| 单词 | Foreign Service |
| 例句 | Ruben wants to join the Foreign Service after he graduates from Columbia and bounce around the Third World. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s one of the reasons, aside from shame, why I decided to join the Foreign Service. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The receptionist came out and handed us a Foreign Service, U.S. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The Foreign Service is split into two parts, the diplomatic corps and the cultural staff. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Nine months later, back home, I took the Foreign Service exam and, a year after that, started working for the State Department. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Hugh Legat, a junior Foreign Service officer with an Oxford degree and fluency in German, wins Chamberlain’s confidence and secures a place among the inner circle at 10 Downing Street. The Plot to Kill Hitler 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z He graduated from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and drifted into journalism. In New Memoirs, Food Writers Serve Up Stories About Their Beat 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Rather, Kennan resigned, as he’d threatened to do repeatedly since joining the Foreign Service in 1925, because he couldn’t stand not getting his way completely. Books of The Times: ?George F. Kennan? by John Lewis Gaddis - Review 2011-11-23T00:16:55Z His wife still works for the Foreign Service. Converting a suburban yard into a wildlife oasis, one plant at a time 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z She started out as a young, introverted newbie in the Foreign Service, condescended to by autocrats and bad bosses. In ‘Lessons From the Edge,’ How an Ambassador to Ukraine Became a Casualty of the Trump Administration 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z And a “Faces of Diplomacy” exhibit will, among other things, remind visitors that “the Foreign Service isn’t all Ivy League white males,” according to Harrup. A new front door opens up an insular enclave at State Department 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z She has endured three divorces — in the Foreign Service, marital strain often comes with the career — and raised two daughters largely on her own, according to acquaintances. Who is Robin Raphel, the State Department veteran caught up in Pakistan intrigue? 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z It’s not surprising to find Foreign Service workers or spouses of Polish speakers there, looking to improve their language skills. Perspective | Volumes of Poland in the District 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z As a diplomat with the British Foreign Service, Juliette was invited to attend the opening ceremony of the summer Olympics at the Beijing National Stadium. The Mount Everest mystery deepens: Was there an international cover-up of a dead climber's ascent? 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Most ambassadors are either career Foreign Service officers or political appointees who give millions to the winning candidate. Ambassador Rufus Gifford is the reality star who will try to fix America’s image abroad 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z As of 2007, the American Foreign Service Association estimated that approximately 40% of State Department diplomats who served in combat zones suffered some symptoms of PTSD. Iraq nearly gave me PTSD 2013-04-16T16:30:00Z He in the Northern Virginia suburbs; she in Silver Spring in between stints living abroad with her husband, who became a Foreign Service officer, and after her divorce, with her then-domestic partner in Switzerland. How a 50-year-old photo mystery was solved. Well, at least half of it. 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Henry intended to follow previous generations of Adams men into public service; if not the presidency, then the family sinecure in the Foreign Service. The Brilliant, Bitter, Unlikable Scion of an American Political Dynasty 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z She spent the year traveling to places that reminded her of her home town, talking about diplomacy with high-schoolers who, just as she had been, were unaware of what the Foreign Service was. From the segregated South to the U.S. Africa summit, a diplomat comes full circle After World War II, her father joined the Foreign Service and was posted to Hong Kong. Shirley Hazzard, Novelist Who Charted Storm-Tossed Lives, Dies at 85 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z “Try the Foreign Service,” his father said, without looking up from his newspaper. The diplomat and the killer: Death squads, dirty war and the untold story of H. Carl Gettinger 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z Instead of finishing her dissertation, Thomas-Greenfield took the Foreign Service exam, and by 1982 had her first international posting: a position as a consular officer in Kingston, Jamaica. From the segregated South to the U.S. Africa summit, a diplomat comes full circle By 1975, Robin had joined the Foreign Service and was working in Islamabad on detail to the U.S. Who is Robin Raphel, the State Department veteran caught up in Pakistan intrigue? 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Mr. Patch had survived Foreign Service duty in early Cold War flash points such as Manchuria and Czechoslovakia. Isaac Patch, who led CIA-financed program to distribute books in the Soviet Union, dies Victor Cha, an academic from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and the Center for International and Strategic Studies, is widely rumored to be under consideration for the post. Trump’s ambassadors fan out across the globe. But some powerful countries are still waiting. 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z Eleanor Sutter, a retired Foreign Service worker, spoke of living in Moscow in the 1970s as the wife of an American Embassy employee. Music Review: A Homage to Alfred Schnittke at Juilliard 2014-01-29T22:20:02Z For 26 years my mother worked for the State Department as a consular officer in the Foreign Service, interviewing visa applicants, quickly determining whether they were lying about their plans, whether they would stay illegally. Modern Love: When a Mother Is a Professional Profiler - Modern Love 2012-07-20T16:05:20Z Born in Malaysia, the son of a Foreign Service officer is a self-described “diplo-brat” who went on to marry a woman from Laos. Review | These seafood restaurants help you bring home a taste of the ocean 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z A Foreign Service brat, she was born in Indonesia and raised in Thailand, where “people still wove in their villages and still wore traditional clothing,” she says. How do you save a lady’s coronation robe? Very carefully. 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z It’s 1938, and the husband, who works in the British Foreign Service, tells his wife that Hitler is threatening to invade Czechoslovakia, and if that happens Britain and France will be obliged to respond militarily. ‘Munich: The Edge of War’ Review: ‘Well Navigated, Sir’ (Not!) 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z After attending a boarding school in Switzerland, he received a bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in 1954. Richard K. Irish, author of self-help guides to employment, dies at 83 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z For a time, I wanted to go to the Georgetown School of Foreign Service to become an ambassador. Jane Curtin Is Playing It Straight 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z Foreign Service and eventually became undersecretary of state. Rosemary Murphy, Emmy-winning actress, dies at 89 His father retired as a public affairs officer from the United States Foreign Service, having served as a diplomat in Sri Lanka, Mexico, Washington, Morocco, Madagascar and France. Carolyn Chuong, John Holgate 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z His mom was a Foreign Service officer, so he moved around a lot growing up. Date Lab: He likes to know where he stands after a date. So she told him. 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z Foreign Service officer in India and the U.S. In the ‘reverse Peace Corps,’ future leaders from abroad hone their skills 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z Foreign Service officer and the son of immigrants from Bolivia, began importing singani four years ago, in part as a means of maintaining his connection to his family’s homeland after his grandmother died. If you haven’t tasted Bolivian wines, you’re in for some delicious surprises 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z To rediscover his father, he had to peer into Vietnam, where Richard Holbrooke was posted as a Foreign Service officer in the early 1960s. Searching for Richard Holbrooke 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z My father was with the Foreign Service, so I grew up mostly in Canada, Venezuela and London. | Bruce Weber and Kathleen Turner on Becoming Mentors 2013-05-20T23:11:48Z It’s also hard to imagine someone of Kennan’s temperament holding senior posts in the Foreign Service. Books of The Times: ?George F. Kennan? by John Lewis Gaddis - Review 2011-11-23T00:16:55Z “We’re trying to sell her on Georgetown. Her grandfather was a diplomat in the Foreign Service.” Review | Under a new chef, 1789 freshens up — but is it fresh enough? 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z When she returned this spring, she had a 32-year career in the Foreign Service and the title of assistant secretary of state for African affairs to her name. From the segregated South to the U.S. Africa summit, a diplomat comes full circle Greenlee based the novel partly on his experiences as an information officer working overseas for the United States Foreign Service. These Radical Black Thrillers Fantasized About Dismantling the Police 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z Many are contemplating careers in the Middle East, perhaps with the Foreign Service or an N.G.O. More Students Choose a Junior-Year Abroad in the Mideast 2010-08-06T22:00:00Z As all members of the British Foreign Service are trained to do, the diplomat took thorough notes at the meeting. The Mount Everest mystery deepens: Was there an international cover-up of a dead climber's ascent? 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z His mother, an information technology specialist with the United States Foreign Service, left Davis, Calif., with her family and traveled to Akasaka, as she was assigned to the American Embassy there. A Real-Life Fairy Tale That Crossed the Sea of Japan 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z They all came together when she enrolled in Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. Ruth Dickey and the turnaround at Seattle Arts & Lectures 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z Hazzard, who was born in 1931, began her own childhood in Sydney; after the Second World War, her father joined the Foreign Service and the family moved to Hong Kong. Shirley Hazzard in The New Yorker 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z Though his Foreign Service colleagues enjoyed Empire, the gaming company Avalon Hill passed on it, saying that it was too similar to Diplomacy. Dungeons & Dragons Saved My Life 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z The son of a Foreign Service officer, he grew up partly in Brazil and Cambodia. Oran Sandel, who led Living Stage Theatre Company, dies at 64 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Foreign Service officer with a lifelong passion for military history, began reading a bimonthly magazine called Strategy & Tactics. Dungeons & Dragons Saved My Life 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z A Mother’s Day exclusive: Ginger Heim, 80, is a retired Foreign Service and public health nurse. Mother’s Day exclusive: An interview with my mother 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z She decided to pursue a master’s degree in conflict and terrorism at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. This C.I.A. Officer Wants to Give Peace a Chance 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Murchie, 86, made wine his second career after retiring from the Foreign Service. Napa and Sonoma bottles rise to the top of American wine lists. Again. 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z I was close to finishing my Ph.D., and I’d made it through almost the entire process of entering the Foreign Service. ‘Cat Person’ in The New Yorker: A Discussion With the Author 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z Their request comes at a time of new appreciation for the hazards of the Foreign Service, as demonstrated by the September attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya. ‘Argo,’ as Seen by the Iran Hostage Crisis Survivors 2012-10-16T16:33:06Z When she was appointed director general of the Foreign Service, in 2012, she made recruiting a diverse pool of diplomats a priority. From the segregated South to the U.S. Africa summit, a diplomat comes full circle Then the many postwar years when, having written a book about his experiences, he no longer spoke of them, even as he taught for decades in Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. Opening Old Wounds as the Man Who Warned About the Holocaust 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z Foreign Service — used it as an exposé of institutional racism. The Spy Movie That Upset the American Dream 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z His engagement with the country went back to 1977, when, as a young Foreign Service officer, he was enlisted to help President Jimmy Carter’s administration implement formal relations with Beijing. Jeffrey A. Bader, Who Helped Steer Obama’s ‘Pivot’ to Asia, Dies at 78 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z State Department and British Foreign Service both issued travel warnings urging their citizens not to travel to Lebanon. Firebombs, protest across region complicate path for U.S., Israel 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z But he was widely regarded as one of the best Foreign Service officers of his generation. James F. Dobbins, Leading Authority on Nation Building, Dies at 81 2023-07-08T04:00:00Z A federal judge had ruled the PIF could not claim immunity from the Foreign Service Immunity Act because of its commercial work with LIV Golf in the U.S. PGA Tour and European tour agree to merge with Saudis and end LIV Golf feud 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z In 1959, after two years in the Marine Corps, Mr. Carter gave up plans to go into the Foreign Service and returned to Greenville. Hodding Carter III, Crusading Editor and Jimmy Carter Aide, Dies at 88 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z After his discharge, he joined the Foreign Service and was a vice consul in Hamburg in 1957-58. Ronald Steel, Critic of American Cold War Policies, Dies at 92 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z The closed-door discussions were held far from the media spotlight at the State Department’s Foreign Service Institute in northern Virginia. US: ‘tangible progress’ in Armenia-Azerbaijan peace talks 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z He returned to Washington for his senior year of high school, then enrolled at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. James F. Dobbins, Leading Authority on Nation Building, Dies at 81 2023-07-08T04:00:00Z The writer, a retired senior Foreign Service officer, was assistant director general of the International Labor Organization from 2009 to 2011. Opinion | U.S. states might be running awful of international child labor laws 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z The writer was a Foreign Service officer with the U.S. Opinion | The U.S. must make clear the choice: Oppression or human dignity 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z “We were neighbors by chance and circumstance,” said Alec Augustine, 35, an Afghanistan war veteran who’s also been in South Sudan, Mexico City and Havana for the Foreign Service. Perspective | The Covid ritual these Washingtonians won’t give up 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z Nearly all such cables are