Preparing for Action
By Dana Sanders and Matt Warin
As a detachment of Pararescuemen (PJs) aboard two HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters circle the skies above Zagreb, embassy personnel prepare roughly 40 injured evacuees for vertical airlift to Pleso...
Constructing Resiliency
As part of the greening diplomacy initiative, the U.S. Mission in Geneva installed solar panels on their roof. Photo courtesy of the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations
By Ricky Gill
With a unique worldwide portfolio in...
Retirements | October 2019
Civil Service
Baum, Ling-Ling ChengBayer, Paul J.Birdsall, Adriana P.Brown, Catherine W.Casteuble, Philippe C.Chisley, Denise L.Clancy, William E.Costen-Sykes, Rhobyn K.Dacruz, Graca A.Egan, Julie M.Engelstad, Paul F.Francis, Cheryl A.Gallagher, Robert H.Goodwin, RosemarieGraham, Lauretta E.Gross, Michael A.Heintzelman IV,...
Appointments | October 2019
Richard K. Bell - U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire
Richard K. Bell (SFS) of Pennsylvania is the new U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire. Bell previously served as the charge...
In Memoriam | October 2019
James F. Anderson, 98, died July 10, in McLean, Va. Anderson served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a captain and navigator during World War II. He later joined the Department of State...
Cultural concert series continues at HST
The Foreign Affairs Recreation Association (FARA) and State of the Arts Cultural Series sponsored a musical concert in the Dean Acheson Auditorium directed by Dr. Sonya Suhnhee Kim, Aug. 21. Lyric-dramatic baritone Thomas Beard...
Embassy Rabat supports sustainable housing competition
Members of InterHouse—a joint U.S.-Moroccan student team from the Colorado School of Mines, Cadi Ayyad University and the School of Industrial Management—survey construction of their net-zero-energy house prototype that was showcased during the 2019...
Icelandic leaders discuss disability rights in D.C.
Special Advisor Ann Cody from the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor welcomed leaders of the Icelandic disability forum, Öryrkjabandalag Íslands, ÖBÍ, Aug. 26. These leaders visited Washington and New York to learn...
The Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund
by John N. Conlon
The Department of State has many responsibilities: maintaining relationships with overseas partners; standing up for human rights; promoting American business; and aiding American citizens overseas. Perhaps the most important of these...
Building a culture of trust
By Jacqueline Atiles
September marked the inaugural National Insider Threat Awareness Month and the Department of State enthusiastically championed this effort. Throughout the month, the Department’s Insider Threat Program offered employees educational information and activities...
