Flashback: July 1962
Sandra F. Sheskin, featured on the cover of the July 1962 issue of the Department of State Newsletter (later State Magazine), impresses the Great Seal of the United States on a presidential commission. The...
U.S.-Oman campaign focuses on creating high paying business opportunities
Embassy Muscat partnered with the Omani government and the American business community to launch a successful campaign to highlight the benefits of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement. The campaign featured a mix of specially...
Ambassador meets with Japanese film writer and director
Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel (center) and his wife Amy Rule (left) congratulated Hamaguchi Ryusuke (second from left), director of the 2022 Oscar winning Best International Feature Film, “Drive My Car,” during his visit...
Embassy Bujumbura promotes socio-economic empowerment
Ambassador Melanie Higgins (front, third from left) joined program participants at the Ministry of Gender and U.N. Population Fund in the official launch of the “Nje Mu Bandi” Center in Burundi, March 25. The...
Ambassador meets with refugees and front-line responders of Ukraine crisis
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield (left) traveled to Moldova and Romania, April 4-5, where she met with refugees, as well as U.N. and government officials leading the frontline response to the...
Federal News Network interviews D-MR about Department Access Center
Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources (D-MR) Brian McKeon (right) visited the Department of State’s Access Center with Federal News Network reporter Jory Heckman (left), April 22. The Access Center is a multipurpose, multifunctional...
Flashback | June 1978
The June 1978 edition (and 202nd issue) of the “Department of State Newsletter” belatedly acknowledged the publication’s 200th issue from two months prior. The issue’s cover art celebrated the continued evolution of the publication,...
International Gender Champion meeting hosted in Geneva
Ambassador Sheba Crocker, U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva, hosted the Geneva Hub’s International Gender Champions (IGC) Annual Meeting, March 7. More than 80 gender champions from Geneva missions, civil society,...
Special Advisor on International Disability Rights warmly welcomed in Lebanon
In March, Special Advisor on International Disability Rights Sara Minkara traveled to Lebanon as part of her first official visit abroad to meet government officials and representatives of civil society and to promote the...
Mission Fiji celebrates 60th anniversary of Peace Corps
Chargé d’Affaires Tony Greubel (center) was joined by Fijian Permanent Secretary Yogesh Karan (left) and Peace Corps Country Director Kury Cobham (right) to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Peace Corps,...