classified to protect the integrity of the process and the identities of dissenting Foreign Service officers. House GOP to subpoena Blinken over Afghanistan dissent cable 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z During his senior year there, in 1963, he passed the Foreign Service exam, but he had already enlisted in the Navy. James F. Dobbins, Leading Authority on Nation Building, Dies at 81 2023-07-08T04:00:00Z And Don Cooke, 68, of Gaithersburg, Md., a retired Foreign Service officer who was vice consul at the embassy, called Mr. Barnes’s account “mildly amusing.” Former Iran Hostages Are Divided on Jimmy Carter and a Sabotage Claim 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Eric Rubin, president of the American Foreign Service Association, said the rules not only hindered careers but also deprived the State Department of talented employees it needs. State Dept. eases restrictions on employees with foreign ties 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z “And now I’m the unofficial head of the garden committee,” said the longhair Foreign Service guy. Perspective | The Covid ritual these Washingtonians won’t give up 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z She received a master’s degree in military logistics from the National Defense University in 2003 and attained the rank of senior Foreign Service officer. Zandra Flemister, first Black woman in Secret Service, dies at 71 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z Mr. Dobbins joined the Foreign Service after his discharge and was assigned to Paris. James F. Dobbins, Leading Authority on Nation Building, Dies at 81 2023-07-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Amitay spent the early years of his career in the Foreign Service, with international postings in Italy and South Africa. Morris Amitay, ardent advocate for Israel, dies at 86 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z "The next six months, it seems to me, and it's our assessment at CIA, are going to be critical," Burns told the Georgetown School of Foreign Service on Feb. 2. Putin, secure in power, sets stage for long and draining war 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z By the time he recovered, he was far behind his classmates, and he left school after a year to enter the Foreign Service. James G. Lowenstein, Whose Reports Questioned Vietnam War, Dies at 95 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z The writer is a grandson of David Witherspoon Dodge and a retired Foreign Service officer. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: About that wokeness at Princeton 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z “A colleague of mine called it sacrilege,” said a Foreign Service officer in Asia, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal policy changes. A font feud brews after State Dept. picks Calibri over Times New Roman 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z He joined the State Department in 1950, served as a Navy officer for three years after the onset of the Korean War and was appointed a Foreign Service officer in 1957. James Lowenstein dies at 95; his Senate reports challenged Vietnam War claims 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z He created programs to diversify the Foreign Service. Thomas Hughes, 97, Dies; Government Insider and Vietnam War Skeptic 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Mr. Moller then joined the United States Foreign Service, a job in which he drafted an evaluation of New York City’s vulnerability to terrorist attacks. Robert Moller Dies at 85; Mediated Between U.N. Envoys and the City 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Foreign Service officer, is the associate director for national security at the Florida International University Jack D. Gordon Institute of Public Policy. Opinion | Diversity among diplomats will strengthen U.S. foreign policy 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z “I’m anticipating an internal revolt,” said a second Foreign Service officer. A font feud brews after State Dept. picks Calibri over Times New Roman 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z After retiring from the Foreign Service as an ambassador, he was a senior consultant with the public affairs and communications company APCO, splitting his time between Washington and Paris. James Lowenstein dies at 95; his Senate reports challenged Vietnam War claims 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z The writer is a retired Foreign Service officer and international public health consultant. Opinion | The U.S. border chaos is unacceptable 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z Tracy, a career member of the Foreign Service who previously served as ambassador to Armenia, “will be tasked with standing up to Putin,” Schumer said. Senate confirms new U.S. ambassador to Russia 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z I was a Foreign Service officer in Barbados when Floyd’s killing sparked global protests for justice. Opinion | Diversity among diplomats will strengthen U.S. foreign policy 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z He graduated from Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service in 1962 and currently serves on the school’s Board of Advisors. Paul Pelosi likes to stay out of limelight but considered huge force in Nancy Pelosi’s life 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Cheves retired from the Foreign Service in September 2021, shortly after he returned to the U.S. in connection with the criminal investigation. Ex-Foreign Service officer admits sex crimes in Philippines 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Ms. Tracy served as deputy chief of mission, or the second-ranking official, at the U.S. President Biden will nominate Lynne M. Tracy, a career diplomat, to be ambassador to Russia. 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Tracy, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, served as deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Biden to nominate career diplomat Tracy as U.S. envoy to Russia -source 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Ten years later, Fingarson joined the State Department as a Foreign Service officer, and the couple moved to Yemen shortly thereafter. After surviving attacks in Yemen and Turkey, he died crossing a street 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z The secretary of state is the nation’s chief diplomat, serves in the president’s cabinet, and oversees the Foreign Service. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Tice served as a Marine in Iraq and Afghanistan and then graduated from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. Syria denies holding Austin Tice after Biden’s demand for release 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z That part had always been the plan: Mr. Wilson had retired from the Foreign Service in 2008 after a 30-year career as a diplomat. Last Days in Afghanistan: 8 Americans Reflect on the U.S. Withdrawal 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z She most recently worked at the State Department as a Foreign Service officer, drawing on her passion for foreign languages, service and travel. Woman fatally struck riding bicycle in Northwest Washington 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Then, on a Wednesday in August, the former Foreign Service officer was struck by a driver and killed while crossing a street in Northwest D.C., police said. After surviving attacks in Yemen and Turkey, he died crossing a street 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Matthew Paul Hilburn was born in Falls Church, Va., on March 7, 1968, and he accompanied his family to Europe and Latin America for his father’s career as a Foreign Service political officer. Matt Hilburn, who fought to ‘Unsuck’ Metro, dies at 54 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Foreign Service who has positioned himself as a moderate best able to take on Harris and compete in redder, rural areas. Edwards, Ivey face off Tuesday after tense home stretch in Md. primaries 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z In the Ukraine investigation, several Foreign Service officers testified, but most of Trump’s political appointees and political allies refused to speak or fought subpoenas. House Jan. 6 committee to reveal Meadows’ pressure on Georgia election officials 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z People are always trying to link the two of them, he said, joking that only at his alma mater, Georgetown, where he serves on the Foreign Service Board, is he not known as “Mr. Nancy.” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband arrested on DUI charge in Napa 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z He entered the Foreign Service in 1956 and served as a political officer in Argentina and Honduras in the mid- and late 1960s. Community deaths 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z He joined the Foreign Service in the early 1960s, then served as a budget examiner with what is now the Office of Management and Budget and on the staff of the National Security Council. Community deaths 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z Earell “Skip” Kissinger III, 70, a Foreign Service officer who served in more than 30 countries with the U.S. Community deaths 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Olson received multiple awards during his more than three decades in the Foreign Service, according to an official online biography. Former U.S. Ambassador to Plead Guilty to Illegal Lobbying and Hiding Gifts 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Eric S. Rubin, the president of the American Foreign Service Association, called Ms. Brink “a superbly qualified senior career Foreign Service officer” and said he hoped she could be confirmed quickly. Biden Announces Ambassador Pick for Ukraine After Months of Delay 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z Foreign Service, he also served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Biden to nominate Michael Ratney as envoy to Saudi Arabia, White House says 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z The writer, a retired Foreign Service officer, worked on energy security issues, among others, in the Clinton, George W. Bush and Obama administrations. Opinion | The serious link between Putin’s ambitions and the Eastern Orthodox Church 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z As a Foreign Service officer for three decades beginning in the late 1980s, he did economic development, legal, political and other work in Europe, the Caribbean, Asia and Africa. Community deaths 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z “There just historically has always been a reluctance to broaden these conflicts to surrounding nations,” said Bruce Hoffman, a counterinsurgency expert and a professor at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service. Would Putin Strike NATO Supply Lines to Ukraine? History Suggests No. 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z Far from falling, she succeeded in the very finest tradition of the Foreign Service. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: There’s no need to belittle Biden 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z And not ever in lectures or other events of hers that I attended a decade earlier at Georgetown University, where she had been a professor of mine at the School of Foreign Service. Memories of Albright: A legacy of bluntness and conviction 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Foreign Service and an assistant scout master for Boy Scouts of America, reached out to Plast because helping and being kind are tenets of scouting, he said. ‘Our hearts are with them’: Ukrainian scouts make first-aid kits to ship overseas 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z She joined the State Department in 1955 and served as a Foreign Service secretary until 1977, when she joined the CIA as a personnel and intelligence officer. Community deaths 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z Foreign Service officer whose first post was the U.S. Opinion | What freedom really is 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z However, in many cases these ranks are filled with career diplomats in the Foreign Service. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Foreign Service officer who died of a brain tumor when Mr. Earnest was 12. Peter Earnest, CIA veteran who helped launch International Spy Museum, dies at 88 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z More than 300 people gathered Thursday in the atrium of the building that houses Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service for a town hall and panel discussion about the invasion. On college campuses, invasion of Ukraine sparks protests, other acts of solidarity 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z He was a former Foreign Service officer for the U.S. He had investigated fraud for the government. Then he fell victim to it. 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z “This is what it looks like when it’s working,” said Fried, a distinguished fellow at the Atlantic Council whose decades-long career in the Foreign Service included a stint as the U.S. ambassador to Poland. Biden faces test of dedication to Ukraine — and democracy 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z Some 13,000 men and women now represent the United States as members of the Foreign Service, many of them serving abroad. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Diplomatic veterans said Ms. Kvien is highly regarded within the Foreign Service and in Ukraine. Puzzle in Ukraine Crisis: Where’s the U.S. Ambassador? 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Joel Hellman, dean of the School of Foreign Service, expected about 20 students to attend. On college campuses, invasion of Ukraine sparks protests, other acts of solidarity 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z She had first joined the Foreign Service in 1957, but her marriage the next year to a fellow officer, Robert B. Oakley, meant the end of her career within the department. Phyllis Oakley, former assistant secretary of state, dies at 87 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z Olivia Beech, a 24-year-old student at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, was settling in for dinner with her friends after their evening class. Man fatally shot on M Street in Georgetown 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z Mr. Morton was born in Rockford, Ill. In retirement, he was a Foreign Service consultant. Community deaths 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z Mr. Rubin, of the Foreign Service officers’ association, noted that Ukraine is just one of dozens of U.S. ambassadorial posts that remain unfilled. Puzzle in Ukraine Crisis: Where’s the U.S. Ambassador? 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Later, he would develop an interest in world events and study foreign policy at the Georgetown School of Foreign Service. Where adventurous gardeners buy their seeds | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z Seasoned career Foreign Service diplomats are holding down the fort in those countries — as well as in the Philippines, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Hungary, Kazakhstan and others with ambassador vacancies. In some key embassies, America is not back under Biden 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Margery Myers, 78, a general practitioner who practiced in Washington and on overseas assignments where her husband was posted as a Foreign Service officer, died Oct. Community deaths 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Gillespie, who lived in Washington, was born in Cairo, Ill. He served 38 years in the Foreign Service and developed a specialty in explaining to foreign journalists how the U.S. government worked. Community deaths 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Harden said he realized it could be a challenge to explain to voters how he would apply to the Eastern Shore his international experience in the Foreign Service and the U.S. A new map gives Democrats a shot on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Three are vying for a chance to oust Rep. Andy Harris. 