Ambassador highlights U.S.-Mexico business relations during Ford plant visit
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar visited the Ford Motor Company plant in Cuautitlán Izcalli, Mexico, May 16. Salazar’s visit highlighted the benefits of U.S. companies working in Mexico and underscored the strong ties...
U.N. Security Council rotating presidency offers opportunities
The United States used its rotating presidency of the U.N. Security Council (UNSC) in May to shine a spotlight on two priority issues: conflict-driven food insecurity and the use of digital technologies in the...
Former-DG visits ConGen Kolkata
Prior to her retirement, then-Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Global Talent Carol Z. Perez (third from left) visited the U.S. Consulate General in Kolkata, May 23. The visit was part...
Ceremony celebrates progress of new embassy in Honduras
Ambassador Laura Dogu (right) and Honduras Foreign Minister Enrique Reina (left) commemorated the topping out—a builders’ rite traditionally held when the last beam (or its equivalent) is placed atop a structure during its construction—of...
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...
