An Iowan's dispatch from the capital
We've been in the Washington, D.C., area for the past five weeks. I lived and worked here not so many years ago, just a couple of blocks from the National Mall, at the State Department. My final year as a foreign service officer was spent working as a liaison with Capitol Hill, taking ambassadorial nominees to meet senators and helping them through their confirmation hearings. I worked the Hill in my subsequent job as well.
Source: thegazette.com