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z He served 30 years in the Foreign Service, including posts in Hong Kong, Chad, Eritrea, Mali and Liberia. Community deaths 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z He studied art in Paris and accompanied his wife for her Foreign Service assignments in Europe until moving to the Washington area in 1960. Community deaths 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z At least some of those targeted were U.S. citizens working as Foreign Service officers, they said. Pegasus spyware used to hack U.S. diplomats working abroad 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z Jacob Gillespie, 82, a Foreign Service officer who served in the U.S. Community deaths 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z “This still remains a very, very rural district,” said Harden, 49, a first-time candidate and former longtime Foreign Service officer. A new map gives Democrats a shot on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Three are vying for a chance to oust Rep. Andy Harris. 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z He often shunned the verbal niceties of the Foreign Service diplomatic dialogue for a more “colorful language” of street communications, she said. Michael Smith, a top U.S. trade representative, dies at 85 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z She was a Foreign Service secretary and met her husband, Michael Falzone, on a Foreign Service assignment in Taipei. Community deaths 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z He was a Foreign Service officer, who served in Italy, Iceland, Australia and the Philippines. Renovated Georgetown rowhouse on market for $4.6 million 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks on modernizing American diplomacy during a speech from the Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., U.S. Secretary of State alarmed by news of Ethiopia's TPLF takeover of two towns 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Blinken said in the speech at the Foreign Service Institute in Arlington, Virginia, attended by lawmakers, diplomats and others. Blinken says he ordered reviews of State Dept's evacuation efforts out of Afghanistan 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z He graduated from Harvard in 1958 but his initial application for the Foreign Service was rejected. Michael Smith, a top U.S. trade representative, dies at 85 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Blome is a career Foreign Service diplomat with long experience in the region who once worked in the Kabul embassy, shuttered earlier this year during the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan. Biden picks career diplomat for top posting in Pakistan 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z He ordered high-speed internet into overseas posts and expanded training for senior Foreign Service officers and political appointees assigned abroad. Colin Powell, Who Shaped U.S. National Security, Dies at 84 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z Despite his controversial role in selling the Iraq War, Powell was broadly popular within the State Department for the attention he paid to the needs of the men and women of the Foreign Service. Powell praised by U.S. politicians from both parties as trailblazer, trusted adviser to presidents 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z Deborah Ash, 65, recently retired from the Foreign Service arm of the State Department, where she worked for 20 years in places including Cairo, Kabul and Rio de Janeiro. Alexandria school board race: Meet the candidates running in each district 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z Instead, we are getting a hollowed-out Foreign Service and ambassadorial corps. Opinion | America is shorthanded in foreign affairs. Thanks, Ted Cruz. 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z Karski died in 2000 at age 86, having put down roots in Washington after World War II and taught at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service for four decades. David Strathairn, now playing a Holocaust witness at the Shakespeare Theatre, reflects on the lessons of the past 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Some Biden officials, without admitting much fault, say the work of diplomacy has been particularly difficult given that scores of experienced Foreign Service officers retired during the Trump administration. In Biden’s Foreign Policy, Friends and Foes Claim Echoes of Trump 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z On Monday, the American Foreign Service Association, the union that represents U.S. diplomats, released a statement calling Powell “a true patriot and public servant.” Powell praised by U.S. politicians from both parties as trailblazer, trusted adviser to presidents 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z Over the years, he compiled a history of the School of Foreign Service, an extensive genealogy of his Irish American family and a collection of James Bond 007 memorabilia, his website says. D.C. attorney general accuses Delta Phi Epsilon member of using group’s charitable funds for himself 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z He joined the Foreign Service in 1947, when retired Army Gen. George C. Marshall, the architect of the Marshall Plan that spurred postwar recovery in Europe, was secretary of state. George S. Vest, long-serving Foreign Service officer and Cold War diplomat, dies at 102 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Foreign Service officers serve and work with Americans abroad and conduct diplomacy on behalf of the United States. Perspective | American diplomats recall 20-hour days, sleeping in Kabul airport while helping those desperate to flee 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z Marc Grossman, a veteran U.S. diplomat who had left the Foreign Service, was asked to return to lead the diplomatic effort. As they did on the battlefield, the Taliban outlasted the U.S. at the negotiating table 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z He was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and served on the board of Georgetown’s Walsh School of Foreign Service, among other boards and advisory panels. Stanley Weiss, executive who founded group monitoring defense spending, dies at 94 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z Boyle, a graduate of Georgetown’s Walsh School of Foreign Service and its law school, has denied the allegations in court papers and in a brief interview. D.C. attorney general accuses Delta Phi Epsilon member of using group’s charitable funds for himself 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Vest’s final assignment at the State Department was as director general of the Foreign Service, in charge of recruiting, hiring, training — and disciplining — the country’s diplomats. George S. Vest, long-serving Foreign Service officer and Cold War diplomat, dies at 102 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z He and his wife, both from Seattle, joined the Foreign Service 20 years ago. Perspective | American diplomats recall 20-hour days, sleeping in Kabul airport while helping those desperate to flee 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z Embassy since December 2001, when a handful of Foreign Service officers accompanied U.S. In a final blow of the 20-year war, U.S. diplomats close their embassy and exit Kabul. 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z The writer, a retired Foreign Service officer, was deputy assistant secretary of state for intelligence and research. Opinion | Leaving Afghanistan 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z The Delta Phi Epsilon Foundation for Foreign Service Education was chartered in 1960 to provide student scholarships. D.C. attorney general accuses Delta Phi Epsilon member of using group’s charitable funds for himself 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z “I get every month something called the ‘sin report’ for the Foreign Service,” he told the Los Angeles Times in 1989. George S. Vest, long-serving Foreign Service officer and Cold War diplomat, dies at 102 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z He applied for jobs with the international divisions of major banks and insurance companies but ultimately joined the Foreign Service — becoming one of a handful of Black professionals — after passing its notoriously difficult entrance exam. Johnny Young, ambassador to four countries, dies at 81 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z She would later graduate from Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service and go on to earn a law degree from the University of Michigan. Charged With Treason, a Genocide Survivor Opts to Fight, Not Flee 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z One official said privately that it defied belief that the Cuban government would be unaware of a Foreign Service using a weapon on American personnel within its own borders. CIA officer who helped find bin Laden will look for cause of mysterious ‘Havana Syndrome’ 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z Meehan previously worked as a career Foreign Service officer, which included postings at the National Security Council and as a special assistant to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Biden taps Eric Garcetti for India ambassador post 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Vest said he had “absolutely not a penny to my name” when he applied for the Foreign Service, which before World War II had been dominated by wealthy graduates of Ivy League schools. George S. Vest, long-serving Foreign Service officer and Cold War diplomat, dies at 102 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Before joining the EPA in 1973, he was a Foreign Service officer in Vietnam and Thailand. Community deaths 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z Foreign Service, lived in while posted in Sarajevo, she said. Record container traffic rumbles Whidbey Island locals as ships wait days to unload at crowded ports 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z In addition to racial and gender diversity, Mr. Biden also wanted to signal to career Foreign Service officials that they are valued by whittling down the number of posts given to campaign donors. Biden Names U.S. Ambassador Nominees to Israel and Mexico 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Dowling, a Cleveland native, was a Foreign Service officer and director of Pakistani services at Voice of America early in his career. Community deaths 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z An energetic autodidact, Hill spun great literature, classical and modern, to justify his mottled Foreign Service record, paleoconservative convictions and neoconservative alliances. What "politics" does to history: The saga of Henry Kissinger and George Shultz's right-hand man 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z In 2014, the American Foreign Service Association called for new guidelines to ensure that ambassadors meet certain qualifications for top diplomatic posts after a series of embarrassing confirmation hearings involving top Obama fundraisers. With ambassador picks, Biden faces donor vs. diversity test 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z On Friday, the State Department and the professional association and union representing Foreign Service officers will unveil 71 more names after an exhaustive search through the archives to find forgotten or overlooked people who qualify. State Dept. adds 71 historical names to plaque honoring on-duty foreign service deaths 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Four of the nominees are career Foreign Service officials. Biden Names U.S. Ambassador Nominees to Israel and Mexico 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z After Bush took office, Mr. Hill resigned from the Foreign Service and helped Shultz write his 1993 memoir, “Turmoil and Triumph.” Charles Hill, diplomat, Yale professor and top adviser to George Shultz, dies at 84 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z His father was a Foreign Service officer, whom he accompanied to postings in Indonesia, Mexico and Tokyo. Brian Barger, journalist who helped unravel Iran-contra scandal, dies at 68 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z “The professional Foreign Service cares a lot about having competent, professional people in the roles,” said Richard Fontaine, the chief executive of the Center for a New American Security. Insiders Jockey for Whittled-Down Ambassadorship Slots 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z In recent decades, the culture and the policy have changed back to the original mission — recognizing anyone who died overseas while performing their duties in the Foreign Service. State Dept. adds 71 historical names to plaque honoring on-duty foreign service deaths 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Mrs. Kaiser was a Foreign Service spouse who accompanied her husband, Herbert Kaiser, on his assignments for more than three decades. Joy Kaiser, whose philanthropy helped address injustices in South African health care, dies at 90 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z Mr. Hill started out in the Foreign Service, with postings in Europe, East Asia and South Vietnam, where he was a speechwriter for Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker. Charles Hill, diplomat, Yale professor and top adviser to George Shultz, dies at 84 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z After retiring from the Foreign Service in 1983, Mr. Buchanan spent 36 years as a State Department privacy and freedom of information officer until 2019. Community deaths 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z An Arizona native, he has lived in Virginia since graduating from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in 2006. Former think tank leader joins race for Virginia governor 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z Though the plaques are displayed in the State Department’s main lobby, they are managed by the American Foreign Service Association and were funded by contributions from its members. State Dept. adds 71 historical names to plaque honoring on-duty foreign service deaths 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z She accompanied him to Glasgow on his first Foreign Service assignment, finishing her course work at the University of Glasgow. Joy Kaiser, whose philanthropy helped address injustices in South African health care, dies at 90 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z The State Department is in particularly “deep disrepair,” said Brett Bruen, a former Foreign Service officer with a number of contacts within the building. Trump left behind a damaged government. Here’s what Biden faces as he rebuilds it. 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z Current U.S. officials have said the Biden team can do much to renew the trust between career diplomats and the political leadership by appointing Foreign Service officers to senior positions in the department. Biden recommits U.S. to global alliances, ends support for Saudi-led war in Yemen in first major foreign policy speech 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z For the next five inaugurations, I was overseas as a Foreign Service officer, so it was not until my Georgetown classmate Bill Clinton was sworn in that I attended again. Opinion | Memories of inaugurations past 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z That was strange, he later recounted, because Engdahl’s name wasn’t on the Memorial Plaques at State Department headquarters in Washington, which honored about 250 in the Foreign Service who have died on duty. State Dept. adds 71 historical names to plaque honoring on-duty foreign service deaths 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z She first heard the phrase “gumbo diplomacy” from a fellow Foreign Service officer and realized that’s what she had been practicing throughout her career. Have a taste of ‘gumbo diplomacy’ by making this Biden nominee’s classic recipe 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z Advocates for the State Department say the Biden team can do much to renew the trust between career diplomats and the political leadership by appointing Foreign Service officers to senior positions in the department. Trump left behind a damaged government. Here’s what Biden faces as he rebuilds it. 