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As President Biden embarks on his reelection campaign, a majority of American voters are dissatisfied with his stewardship of the U.S. economy. Aware of the general angst among the electorate, Biden is threading the needle by saying he’s running on the strength of his overall record, while vowing to “finish the job” that he started when he stepped into the Oval Office. It’s a daunting task, with an overwhelming majority of registered voters expressing deep pessimism about the economy: 40...

House Republicans plan to deliver a subpoena to Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday for classified cables related to the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, marking an unprecedented effort to force the release of sensitive documents to Congress.

AFSA will host its annual awards ceremony at the Department of State's Dean Acheson auditorium from 3:00-5:00 p.m. on October 19. A reception will follow in the National Museum of American Diplomacy atrium from 5:00-6:00 p.m. The registration link to this year’s ceremony can be found here. We kindly ask that any attendees respond by October 3 using the link provided. Those who

Published February 07. 2021 10:18AM  Carol Sommer Hiram “Harry” Bingham IV spent from 1937 to 1941 in France in the U.S. diplomatic corps, issuing visas. Many of his clients were refugees seeking safety in America from Nazi persecution. Some of them were famous, some weren’t, but they all had one thing in common: they were fleeing death. His work, much of it in defiance of government orders, was so stressful that, although he was a young man, the experience turned his hair completely whi...