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Overcoming Virtual Challenges

Ceremony celebrates new consulate in Mexico

The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) purchased a housing campus in Santo Domingo that they had been leasing for years, August 2020. The compound was built to OBO seismic, safety, and security standards and is conveniently located less than one mile from the embassy. Photo by the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations

Investing in the safety of American diplomats serving abroad

Reality Remix

Digital Design

Several Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations staff participated in many different events to raise awareness and money for the 2020 Combined Federal Campaign. Photo by Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations

Reimagined engagement bolsters CFC effort during pandemic

OBO breaks ground for reimagined embassy campus in New Delhi

New embassy housing complex bolsters Kenyan economy

A worker submits to a daily temperature check before entering the Mexico City construction site. Photo by Jared Conrad

Building Safely

From left: Deputy Chief of Mission Michelle Yerkin, the ambassador’s partner Heather J. Wilson, Ambassador Jeffrey Ross Gunter, and Management Officer Scott Dargus cut the ceremonial ribbon officially opening the new embassy compound in Reykjavik, Oct. 20. Photo by Haraldur Guðjónsson

New embassy building dedicated in Reykjavik

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