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z He is reportedly fluent in Arabic, Russian, and French from his Foreign Service days. Lifelong diplomat who backed Iran diplomacy picked to head CIA 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z The American Foreign Service Association, the union of U.S. diplomats, called on Pompeo to cancel the parties, voicing concern that State Department employees would be compelled to attend. Snow days, virtual opera: The office holiday party goes on 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Inspired by Vorderstrasse’s find, more Foreign Service officers began digging through archives in their spare time. State Dept. adds 71 historical names to plaque honoring on-duty foreign service deaths 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z She began working in the Foreign Service under President Ronald Reagan, then served as ambassador to Liberia under President George W. Bush and assistant secretary of state for African affairs under President Barack Obama. Have a taste of ‘gumbo diplomacy’ by making this Biden nominee’s classic recipe 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z “Ethiopia’s federalism is unique,” said Ken O. Opalo, a professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. In Ethiopia, a Nobel Peace laureate goes to war 2020-12-06T05:00:00Z Foreign Service, as his ambassador to the United Nations. Progressives praise early Biden picks but worry his team is stacked with “corporatists” 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z Just as important in the view of Biden officials is her time as a former director general and human resources director of the Foreign Service. Biden Will Nominate First Women to Lead Treasury and Intelligence, and First Latino to Run Homeland Security 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z Foreign Service officers Lindsay Henderson and Kelly Landry went through more than 6,500 consular cards — the paper cards used until the 1960s to track consular officers and diplomats — searching for any who died overseas. State Dept. adds 71 historical names to plaque honoring on-duty foreign service deaths 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z These days, Thomas-Greenfield makes a healthier version of gumbo for her family, which includes a daughter who works in the Foreign Service and a son who is an attorney. Have a taste of ‘gumbo diplomacy’ by making this Biden nominee’s classic recipe 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z “I’ve carried that lesson with me throughout my career in Foreign Service – and, if confirmed, will do the same as Ambassador to the United Nations.” Biden’s choice for UN envoy signals return to US engagement 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z A president will need to deal with a variety of world leaders — but there’s always an end goal in mind, says Nancy McEldowney, former director of the State Department’s Foreign Service Institute. Trump dramatically changed the presidency. Here’s a list of the 20 most important norms he broke — and how Biden can restore them 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z “It’s a serious problem when you consider that we need cars and without a license, we’re really taking legal risks,” said Steelman, a retired Foreign Service officer. A DMV visit was never fun. The pandemic has made it worse. 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z Combined with the efforts of others in the Foreign Service community, the list grew and grew. State Dept. adds 71 historical names to plaque honoring on-duty foreign service deaths 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Her husband, whom she met in Liberia while in graduate school, is retired from the Foreign Service. Have a taste of ‘gumbo diplomacy’ by making this Biden nominee’s classic recipe 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z The Foreign Service, they wrote, “has experienced the biggest drop in applications in more than a decade,” while “painfully slow progress on recruiting a more diverse workforce has slid into reverse.” State Dept. sets business-as-usual course while ignoring Biden 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z The daughter of a Foreign Service officer, Brainard was raised in Poland and Germany during the Cold War and is fluent in German. With pick for treasury secretary, Biden will tip hand about his economic agenda 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z Hans Tuch, 95, a Foreign Service officer who had served in cultural and public affairs assignments for the U.S. Community deaths 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z “I found the Foreign Service was terrific. They were knowledgeable people, and they would work hard for you if you worked hard for them.” George Shultz Speaks Out for Renewing U.S. Leadership Overseas 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z Both of his parents were in the Foreign Service, and after they divorced, he spent time living with his mother in Jordan, Egypt, South Africa and India, according to ESPN. After a childhood of travel, Eagles breakout receiver Travis Fulgham found football in Virginia 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z He retired from the Foreign Service in 1985 and from the National Guard in 1994 at the rank of lieutenant colonel. Community deaths 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z The association has proposed that Foreign Service officers and civil servants who left be allowed to return at their former grade, “because we’re going to have such a challenge building back,” Rubin said. How Trump waged war on his own government 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z “It is time to transform the Foreign Service into the Global Service and play by a very different set of rules,” Ms. Slaughter wrote in an article last month for the quarterly journal Democracy. State Department establishment hopes to regain clout in Biden administration 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z He likewise criticized Mr. Trump’s combative approach to the rest of the world in a new article in The Foreign Service Journal. George Shultz Speaks Out for Renewing U.S. Leadership Overseas 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z All three had been career Foreign Service officials, and Ms. Thomas-Greenfield had been elevated to ambassador under Mr. Bush. Trump Has Changed the Face America Presents to the World 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z Another term could allow Mr. Trump to complete the demoralization, politicization and destruction of a workforce that was once the envy of the world: the American civil service, health service, Foreign Service and uniformed military. Trump returns to campaign trail under shadow of military row – US politics live 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z An exodus depleted the ranks of high-ranking Foreign Service officers and civil servants. How Trump waged war on his own government 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z “Shouldn’t the State Department and the Foreign Service be the lead in dealing with all countries around the world?” he said. State Department establishment hopes to regain clout in Biden administration 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z For much of her adult life, she accompanied her husband overseas on assignments as a Foreign Service medical officer. Community deaths 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z Next to her was a Chinese-American Foreign Service officer, who was part of the American delegation. Trump Has Changed the Face America Presents to the World 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z My first overseas Foreign Service posting was to the U.S. consulate in Adana, Turkey. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Abraham Lincoln shouldn’t have been described like this 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z Foreign Service worker named Jay Taylor taught hundreds of people to swim in the pool of Saddam Hussein’s former palace. 'Why We Swim' dives into water's transformative power 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Stokes joined the Foreign Service in the 1950s and was a State Department courier in Paris and an officer at the American consulate in Cali, Colombia. Community deaths 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z “The real irony here was how similar Trump was to the Foreign Service.” Review | John Bolton’s book is full of startling revelations he should have told us sooner 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z State Department data provided to The New York Times show that 80 Black Foreign Service officers and specialists were promoted in the 2019 fiscal year — 1 percent of 8,023 diplomats who competed. Trump Has Changed the Face America Presents to the World 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z Out of 150 ambassadors serving overseas, only three are African-Americans, according to the American Foreign Service Association, which represents career diplomats. Top State Department Aide Resigns Over Trump’s Response to Racial Unrest 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z On May 29, he thanked the students and Blackman for their work, and for the opportunity to meet up again with some of his Foreign Service colleagues on the video conference call. 6 former Iran hostages speak with Virginia history students 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z Steve Morrison, 64, a white Foreign Service officer pointed to his presence as evidence of a significant shift. As protesters gather in D.C., they wonder if their moment will endure 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z Jeff Rathke, a former career Foreign Service officer and a Germany scholar at Johns Hopkins University, was critical of the move. Trump approves plan to withdraw one-third of U.S. troops from Germany 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z “Twenty years ago, we in the Foreign Service were very much a homogeneous, white male group, and we looked at the U.S. as something different, something to emulate,” he said in an interview. Trump Has Changed the Face America Presents to the World 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z A Washington native, Wilson was the daughter of a longtime Foreign Service officer. A beloved parishioner at St. John’s in Georgetown dies of covid-19 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z Despite his experience, he told the students he hopes some of them consider becoming a Foreign Service or military officer. 6 former Iran hostages speak with Virginia history students 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z The president often speaks of how much he supports and appreciates the military, Foreign Service, State Department employees, etc. Opinion | Two votes for voting reform 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z She graduated from Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service and law school. Search resumes for Kennedy Townsend’s daughter, grandson 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z In a statement, Mr. Pompeo noted that the fellowships were devised to “attract highly talented and qualified candidates who represent ethnic, racial, gender, social and geographic diversity to the Foreign Service.” Trump Has Changed the Face America Presents to the World 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z The university has about 19,000 students enrolled in many academic units, including its renowned School of Foreign Service, schools of business and medicine, the undergraduate college and the nation’s largest law school. Georgetown and U-Va. join cascade of schools that will halt in-person teaching because of coronavirus 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Ms. Lewis was born in Cheverly, Md., to a Foreign Service family. Community deaths 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z He joined the agency in 1968, after receiving a bachelor’s degree, and learned Arabic from a Foreign Service Institute school in Beirut. Frank Anderson, former CIA spymaster in the Middle East, dies at 77 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Marie L. Yovanovitch, the ambassador to Ukraine removed from her post last spring because she was seen as an obstacle to the president and his associates, retired from the Foreign Service. Republican Senators Tried to Stop Trump From Firing Impeachment Witness 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z On Saturday, neither of the two current State Department officials who testified — David Holmes, a Foreign Service officer at the U.S. ‘Not just chilling but frightening’: Inside Vindman’s ouster amid fears of further retaliation by Trump 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z Marie Yovanovitch, the ambassador to Ukraine who was recalled from her post last spring because she was seen as an obstacle to the president’s plans, retired last month from the Foreign Service. Trump fires impeachment witnesses Gordon Sondland and Alexander Vindman 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z Foreign Service official, wrote an August 2019 op-ed announcing his resignation, explaining why he cannot in good conscience being “complicit in the actions of this administration.” Yovanovitch blasts Trump for 'making the public question the truth' 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z Trump allegedly recalled Yovanovitch, a career Foreign Service officer, as ambassador to Ukraine at the behest of his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, an episode at the heart of the impeachment trial. Analysis | The Daily 202: Senators plead for volunteers in Iowa to step up as the impeachment trial pulls them away 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z The appeal for donations was first made through the American Foreign Service Association, a professional union with more than sixteen thousand active-duty and retired members of the State Department and five other agencies. The Staggering (and Uncovered) Legal Bills Facing Impeachment Witnesses 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z Many are comforted by his family ties to the Foreign Service. A new U.S. ambassador arrives in Moscow at a tricky time in U.S.-Russia relations 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z That evidence includes testimony from a series of career Foreign Service and national security officials outlining the months-long effort to pressure Ukraine. The Senate trial will shape the president’s legacy and also that of his Republican Party 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z That’s also what State Department Foreign Service officer David Holmes testified when he explained how he overheard part of U.S. Lev Parnas’ interviews and documents tie Trump more directly to the Ukraine pressure campaign 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z “If they had knowledge of an imminent threat, then you would’ve expected them to notify people,” said Ronald Neumann, president of the American Academy of Diplomacy and a retired career Foreign Service officer. ‘Four embassies’: The anatomy of Trump’s unfounded claim about Iran 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z “Those of us who have served understand the pressures that current Foreign Service Officers are under and supporting them is a way of supporting an institution that is important to the country..” The Staggering (and Uncovered) Legal Bills Facing Impeachment Witnesses 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z It is a breach in the self-imposed discipline of the Foreign Service that was and is difficult for outsiders to accept. Review | The courage and dedication, and sometimes tragedy, of America’s diplomats 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z The NSC executive secretary, Matthias Mitman, is a career Foreign Service officer who came from the State Department and worked with Mr. O’Brien when he was special presidential adviser for hostage affairs. NSC chief slashing Obama’s ‘bloated’ staff to create efficient, tight-lipped White House operation 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z She later lived in Bern, Switzerland, and London, where her husband had Foreign Service assignments. Community deaths 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z It’s an understandable instinct to survey the hundreds of interviews with frustrated, flummoxed and well-meaning soldiers, aid workers and Foreign Service officers and conclude that the war was doomed from the start. Perspective | Afghanistan wasn’t destined to fail. Here’s how we could have fought it better. 