Promoting Peace
The personnel of the Civilian Observer Unit, 2022. Photo courtesy of the Multinational Force and Observers
By Sean Lane
Near the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, a lone military base sits nestled among...
Equity Equation
An Optelec Traveler HD Electronic Video Magnifier displayed at the Access Center allows users to comfortably read magnified text via its unique slide and read mechanism. Photo by Ron Przysucha
By Heidi Howland
“o have a...
Beyond Guadalcanal
Ambassador Caroline Kennedy (left) poses with descendants of Solomon Islanders Eroni Kumana (center) and Biuku Gasa (right), to whom she presented medals, Aug. 7. State Department photo
By Jason Raskin
The arrival of thousands of U.S....
Retirements | October 2022
Civil Service
Allridge, Nayda R.Al-Mahdi, Ibrahim K.Barnes IV, James M.Benham, Renate M.Booth, Sherry L.Burton, BarbaraButts, Gerald C.Carhart Jr., Robert N.Chaisson, Karen M.Claytor, Martin J.Fijn Van Draat, Jenny E.Gomez, Berta M.Hadrick, Susan D.Hopkins, Robert L.Jarvis, Geucileia...
Flashback: October 1966
The October 1966 issue highlighted the burgeoning role of computers in foreign affairs statistical analysis. The feature article examined the Department of State’s potential adoption of then-cutting edge hardware into its workflow, encouraging agencies...
Mission Poland speaker series advances U.S. policy goals
By Madison Krstich
A month after submitting his credentials, U.S. Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski launched the Businessperson/Statesperson Speaker Series, centered around the notion that business leaders of today have unique insights to share. Invited...
Embassy Prague mailroom clerk honored for 50 years of service
Embassy Prague honored locally employed staff member Miroslav Bartunek (left) with a Certificate of Appreciation for 50 years of service presented by Ambassador Michael J. Dodman (right), chargé d’affaires to U.S. Embassy Prague, during...
Suriname Speaker’s Program hosts NASA engineer
The public diplomacy section at Embassy Paramaribo hosted NASA Engineer Z. Nagin Cox as part of a Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Speaker’s Program, Aug. 8-12. This event supported the section’s programming on...
U.N. breakfast celebrates International Youth Day
U.S. Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield hosted a breakfast meeting to celebrate International Youth Day at the chief of mission’s residence in New York, Aug. 12. Guests included the U.N. Secretary-General’s...
Ambassador participates in historic visit
In a landmark first visit by an American ambassador to the Garma Festival of Traditional Cultures, and her own first visit to the Northern Territory of Australia, Ambassador Caroline Kennedy (right) traveled to remote...