As USAID ends operations, a former officer proposes four ways the State Department can build a more effective foreign ...

On July 11, the U.S. Department of State fired 1,107 civil servants and 246 Foreign Service officers with assignments in the United States. Among the latter were exceptional colleagues of ...

The unfortunate and untimely death of a young Foreign Service Officer in a suicide bombing on April 6 in Afghanistan’s Zabul province has drawn attention to the careers of U.S. diplomats.

Two-hundred Foreign Service officers provided their ideas, whittling down 25 ideas to . Association officials are scheduled to meet with department leaders Monday, Nov. 19 to compare ideas.

7. Management: A Foreign Service Officer attempting to help a foreign citizen is struggling with a language barrier. The most effective way the FSO might facilitate communication is to ...

For the foreign service officer, life is much the same wherever the post may be. But for their families, each new post brings dramatic changes. In the final installment of our two-part series ...

The first name on the plaque is that of William Palfrey, who was “lost at sea” in 1780. I want to especially note the names of over 30 Foreign Service officers who were killed in the Vietnam War.

Deputy Assistant Secretary Gabriel Escobar of the U.S. Department of State discussed the importance of diversity in foreign service and how diversity has shaped the State Department at Georgetown’s ...

Today, 250 names appear on two such plaques commemorating Foreign Service officers who have died at the hands of assassins, bombings, and terrorist attacks.

At a certain point, it became impossible. SHAPIRO: If foreign service officers left every time there was a presidential policy or president that they disagreed with, the whole system would crumble.

A foreign service officer resigned from the State Department effective Thursday, writing in a blistering op-ed in The Washington Post that he could no longer serve in "The Complacent State ...