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z “The black American ambassadors realize that they could have been in the same situation during their careers,” Ruth Davis, the group’s vice president and a former director general of the Foreign Service, told me. The Staggering (and Uncovered) Legal Bills Facing Impeachment Witnesses 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z Those who encounter the upper ranks of Foreign Service generalists, some 8,000 officers who dominate the State Department, realize over time that these people resemble the military more than one might think. Review | The courage and dedication, and sometimes tragedy, of America’s diplomats 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Down on the tarmac, a clutch of generals and Foreign Service officers waited in the cold. Biden-Graham friendship, forged in war zones, fractures under the pressures of impeachment and Trump 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z His Foreign Service assignments included postings in Iran, Afghanistan, Senegal, New Zealand, France and Canada, with areas of expertise in labor, maritime affairs, and science and technology. Community deaths 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z Mr. Trump has freely and frequently brought the power of his office down on a variety of journalists, lawmakers, Foreign Service officers and members of the military he has seen as standing in his way. Debbie Dingell Gets Support From Another Widow Whose Husband Trump Has Mocked: Cindy McCain 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z ‘A few weeks ago I was hoping we wouldn’t need to raise more money,’ Eric Rubin, a former ambassador to Bulgaria who is now president of the American Foreign Service Association, told the group. Analysis | The Daily 202: The Afghanistan Papers show the corrosive consequences of letting corruption go unchecked 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z For now, the fund is distributing its donations to Foreign Service officers. As impeachment hurtles forward, a plea for legal help for government witnesses 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z If anything, it is growing, as members of the Foreign Service and other career civil servants provide evidence against him in the impeachment proceedings. Opinion | Why Lisa Page has been such an intense and constant target of Trump’s ire 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Her Foreign Service career included assignments in Mexico City, New Delhi, Warsaw, and Jakarta, Indonesia, as a cultural and information officer. Community deaths 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z At State, an abject failure to stand up for honorable Foreign Service officers slandered for doing their jobs honorably. Opinion | Trump’s second act is rife with enablers of constitutional degradation 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z “I’ve never seen anything like this in my Foreign Service career,” Holmes testified. With a warning on Russia, blitz of public testimony in impeachment inquiry comes to an end 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z All but one of the 13 career Foreign Service staff, military officers and Pentagon officials who have testified in the Ukraine inquiry are still in government. As impeachment hurtles forward, a plea for legal help for government witnesses 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z Since being released, Cheng has negotiated his exit from the British Foreign Service and is applying for asylum in an undisclosed location. Former British consulate worker tells of torture by China over Hong Kong 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z Linda Jewell, 66, a Foreign Service officer who retired in 2008 after three years as ambassador to Ecuador and 32 years in the Foreign Service, died Nov. 18 at a hospital in Washington. Community deaths 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z Those experiences “have made me realize that perhaps the Foreign Service is more intertwined with domestic political skirmishes than I originally thought,” said Kirk Zieser, a 20-year-old Georgetown sophomore. Perspective | These Georgetown foreign-service students are appalled — and inspired — by the impeachment hearings 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Host Chris Wallace pushed back, pointing out that they were actually career Foreign Service officers “working in the Trump administration.” Opinion | For Trump, incompetent bribery is still bribery 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z His association, a union that represents Foreign Service officers, made an appeal as the impeachment inquiry began this fall and its members were subpoenaed. As impeachment hurtles forward, a plea for legal help for government witnesses 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z “This was an extremely distinctive experience in my Foreign Service career,” Holmes testified. Impeachment witness says Ukraine ‘gradually came to understand’ Trump’s desired investigation was tied to aid, meeting 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Later on Friday, in a closed-door meeting, the impeachment committee heard testimony from David Holmes, a career Foreign Service officer who works at the U.S. A Bad Week for Trump Got Worse with a New Impeachment Witness 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z “Of course, Trump’s actions affect my decision to join the Foreign Service.” Perspective | These Georgetown foreign-service students are appalled — and inspired — by the impeachment hearings 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z She said Mr. Sullivan relayed “words that every Foreign Service officer understands: ‘The president has lost confidence in you.’” Ex-Envoy to Ukraine ‘Devastated’ as Trump Vilified Her 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z And the Foreign Service officers face potential new roadblocks. As impeachment hurtles forward, a plea for legal help for government witnesses 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z Holmes, a career Foreign Service officer who is the political counselor in the U.S. Embassy Official Confirms Trump Asked About Ukraine Investigations 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z There was a moment when Yovanovitch reminded the committee about the oath that members of the Foreign Service swear to the Constitution. In Trump's Jaded Capital, Marie Yovanovitch’s Uncynical Outrage 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z She “reminded me why I had wanted to pursue this career in the Foreign Service in the first place,” Urtz said. Perspective | These Georgetown foreign-service students are appalled — and inspired — by the impeachment hearings 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z It was then that veteran Foreign Service officer Catherine Croft received “multiple calls” from a prominent Republican lobbyist, former Louisiana congressman Bob Livingston, urging Yovanovitch’s firing, she told lawmakers. How the impeachment inquiry has revealed a long and murky campaign to oust a veteran U.S. ambassador 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z “A few weeks ago I was hoping we wouldn’t need to raise more money,” Eric Rubin, a former ambassador to Bulgaria who is now president of the American Foreign Service Association, told the group. As impeachment hurtles forward, a plea for legal help for government witnesses 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z Holmes, a career diplomat, joined the Foreign Service in 2002 and has served in Afghanistan, Colombia, India, Kosovo and Russia as well as on the White House National Security Council staff. AP source: Second US official in Kyiv heard Trump call 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z To his credit, Mr. Kent, a 27-year veteran of the Foreign Service, responded pithily. Opinion | Kent and Taylor testify to Trump’s corruption. And more evidence is coming. 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Hannah Urtz, a 22-year-old Georgetown senior, was a State Department intern last year, passed the Foreign Service exam last month and has dreamed of being a Foreign Service officer since she was 16. Perspective | These Georgetown foreign-service students are appalled — and inspired — by the impeachment hearings 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Born in Canada to parents who had fled the Soviet Union, Yovanovitch joined the Foreign Service after graduate school in 1986. How the impeachment inquiry has revealed a long and murky campaign to oust a veteran U.S. ambassador 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z “I developed an incredible attitude of respect and gratitude toward our Foreign Service officers,” she said. As impeachment hurtles forward, a plea for legal help for government witnesses 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z And they went to an entity called the Foreign Service Grievance Board, which at that time ruled against me and said I would need to leave— Transcript: Roberta Jacobson 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Catherine Croft and Christopher Anderson, as midcareer Foreign Service officials, could be more vulnerable. Career federal employees are the protagonists in the impeachment drama — at risk to themselves 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z She exemplifies Foreign Service officers, a particularly proud and staunchly nonpartisan cadre of federal employees who sometimes risk their lives, as she has done, to represent the United States abroad. Perspective | These Georgetown foreign-service students are appalled — and inspired — by the impeachment hearings 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Democrats chose Ambassador Bill Taylor and career Foreign Service officer George Kent to kick off the public hearings. Historic Trump impeachment hearings set to begin, as Dems predict 'phenomenal week' 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z They also recognized the possibility that the attention the Ukraine matter has brought the diplomatic community might help to reinvigorate the Foreign Service, battered in the Trump era by poor morale and staff vacancies. As impeachment hurtles forward, a plea for legal help for government witnesses 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z In the end, Madeleine Albright, who was the secretary at the time, had the ability to overturn the Foreign Service Grievance Board decision, which she did. Transcript: Roberta Jacobson 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z All but one of the 11 career Foreign Service staff, military officers and Pentagon officials who first testified in closed-door depositions in the Capitol basement are still in government. Career federal employees take risky and rare role in impeachment drama 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z A growing number of Foreign Service officers have opted to leave, many earlier than planned; one recent retirement class was by far the largest ever, according to the American Foreign Service Association. How the State Dept.’s Dissenters Incited a Revolt, Then a Rallying Cry 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z More than half a dozen witnesses have now testified that the quid pro quo was discussed constantly and caused a full-blown uproar among the Foreign Service professionals. Republicans' incoherent defenses: From "no quid pro quo" to "he's a moron" 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z The Foreign Service Association is nonpartisan and does not ask about political affiliation. As impeachment hurtles forward, a plea for legal help for government witnesses 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z He’s a lawyer, came out of a background in the Navy JAG Corps, also worked in the general counsel’s office in the Chicago area for EPA and then came into the Foreign Service. Transcript: Roberta Jacobson 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z “They didn’t ask to be in this situation,” said Eric Rubin, a former ambassador and president of the American Foreign Service Association, a union that represents Foreign Service officers. Career federal employees take risky and rare role in impeachment drama 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z And Michael McKinley, who directly advised Mr. Pompeo and served as a liaison for the Foreign Service, quit because he felt Mr. Trump was using the State Department for political gain. How the State Dept.’s Dissenters Incited a Revolt, Then a Rallying Cry 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z Although she served decades in the Foreign Service, Pompeo refuses to speak with her or issue a statement in her defense. Is Trump Already Winning on Impeachment? 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z “In 37 years in the Foreign Service and different parts of the globe and working on many controversial issues, working 10 years back in Washington, I had never seen that,” he said. Pompeo Faces Political Peril and Diplomats’ Revolt in Impeachment Inquiry 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z AFSA, the American Foreign Service Association—which is the Foreign Service, Labor Organization, Labor Union, if you will—they brought a grievance case against the assignment. Transcript: Roberta Jacobson 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Catherine Croft and Christopher Anderson, meanwhile, as midcareer Foreign Service officials, could be more vulnerable. Career federal employees take risky and rare role in impeachment drama 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z And this is particularly true for the Foreign Service, a cadre of about 13,000 professional diplomats within the department who are stationed in embassies and consulates abroad. How the State Dept.’s Dissenters Incited a Revolt, Then a Rallying Cry 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z In this case, the whistleblower’s identity is now largely irrelevant, because his or her allegations have been confirmed by Foreign Service and White House professionals who have, courageously, come forward. Opinion | When anonymity outlives its usefulness 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Yovanovitch, a diplomat with more than 30 years in the Foreign Service, was abruptly recalled from her post in late April 2019. Trump's Russia ambassador pick breaks with president on Ukraine call 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Jacobson: The American Foreign Service Association, which is the labor organization representing foreign service officers, which negotiates a labor management agreement with the State Department, has long been very protective. Transcript: Roberta Jacobson 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Creation of the Foreign Service established a rigorous entry examination and raised pay. Opinion | The ‘Deep State’ Exists to Battle People Like Trump 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z As with the military, an immunity to domestic politics is among the Foreign Service’s most cherished ideals. How the State Dept.’s Dissenters Incited a Revolt, Then a Rallying Cry 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z “We have never faced a comparable situation,” said Eric Rubin, a senior American diplomat who runs the organization, the American Foreign Service Association. For Impeachment Witnesses, Testifying Can Cost $15,000 or More 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z In the foreign service, 45 percent of the 166 ambassadors serving under Mr. Trump are political appointees chosen based on loyalty and campaign contributions, the highest rate in history, according the American Foreign Service Association. Trump’s War on the ‘Deep State’ Turns Against Him 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z “I don’t want to say he’s a workaholic,” said a former senior Foreign Service officer at USAID. Bill Taylor spent years fighting corruption in Ukraine. His last four months under Trump were the ‘antithesis’ of that. 