left) attended a virtual WebEx teleconference with the government of Sierra Leone and other international partners from her residence in Freetown, April 9. Sierra Leone's...
FSNs who experienced embassy’s darkest day personify resilience and determination
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...
Retirements | 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...
