A strong State Department, based on a strong Foreign Service and a strong Civil Service, is a critical component of…
As a teenage daughter of a Foreign Service Officer who moved his family from country to country every so often,…
To the uninitiated (or to those who simply watch too many B-movies), an ambassador’s life seems to be nothing but…
(From Left to Right): The U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, after a bomb attack in 1983; Marine Corps Sgt. Clayton…
In this interview with the Foreign Service Journal, Charles Stuart Kennedy talks about his Foreign Service career and pioneering work creating American…
As part of its Ambassadorial Seminar, the Foreign Service Institute gives each of the participants a copy of “This Worked…
Foggy Bottom, so called because its location alongside the Potomac made it susceptible to dense concentrations of fog and industrial smoke, refers not only…
Terence Todman is one of the few people to attain the rank of career ambassador – the equivalent of a…