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z He then became a Foreign Service officer at the State Department, where he served in Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, and twice in Ukraine—as the U.S. Why Ambassador William Taylor’s Testimony Was So Damaging to Trump 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z “There’s a feeling of immense pride that the public is seeing Foreign Service officers for who they are.” How the State Dept.’s Dissenters Incited a Revolt, Then a Rallying Cry 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z “I was convinced that this would also have a serious impact on Foreign Service morale and the integrity of our work overseas.” McConnell tells Senate Republicans to be ready for impeachment trial of Trump 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z She joined the Foreign Service six years later, working as deputy director of the Russian desk before being posted to Canada, Russia, Great Britain and Somalia. Diplomat tarred by White House is known for her diligence 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z The career Foreign Service officer who spoke with The Times said such criticism underscores the “difficult situation” facing the secretary of state. ‘Swagger’ or stumble? Mike Pompeo, State Department under scrutiny in Ukraine furor 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Career Foreign Service officers are expected to follow the direction of State Department leadership and respond to congressional requests. Trump’s attacks on Democrats take a profane turn as impeachment inquiry advances 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z The American Foreign Service Association even bestows multiple awards each year for diplomats who have shown “integrity, intellectual courage and constructive dissent,” and past secretaries of state have said they appreciate differing opinions. How the State Dept.’s Dissenters Incited a Revolt, Then a Rallying Cry 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z The American Foreign Service Association, which represents State Department employees, urged that the American diplomatic corps “not be dragged into partisan political battles.” Trump Said His Ukraine Envoy Would ‘Go Through Some Things.’ She Has Already. 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z He then attended Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, with the vague idea of someday becoming the United States ambassador to Greece. Plato Cacheris, Washington ‘Super Lawyer’ in Headline Cases, Dies at 90 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Waves of experienced Foreign Service officers quit or were forced out, as Tillerson insisted on an extensive reorganization plan, instituted a hiring freeze, and accepted crippling budget cuts. Mike Pompeo, the Secretary of Trump 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z Foreign Service official who’d served under different presidents from different parties. Unwilling to serve under Trump, Foreign Service official resigns 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Pompeo “does deserve credit for rebuilding the institution, processes, creating opportunities, and, frankly, ambitions for the Foreign Service,” he said. How the State Dept.’s Dissenters Incited a Revolt, Then a Rallying Cry 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z To the contrary, two senior Foreign Service officers admonished me for risking my career when I signed an internal dissent cable against the ban on travelers from several majority-Muslim countries in January 2017. Opinion | I can no longer justify being a part of Trump’s ‘Complacent State.’ So I’m resigning. 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z James Millward is a professor of history at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. Opinion | We need a better middle road on China. Here’s how we can find it. 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z As a Foreign Service family, we had been abroad for nine years and transferred home in late June 1976 in time to celebrate the Bicentennial. Opinion | We, the people, have been celebrating July Fourth for decades. That’s how it should be. 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z Our proposal establishes a similar program to pay the last two years of tuition for talented students who agree to enter the Foreign Service and serve overseas after graduation. Opinion | Compete with China? Support a GI Bill for diplomacy. 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z The writer is a retired Foreign Service minister counselor. Opinion | What the American people should expect from Foreign Service officers 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z Ask to read the commission of any Foreign Service officer, and you’ll see that we are hired to serve “during the pleasure of the President of the United States.” Opinion | I can no longer justify being a part of Trump’s ‘Complacent State.’ So I’m resigning. 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z She was active in organizations for Foreign Service spouses and foreign-born spouses of State Department employees. Community deaths 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z But 48 of 188 ambassadorial posts — about one in four — remain empty, according to the American Foreign Service Assn., which tracks the appointments. In his first year, Pompeo brought ‘swagger’ but made little progress on foreign policy priorities 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z Foreign Service recruiting is also plummeting, with fewer Americans taking its entrance exam today than at any point over the past decade. Opinion | Compete with China? Support a GI Bill for diplomacy. 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z By the end of the year, Pompeo predicts, more Foreign Service officers will be in place than ever before. On the road to swagger with Mike Pompeo: A year defending Trump’s worldview 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Chuck Park’s resignation from the Foreign Service is effective Thursday. Opinion | I can no longer justify being a part of Trump’s ‘Complacent State.’ So I’m resigning. 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z The writer is a retired Foreign Service officer who served as ambassador to Somalia during the Reagan administration. Opinion | Our diplomatic spoils system 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z Foreign Service, and currently serves as the designated federal official for the U.S. Trump nominates Louisiana native as Cape Verde ambassador 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Reading the book, you’ll appreciate why he is widely viewed as the best Foreign Service officer of his generation. Review | A cautious diplomat who couldn’t stop U.S. mistakes 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z In the 1960s, she accompanied her then-husband on a Foreign Service assignment to Nigeria, where she helped open what is now the American International School of Lagos, her daughter said. Virginia Walcott Beauchamp, pioneer of women’s studies, dies at 98 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Similarly, Georgetown said that about 31 percent of attendees at the School of Foreign Service programs in Summer 2016, Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 listed the District, Virginia and Maryland as their address. Analysis | Pompeo’s complaint about the ‘Boston-DC corridor’ is based on flawed data 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z He is a retired Foreign Service officer and longtime China hand who was intimately involved with the establishment of diplomatic relations. Perspective | Key diplomat in 1979 opening of U.S.-China relations says they are more strained than ever 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z He came to Georgetown to prepare for a career in the Foreign Service but changed his mind after working at Clyde’s. John Laytham, who helped Clyde’s restaurants prosper, dies at 74 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z It was a tradition that did not apply to male Foreign Service officers. Carleton Coon Jr., a diplomat in love and work, dies at 91 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z Ken Kero-Mentz, a Foreign Service officer with the State Department who has been posted in Iraq, Germany, Brazil and Sri Lanka, said his first day without pay would be next Wednesday. Washington’s Strong Economy, Financed by Taxpayers, Takes a Hit From Shutdown 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z We also checked the states listed by 113 ambassadors currently drawn from the Foreign Service. Analysis | Pompeo’s complaint about the ‘Boston-DC corridor’ is based on flawed data 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Training for new employees at the affected departments is on hold, including for emergency responders who help during disasters, Foreign Service officers and airport security screeners. Five days in, no end in sight for partial government shutdown 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Daniel L. Byman, a professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, said that a more robust policy toward Saudi airstrikes would not just be good for Yemeni civilians — it would also help the Saudis. Arms Sales to Saudis Leave American Fingerprints on Yemen’s Carnage 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z After joining Foreign Service that same year, he went on to serve in Germany, Syria, India, Iran and Morocco. Carleton Coon Jr., a diplomat in love and work, dies at 91 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z He initially joined the Foreign Service as an economics officer. Community deaths 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z She was raised in Northern Virginia and received a master’s degree from Georgetown University’s Foreign Service program and served as an analyst at the Defense Department before settling in the Orlando suburbs with her husband. Analysis | Different kind of Blue Dog Coalition intent on being a force in House 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Mr. Farouki is also listed on the website of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, which educates many future American diplomats. To Feed U.S. Troops, Businessman Violated Iran Sanctions, Charges Say 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Bush’s noblesse oblige and humility were on full display when, as a junior Foreign Service officer, I accompanied him during a visit to Jakarta, Indonesia, in 1995. Opinion | Readers remember George H.W. Bush 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Nancy McEldowney, a former head of the State Department’s Foreign Service Institute that trains diplomats, compared Pompeo to a man walking behind an elephant with a shovel to clean up the mess. Pompeo and Mattis criticized for defending U.S. alliance with Saudi Arabia 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z “Lots of Foreign Service, Peace Corps folks, military, and enthusiastic travelers,” she said. In Alexandria, a condominium complex is wrapped around a lively lifestyle 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z A nephew of Mr. Xi, China’s president, is a recent graduate of Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service. China’s Tactic to Catch a Fugitive Official: Hold His Two American Children 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z Mr. Martens was born in Kansas City, Mo. His Foreign Service assignments included Moscow, where he led U.S.-Soviet cultural exchange programs. Community deaths 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z The writer is a board member of the United Nations Association National Capital Area and was a senior Foreign Service officer at the U.S. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Omissions about space, time and . . . romance novels 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Bill Brown, a former CIA officer and adjunct professor at Georgetown School of Foreign Service, said Ri’s claims about overall economic stability aren’t without merit. North Korea’s stable exchange rates confound economists 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Audrey Lee, a career Foreign Service officer in her late forties, worked in a snug office on the ground floor. The Mystery of the Havana Syndrome 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z The 19-year-old said when she graduates from Harvard, she hopes to work for the Foreign Service and then settle down in the District because the city “played a really important role in who I am.” Perspective | Harvard’s affirmative action case isn’t just about race. This young woman explains why. 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z He retired as a Foreign Service chief inspector and then did consulting and ran crisis-management exercises at embassies in the Middle East until 2000. Community deaths 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z She eventually married a Foreign Service officer and accompanied him on assignments in Europe before settling in the Washington area in 1981. Community deaths 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Botha joined South Africa’s Foreign Service at 21 and held top diplomatic assignments, including simultaneous appointments in the 1970s as ambassador to the United Nations and to the United States. Roelof ‘Pik’ Botha, South African foreign minister during apartheid, dies at 86 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z A veteran of several Foreign Service tours, she felt at ease in Cuba—except for one peculiar incident. The Mystery of the Havana Syndrome 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Foreign Service who served as ambassador to Estonia from 2015 until his resignation in July. Opinion | I stepped down as U.S. ambassador to Estonia. Here’s why. 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Edwin “Ted” Kennedy Jr., 94, a Foreign Service officer who retired in 1988 as regional affairs officer for the U.S. Community deaths 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Agnes Crowley, 93, a Foreign Service secretary in Australia, Morocco and Sweden in the late 1940s and 1950s, died Aug. 22 at her home in Washington. Community deaths 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z A career Foreign Service officer who once served in Tunisia, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, Mr. Hale separately oversaw a key gathering with African leaders Wednesday to examine challenges ahead in the South Sudan peace process. John j. Sullivan, David Hale, Mark Green key to U.S. U.N. mission 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Foreign Service Officer was found dead in their residence in the overnight hours of Friday, September 21. US diplomat in Madagascar found dead in home, suspect reportedly in custody 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z The New York Times once called him “one of the brainiest and most professional members of the Foreign Service.” Ambassador’s home is on the market for first time in 60 years 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z He joined the Foreign Service in 1961 and served in cultural and public affairs assignments in Syria, Belgium, Iran, Cameroon and Germany. Community deaths 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z The writer served as a Foreign Service officer under seven presidents and was ambassador to Somalia. Opinion | What ‘Fear’ and the anonymous op-ed say about America 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z Some 30 ambassadorships still remain vacant, including those to Mexico, Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia, according to American Foreign Service Association records. For US diplomacy, special envoys make a comeback 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z She was the daughter of a career Foreign Service officer and was writing a book on practicing before the Foreign Service Grievance Board. Community deaths 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z After leaving law school to join the Marshall Plan administration in Europe, Hartman served the next four decades in the Foreign Service. Ambassador’s home is on the market for first time in 60 years 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z After retiring from the Foreign Service, he led inspections of U.S. embassies around the world until 2015. Notable deaths in the Washington area 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z Robert Blau, a retired Foreign Service officer and speechwriter for Trump’s presidential campaign, was named vice president of operations at the Millennium Challenge Corporation in May 2017. Appointed leader resigns from foreign aid agency used to give jobs to Trump supporters 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z “That list is an embarrassment to the U.S. government,” said Daniel Fried, a retired Foreign Service officer who coordinated anti-Russian sanctions in 2014 after Moscow’s annexation of Crimea. The tribulations of ‘oligarch’ No. 27 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z “As such, all Foreign Service Nationals are managed accordingly to ensure that Secret Service and United States Government interests are protected at all times.” Russian who worked at U.S. Embassy in Moscow was fired amid suspicions she was spying 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z As such, all Foreign Service Nationals are managed accordingly to ensure that Secret Service and United States Government interests are protected at all times. Exclusive: suspected Russian spy found working at US embassy in Moscow 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Then it went in and out of storage when Mary Ellen joined the Foreign Service and the family was posted hither and yon: five places over 25 years. Perspective | The metal sign in their garage was important. But why? And for whom? 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z The most controversial of the new appointees is Robert Blau, a retired Foreign Service officer who served as a speechwriter on Trump’s campaign. White House uses foreign aid agency to give jobs to Trump loyalists 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z After retiring the next year from the Foreign Service Board of Examiners, he helped establish a new State Department bureau for conflict stabilization. Community deaths 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z Many who attend the program aspire to work in the Foreign Service or do consulting work for the federal government. Before her arrest as an alleged Russian agent, Maria Butina’s proud defense of her homeland drew notice at American University 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z “It was courageous of him to come out publicly while he was a Foreign Service officer,” said Johnson, an associate professor of history at the University of South Florida. Tom Gallagher, Foreign Service officer who quit to live as openly gay, dies at 77 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z The writer is a retired Foreign Service officer and editor of the journal American Diplomacy. Opinion | Trump needs to stop tearing down NATO 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Investigators traced the IP addresses of the Kik and Dropbox accounts to an apartment in Alexandria and the Foreign Service Institute offices, according to court documents. State Department employee used work phone to produce child porn, say prosecutors 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Wiener, a District resident, was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. He was a judge advocate general in the Air Force, including three years in Turkey, before joining the Foreign Service. Community deaths 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z He applied to and was accepted by the Georgetown School of Foreign Service but could not attend; the tuition was too high. A Spymaster Steps Out of the Shadows 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z Gay activists hailed as a victory the commission’s ruling, which followed a federal-court decision, but it did not cover such agencies as the Secret Service, the FBI or the Foreign Service, which are administered separately. Tom Gallagher, Foreign Service officer who quit to live as openly gay, dies at 77 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Woodward was a Foreign Service officer and State Department official who served as U.S. ambassador to Canada. A Georgetown rowhouse built when Lincoln was in the White House 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Lenzi also said the employee evacuated last month was his neighbor, a fellow Foreign Service officer who was diagnosed with mild traumatic brain injury. China says probe sheds no light on mystery illness striking U.S. diplomats 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, the consulate held a town-hall meeting with the acting director general of the Foreign Service, William E. Todd, who also flew in. China Pledges to Investigate Fears of Sonic Attacks on U.S. Diplomats 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z At first, he and his wife thought that their neighbor — a fellow Foreign Service officer in the U.S. Opinion | A diplomat’s mysterious illness could jeopardize China’s relationship with the U.S. 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z He entered the Foreign Service in 1965 and married the next year. Tom Gallagher, Foreign Service officer who quit to live as openly gay, dies at 77 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Though no names were released, a Foreign Service officer, Mark Lenzi, told The Washington Post he would be evacuated along with his wife and 3-year-old son. Mystery illness striking diplomats in China afflicts more victims 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z He had long been interested in foreign affairs, so in 1956 he joined the Foreign Service. Frank Carlucci, defense secretary and tamer of federal bureaucracies, dies at 87 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z Lawrence Russell, 84, a retired Foreign Service officer who served primarily in consular positions from the 1960s to the mid-1990s at postings in Africa and Europe, died April 15 at his home in Washington. Washington-area obituaries of note 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z The Deseret News reports the retired Foreign Service officer helped organize a summit crucial to ending the Cold War and received recognition from the State Department for his courage during a civil war in Chad. Utah man nominated to be assistant secretary of state 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Dayton Mak, 100, a Foreign Service officer who worked in Germany, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Kuwait and Lebanon, specializing in Near East affairs, died March 16 at a care center in Washington. Washington-area obituaries of note 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z Lenzi also said the employee evacuated last month was his next-door neighbor, a fellow Foreign Service officer who was diagnosed with mild traumatic brain injury. Mystery illness striking diplomats in China afflicts more victims 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z When they finally spoke to her colleagues, they were surprised to find that what they saw as Raphel’s “incriminating behavior” with foreign contacts was viewed inside the Foreign Service as “simply old-school, relationship-driven diplomacy.” Review | The dangers of devaluing diplomacy and overvaluing the military 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z He joined the Foreign Service in 1950, was soon assigned to the newly created U.S. Washington-area obituaries of note 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z Many of the Foreign Service officers who emerged from these postings did so with a somewhat jaundiced view of Russia. The Quiet Americans Behind the U.S.-Russia Imbroglio 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z He was a Foreign Service officer from 1946 until 1970, when he retired as director of the Near East, South Asia Division of the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research. Washington-area obituaries of note 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z Given his background, there is growing reason to believe that Donald Trump understands the thugs in North Korea, China and Iran a whole lot better than the people who attended our prestigious Foreign Service academies. The lizard wisdom of Donald Trump 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Lawrence Dennis, a Southerner and a former Foreign Service officer, argued in a pair of books in the 1930s that radio and other mass media made Americans susceptible to suggestion. Opinion | Why Trump Is More Father Coughlin Than Franklin Roosevelt 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z James Lewis, a former Foreign Service officer with the U.S. Exclusive: U.S. considers tightening grip on China ties to... 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z He wrote 10 books and taught at Georgetown and the Foreign Service Institute. W.R. Smyser, U.S. diplomat turned historian of postwar Germany, dies at 86 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z He joined the Foreign Service in 1947 and held postings in South America and Europe, at times serving with the U.S. Washington-area obituaries of note 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z There is growing reason to believe that Donald Trump understands the thug mind a whole lot better than the people who attended our prestigious Foreign Service academies. The lizard wisdom of Donald Trump 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z The writer, a retired Foreign Service officer, is senior fellow at the Center for International Policy. Opinion | Searching for a good approach to Syria 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z But, like my Foreign Service colleagues, my first loyalty is to the task of diplomacy, not its bureaucracy. Opinion | Pompeo’s North Korea trip should not be held against him 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z He served in the Army and was stationed in Munich after college, and in 1954 joined the Foreign Service. W.R. Smyser, U.S. diplomat turned historian of postwar Germany, dies at 86 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z The State Department recently lost its chief North Korea negotiator, Joseph Yun, who retired from the Foreign Service, in part because of his frustration with his agency’s diminished role. If North Korea Talks Are Not Fruitful, ‘I Will Respectfully Leave,’ Trump Says 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Growing up in rural New Hampshire, she attended the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Women farmers lead the way in New Hampshire 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z Gallucci, a former dean at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, rejected those allegations. US think tank on Korea to close as SKorea cuts funds 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z He served in the Foreign Service from 1952 to 1980, then spent four years as a board member of Landoil Resources, a Filipino company that managed port facilities around the world. Washington-area obituaries of note 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z Dr. Smyser held a Foreign Service posting in Saigon, and in 1969 served as a member of the U.S. delegation at the Paris talks to end the Vietnam War. W.R. Smyser, U.S. diplomat turned historian of postwar Germany, dies at 86 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z Priscilla Goodby, 86, an economics analyst at the Federal Reserve Board from 1953 to 1962 who later accompanied her husband on his Foreign Service assignments, died Feb. 2 at a hospital in Washington. Washington-area obituaries of note 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Kaiser spent 33 years in the Foreign Service, including assignments in Eastern Europe and South Africa, before retiring in 1983. Herbert Kaiser, who helped train black medical professionals in South Africa, dies at 94 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z In addition to his Foreign Service career, from 1964 to 1985, Mr. Romberg served as director of the State Department’s Japan office and principal deputy director of the department’s policy planning office. Alan D. Romberg, China expert at State Department and think tanks, dies at 79 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z “What Tillerson tried to do was a disaster for the Foreign Service.” Nearly 200 former diplomats are alarmed at the state of American diplomacy 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Of a total of 188 foreign posts, 56 are vacant in 46 countries and 10 international organizations normally headed by an ambassador, according to the American Foreign Service Assn., the organization that represents diplomats. Trump receives new foreign ambassadors, but he's yet to name U.S. envoys to major postings 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Foreign Service officers at the embassy in Warsaw and in our consulates kept Washington informed of political developments in Poland, including the gradual release of Solidarity leaders. Russian consulate: ‘Gap in diplomacy’ 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z His recurring calls to bomb Iran and North Korea contrast sharply with the Foreign Service’s dictum of first exhausting diplomatic options before recommending military force. State Department braces for Bolton’s return 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z He titled his memoir “Surrender Is Not an Option,” and called the Foreign Service officers in the State Department’s East Asian and Pacific Affairs Bureau the “EAPeasers.” John Bolton, an Undiplomatic Voice for American Might 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z He worked for more than three decades in the Foreign Service. Washington-area obituaries of note 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z Colleagues are urging Pompeo to quickly name career ambassadors to vacant embassies, which would revive morale among Foreign Service officers. Opinion | Tillerson’s departure removes another check on an impulsive Trump 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z All of them are or were career Foreign Service officers, not political appointees. A top U.S. diplomat in Latin America leaves in protest, swelling an exodus 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z The department’s chief negotiator on the North, Joseph Yun, resigned from the Foreign Service last week. Planning Begins for Kim Jong-un Meeting Some Trump Aides Believe Will Never Happen 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z That challenge will be compounded because the State Department’s veteran North Korea negotiator, Joseph Yun, recently announced his retirement from the Foreign Service. Raising Hopes, North Korea Offers to Talk About Its Nuclear Arsenal 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z Robert Kohn, 77, a Foreign Service and Commercial Service officer who retired in 2004 as minister for commercial affairs at the U.S. Washington-area obituaries of note 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z If so, then maybe he should be in the State Department if he can pass the Foreign Service Officers Exam. Donald Trump Jr. Retreats From Foreign Policy on India Trip 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z He was a Mormon missionary in New Mexico and an Army officer before joining the Foreign Service. Washington-area obituaries of note 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z “There is indeed a correlation between how countries vote in the U.N. and how much aid they get,” said Erik Voeten, a professor in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Foreign aid cuts proposed, but ‘friends’ might be protected 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Foreign Service officer Darwin J. Flakoll, she collaborated on several novels and historical works about Nicaragua’s Sandinista National Liberation Front, the left-wing party that seized power in 1979 under Daniel Ortega. Claribel Alegría, Central American poet who wrote of personal and political anguish, dies at 93 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z He currently serves as the Korea program chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and is director of Asian studies at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. Disagreement on North Korea policy derails White House choice for ambassador to South Korea 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Foreign Service Institute and as senior vice president of the National Defense University, I was responsible for training military and civilian officers from more than 50 agencies throughout the federal government. Perspective | How to work for a president who loathes the civil service 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z “I’m going to go home and go back to sleep,” said one Foreign Service officer who declined to provide her name or the bureau where she works. ‘A huge pain’: Government shutdown briefly idles federal workers before reprieve 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z Joel Hellman, dean of Georgetown’s Walsh School of Foreign Service, on Monday released a statement saying Bernstein was stepping down from the board. Georgetown advisory-board member resigns after #MeToo tweet to conservative commentator 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Firestein, a former Foreign Service officer, had worked with the foundation before. Opinion | University rejects Chinese Communist Party-linked influence efforts on campus 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z A list maintained by the Washington-based American Foreign Service Association says eight such posts are vacant. Africa startled by Donald Trump’s sudden and vulgar attention 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z As a former Foreign Service Officer who had previously spent three years writing a book on Nasser's Egypt, I am leery about making any predictions about the Middle East. As Iranian Protesters Dig In, Officials Warn of Harsher Response 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z “Instead, State and the Foreign Service are being weakened and often sidelined.” Trump claims he's boosting U.S. influence, but many foreign leaders see America in retreat 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z President Trump this week nominated career Foreign Service officer Susan Thornton to be assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific. Inside the Ring: Trump seeks to expand American influence 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z She accompanied her husband on his Foreign Service assignments in Tanzania and South Korea. Washington-area obituaries of note 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z Monica Medina is an adjunct professor in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Opinion | The one best idea for ending sexual harassment 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z The State Department reportedly is encouraging senior, knowledgeable Foreign Service officers to leave. Opinion | He’s no Reagan on foreign policy 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Mr. Miller, a Chevy Chase resident, was born in Port Angeles, Wash. He served 30 years in the Foreign Service before retiring in 1991. Washington-area obituaries of note 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Nancy McEldowney, former director of the Foreign Service Institute, said she considers Tillerson an honorable man who has tried to do a job for which he is not a good fit. Rex Tillerson brushes off reports that he is being shown the door 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z As a professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, I see the consequences of all this firsthand. Opinion | The national security emergency we’re not talking about 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Applications for the Foreign Service are reportedly down and the department’s intention to no longer participate in the Presidential Management Fellows program is deeply disturbing. How Trump is slowly destroying America's national security agencies | Jeffrey H Smith 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z “Leadership matters,” said Nancy McEldowney, a former ambassador who retired in June after a 30-year career as a Foreign Service officer. Diplomats Sound the Alarm as They Are Pushed Out in Droves 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z Mr. Marsh was born in Scranton, Pa. He joined the Foreign Service in 1960 and served 36 years, retiring as U.S. permanent representative to the U.N. Washington-area obituaries of note 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z Foreign Service officers posted overseas scramble to avoid returning to Foggy Bottom, increasing the competition for the few foreign postings that come open. Rex Tillerson brushes off reports that he is being shown the door 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z According to AFSA, the number of individuals taking the Foreign Service exam this year is on track to plummet by more than 50 percent. Opinion | The national security emergency we’re not talking about 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Diplomacy is sputtering on one cylinder and many of our best and brightest Foreign Service Officers have quit in disgust. How Trump is slowly destroying America's national security agencies | Jeffrey H Smith 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z As more senior officials depart, interest in joining the Foreign Service is dwindling. Diplomats Sound the Alarm as They Are Pushed Out in Droves 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z This must be very dispiriting for workers at the Commerce Department, especially the members of its Foreign Service wing that represent the US around the world. Commerce Secretary’s Offshore Ties to Putin ‘Cronies’ 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z She said she has been flooded with applications from Foreign Service officers who over the first 11 months of the Trump administration have fled the State Department. Frustrated foreign leaders bypass Washington in search of blue-state allies 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z Stephenson also said that fewer Foreign Service officers are being recruited, and far fewer are taking the entrance exam, although State Department officials attribute this to an improving economy rather than a lack of interest. State Department’s plan for staff cuts causing new worry in Congress 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z As a Foreign Service officer, Mr. Trattner had been a press attache at U.S. embassies in Warsaw and Paris and an assistant to Deputy Secretary of State Warren M. Christopher in the late 1970s. John Trattner, editor of the Prune Book guide to politically appointed jobs, dies at 86 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z With fewer prospects for rewarding careers, the number of people taking its entrance exam is on track to drop by 50 percent this year, according to the Foreign Service Association. Diplomats Sound the Alarm as They Are Pushed Out in Droves 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z Because of a hiring freeze, intake into the Foreign Service will drop from 366 last year to 100 this year, she says. Opinion | Tillerson’s ‘redesign’ for State looks a lot like a retreat 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z “As of October 31, 2017, the Senior Foreign Service is comprised of 976 diplomats, with 63 waiting for Congress to attest their promotion into the senior ranks,” he said. Top ranks of career U.S. diplomats thin under Tillerson: union 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z “They dismiss the legitimacy of Foreign Service officers. They started working at breaking down morale from the get-go. There’s not a lot of trust there.” State Department’s plan for staff cuts causing new worry in Congress 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z Parents and the advocacy group, the Foreign Service Families with Disabilities Alliance, said the problem is that benefits started to decrease, without any formal change in regulations and without warning. State Department support for diplomats with children with disabilities is contracting 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z Afterward, Mr. Miller, a career Foreign Service officer, was pushed out, joining a parade of dismissals and early retirements that has decimated the State Department’s senior ranks. Diplomats Sound the Alarm as They Are Pushed Out in Droves 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z Kennedy had spent 44 years in the Foreign Service and was not particularly political, focusing instead on management and operations; he’d been appointed to his under-secretary position by President George W. Bush. Rex Tillerson and the Unraveling of the State Department 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z “As of October 31, 2017, the Senior Foreign Service is comprised of 976 diplomats, with 63 waiting for Congress to attest their promotion into the senior ranks,” he said. Top ranks of career U.S. diplomats thin under Tillerson: union 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Among the hires are about 300 new Foreign Service officers and almost 150 civil service employees. State Department’s plan for staff cuts causing new worry in Congress 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z A senior in Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service, the 23-year-old plans to graduate in December with a bachelor’s degree in international politics. ‘Insanely worried’: Students and colleges urge Congress to protect ‘dreamers’ 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z Among other things, this bill provides critical assistance to key allies, including Israel, Jordan and Tunisia; it funds democracy, governance and development abroad; and it supports the Foreign Service and other personnel serving overseas. Donald Trump Must Realize Diplomacy Protects America 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z “He’s trying to do the job of 30 people,” a 25-year veteran Foreign Service officer says. Rex Tillerson and the Unraveling of the State Department 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z “Once these promotions are attested, there will be 1,039 Senior Foreign Service Officers, a number nearly identical to the 1,058 Senior Foreign Service Officers at the same point in 2016.” Top ranks of career U.S. diplomats thin under Tillerson: union 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Barbara Stephenson, who heads the American Foreign Service Association union, wrote in a recent newsletter that senior leaders are departing at a “dizzying speed.” State Department’s plan for staff cuts causing new worry in Congress 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z He joined the Foreign Service in 1964, and his assignments as a political officer took him to Germany, Uruguay and Belgium. Washington-area obituaries of note 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z Brownfield is one of only three remaining diplomats with the title of career ambassador, the highest distinction in the Foreign Service. For veteran drug warrior and diplomat, retirement comes with tinge of regret 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z “I’ve lived in a lot of countries where conspiracy theories abound because people feel like they lack self-determination,” Nancy McEldowney, a 30-year career Foreign Service officer who retired in June, says. Rex Tillerson and the Unraveling of the State Department 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Foreign Service is projected to be cut by more than half this year from over 17,000 people in 2015, she said. Top ranks of career U.S. diplomats thin under Tillerson: union 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Barbara Stephenson, former U.S. ambassador to Panama and current president of the American Foreign Service Assn., called the diplomatic service “the most cost-effective tool in the national security tool kit.” Tillerson trims State Department staff and vows to make diplomacy more efficient 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Robert Hennemeyer, 91, a Foreign Service officer who retired in 1986 after two years as ambassador to Gambia, died Aug. 21 at a hospital in the District. Washington-area obituaries of note 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z Brownfield points out that at 65 he has reached the age when Foreign Service officers are expected to retire. For veteran drug warrior and diplomat, retirement comes with tinge of regret 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z As for the perception by many inside and outside Foggy Bottom that he wants to gut the Foreign Service, he said he doesn’t quite know how to respond. Rex Tillerson and the Unraveling of the State Department 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z “Once these promotions are attested, there will be 1,039 Senior Foreign Service Officers, a number nearly identical to the 1,058 Senior Foreign Service Officers at the same point in 2016.” Top ranks of career U.S. diplomats thin under Tillerson: union 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z She graduated from Barnard College and was studying for her master’s at Columbia University when she met Alan Wolfe, a Foreign Service officer. Nancy Dupree, American who spent decades preserving Afghan history, dies at 89 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z He joined the Foreign Service in 1952 and his assignments included consul general in Düsseldorf and Munich and deputy assistant secretary of state for consular affairs. Washington-area obituaries of note 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z Brownfield took the Foreign Service exam as a law student at the University of Texas, mostly he said, “because it was free.” For veteran drug warrior and diplomat, retirement comes with tinge of regret 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z After practicing law in San Francisco, she entered the Foreign Service in the early 1970s as a legal adviser. Washington-area obituaries of note 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Foreign Service is projected to be cut by more than half this year from over 17,000 people in 2015, she said. Top ranks of career U.S. diplomats thin under Tillerson: union 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z The American Foreign Service Assn., a nonprofit group that advocates on behalf of U.S. diplomats, voiced its support for an often beleaguered work force. Trump's odd thanks to Putin for expelling U.S. diplomats sparks anger among foreign service officers 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z “We support paring back the number of special envoys, especially when the function can be folded back into the bureaus, clarifying the lines of authority,” said Barbara Stephenson, president of the American Foreign Service Association. Diplomats Question Tactics of Tillerson, the Executive Turned Secretary of State 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z He asked to be sent to the Middle East after Foreign Service school but was assigned to Georgetown, Guyana. For veteran drug warrior and diplomat, retirement comes with tinge of regret 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z After retiring from the Foreign Service in 1997, she served as an election observer in Albania, Liberia and other countries. Washington-area obituaries of note 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Nancy McEldowney, a former career Foreign Service Officer and ambassador who now directs Georgetown University’s Master of Science in Foreign Service program, said she understands Tillerson’s desire for a more streamlined approach. Trump may host visiting leaders at his N.J. golf club during upcoming U.N. gathering 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z The State Department serves as the coordinating federal agency for U.S. policy interests, and its Foreign Service officers comprise the diplomatic corps. Opinion | The State Department doesn’t have a monopoly on Foreign Service officers 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z According to court filings, Roe began working for the Howards in Sanaa, Yemen, in 2007, when Linda Howard was a Foreign Service officer in the U.S. Former U.S. diplomat again found liable for sexually enslaving a housekeeper 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Instead, he will retire this month after nearly 40 years in the Foreign Service, adding to the list of seasoned U.S. diplomats leaving the government. For veteran drug warrior and diplomat, retirement comes with tinge of regret 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z He grew up there and in Vancouver, B.C., and joined the Foreign Service in 1963. Washington-area obituaries of note 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z |
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