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https://www.europesays.com/news/25326/ Conservative Group’s Influence Inside the State Department Raises Alarms #bass #ChristopherT(1963) #DiplomaticService #DiversityInitiatives #EmbassiesAndConsulates #ForeignService(US) #GregoryW #Headlines #HeritageFoundation #HiringAndPromotion #JohnR #Landau #Marco #Meeks #News #rubio #StateDepartment #TopStories #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment

https://www.europesays.com/news/25314/ Amid hiring push, State Dept finalizes hundreds of layoffs initiated last summer #AmericanForeignServiceAssociation #ForeignService #Headlines #JasonEvans #JoaquinCastro #News #OfficeOfPersonnelManagement #ReductionInForce #StateDepartment #TopStories

https://www.europesays.com/africa/199874/ Ambassador Mohammed Mahmud Lele dies at 50 #Algeria #AmbassadorDesignate #Ankara #BauchiState #BolaAhmedTinubu #Diplomat #DunomaUmarAhmed #ForeignService #MinistryOfForeignAffairs #MohammedMahmudLele #Nigeria #NigerianAmbassador #NigerianDiplomat #NigerianForeignService

Former career #diplomat who served as director of the #CIA, deputy Secretary of #State, served 32 years in the #UnitedStates #ForeignService & 7 years as president of the Carnegie Endowment for International #Peace William J. Burns writes ‘A Letter to America’s Discarded Public Servants’

“You all deserved better.”

#GiftArticle #Trump #RevengePolitics #retribution #CivilServants #PublicService #MassLayoffs #labor #law #WeaponizationOfGovernment
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/10/trump-retribution-public-servants/683914/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxWgvPL95XrR70qjeawHGu7Y

The total reduction in the workforce [#RIF] will be ~3k, including the *voluntary* departures, acc/to the notice & a senior #State Dept ofcl, out of the 18k employees based in the #US.

The move is the first step of a restructuring that #Trump has sought to ensure US #ForeignPolicy is aligned with his "America First" agenda. Fmr diplomats & experts say the firing of #ForeignService officers risks America's ability to counter the growing assertiveness from adversaries such as #China & #Russia.

The #State Dept began firing >1,350 #US based employees Friday as the #Trump admin goes ahead with an unprecedented overhaul of its #DiplomaticCorps, undermining US ability to defend & promote interests abroad.

The #layoffs, which affect 1,107 #CivilService & 246 #ForeignService officers in the US, come as the US faces multiple global #crises: #Russia's war in #Ukraine, the #Gaza conflict, & the #MiddleEast on edge due to tensions between #Israel & #Iran.

#SoftPower
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/state-department-says-it-will-fire-more-than-1350-workers-trumps-shake-up-2025-07-11/

#AustinTice, a former Marine who graduated from the #Georgetown School of #ForeignService & was also enrolled in #law school there, was abducted in August 2012 after traveling to a suburb of Damascus. Weeks later, he appeared blindfolded in a video w/masked men carrying assault rifles. Former American ofcls believe that the video might have been a ruse to blame militants for his abduction.

#journalism #WarCorrespondence #Assad #Syria #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw

#AustinTice, a former Marine who graduated from the #Georgetown School of #ForeignService & was also enrolled in #law school there, was abducted in August 2012 after traveling to a suburb of Damascus. Weeks later, he appeared blindfolded in a video w/masked men carrying assault rifles. Former American ofcls believe that the video might have been a ruse to blame militants for his abduction.

#journalism #WarCorrespondence #Assad #Syria #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw

#AustinTice, a former Marine who graduated from the #Georgetown School of #ForeignService & was also enrolled in #law school there, was abducted in August 2012 after traveling to a suburb of Damascus. Weeks later, he appeared blindfolded in a video w/masked men carrying assault rifles. Former American ofcls believe that the video might have been a ruse to blame militants for his abduction.

#journalism #WarCorrespondence #Assad #Syria #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw

#AustinTice, a former Marine who graduated from the #Georgetown School of #ForeignService & was also enrolled in #law school there, was abducted in August 2012 after traveling to a suburb of Damascus. Weeks later, he appeared blindfolded in a video w/masked men carrying assault rifles. Former American ofcls believe that the video might have been a ruse to blame militants for his abduction.

#journalism #WarCorrespondence #Assad #Syria #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw

#AustinTice, a former Marine who graduated from the #Georgetown School of #ForeignService & was also enrolled in #law school there, was abducted in August 2012 after traveling to a suburb of Damascus. Weeks later, he appeared blindfolded in a video w/masked men carrying assault rifles. Former American ofcls believe that the video might have been a ruse to blame militants for his abduction.

#journalism #WarCorrespondence #Assad #Syria #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw

‘Foreign Service’ Embassy Comedy In Works At NBC
#News #AaronBrownstein #ForeignService #NBC #SimonGanz

https://deadline.com/2025/04/foreign-service-embassy-comedy-nbc-1236370419/

A federal judge on Friday said he would order the #Trump admin to halt elements of its attempt to shut down #USAID.

Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, said after a hearing that he would issue a temporary #RestrainingOrder pausing the imminent administrative leave of 2,200 USAID employees & a plan to withdraw the agency’s overseas workers.

The lawsuit filed was by the largest #union representing #FederalWorkers & the union representing #ForeignService Officers.

#law
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/07/us/trump-administration-updates/judge-will-freeze-elements-of-trump-plan-to-shut-down-usaid?smid=url-share

started a #wikipedia article on US diplomat Lillie Maie Hubbard (1898-1997?), very likely the first African-American woman to serve overseas in the US foreign service. From 1922 to 1961, her placements included Liberia, Portugal, the Azores, the Canary Islands, Havana, and Rio de Janeiro; she was vice-consul at the last two posts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillie_Maie_Hubbard @wikiwomeninred #BlackHistoryMonth #foreignservice #Liberia #Portugal #Cuba #Brazil #WEBDuBois

Sen. Marco Rubio, Trump’s pick for Secretary of State, has his first Senate hearing tomorrow.

As the president’s top foreign policy adviser, he would oversee and implements the president’s foreign policies through the #StateDepartment, which includes several agencies, such as the #ForeignService. A political scientist describes this role:
https://theconversation.com/us-secretary-of-state-has-an-expansive-job-that-could-make-or-break-peace-deals-and-key-foreign-alliances-245738 #MarcoRubio #foreignpolicy

Scores of senior career diplomats are resigning from the #State Dept effective at noon on Monday after receiving instructions to do so from #Trump’s aides, said 3 US officials….

The forced departures, aimed at establishing a decisive break from the #Biden admin, will see an exodus of decorated #veterans of the #ForeignService, including John Bass, the undersecretary for management & acting under secretary for political affairs, & Geoff Pyatt, the asst secretary for #energy resources…

#Security

started a #wikipedia article recently on American foreign service officer Dorothy Robins-Mowry (1921-2021), held cultural posts at US embassies in Tokyo (1960s) and Tehran (1970s): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Robins-Mowry @wikiwomeninred @wikiasianmonth #CollegeofWooster #USIA #foreignservice

𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘

✧ Addie Viola Smith ✧

Addie Viola Smith (1893–1975) was an American attorney who served as the U.S. trade commissioner to Shanghai from 1928 to 1939, the first female Foreign Service officer in the U.S. Foreign Service to work under the Commerce Department, and the first woman to serve as trade commissioner. A native of Stock...

#AddieViolaSmith #ForeignService #CommerceDepartment #Smith #UnitedNations #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addie_Viola_Smith

𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘

✧ Addie Viola Smith ✧

Addie Viola Smith (1893–1975) was an American attorney who served as the U.S. trade commissioner to Shanghai from 1928 to 1939, the first female Foreign Service officer in the U.S. Foreign Service to work under the Commerce Department, and the first woman to serve as trade commissioner. A native of Stock...

#AddieViolaSmith #ForeignService #CommerceDepartment #Smith #UnitedNations #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addie_Viola_Smith

𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘

✧ Addie Viola Smith ✧

Addie Viola Smith (1893–1975) was an American attorney who served as the U.S. trade commissioner to Shanghai from 1928 to 1939, the first female Foreign Service officer in the U.S. Foreign Service to work under the Commerce Department, and the first woman to serve as trade commissioner. A native of Stock...

#AddieViolaSmith #ForeignService #CommerceDepartment #Smith #UnitedNations #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addie_Viola_Smith

𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘

✧ Addie Viola Smith ✧

Addie Viola Smith (1893–1975) was an American attorney who served as the U.S. trade commissioner to Shanghai from 1928 to 1939, the first female Foreign Service officer in the U.S. Foreign Service to work under the Commerce Department, and the first woman to serve as trade commissioner. A native of Stock...

#AddieViolaSmith #ForeignService #CommerceDepartment #Smith #UnitedNations #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addie_Viola_Smith

…The #StateDepartment said Sullivan’s decades-long career in the #ForeignService were “exemplary” & Vance’s “unfounded criticism against her work do not accurately reflect her #service to our country.”…

started a #wikipedia article on Monique Cossard (1921-2023), a French instructor and textbook author who worked for the U.S. Foreign Service from 1951 to 1984: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monique_Cossard @wikiwomeninred @lessanspages #ForeignService @statedept

Asian American Officials Cite Unfair Scrutiny and Lost Jobs in China Spy Tensions - National security employees with ties to Asia say U.S. counterintelligence officers wrong... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/31/us/politics/china-spy-asian-americans.html #diplomaticserviceembassiesandconsulates #unitedstatesinternationalrelations #espionageandintelligenceservices #federalbureauofinvestigation #commercedepartment #foreignservice(us) #chinese-americans #asian-americans #statedepartment

#Satterfield, a fmr US ambassador to #Turkey who is director of the Baker Inst for #PublicPolicy at Rice Univ, “will lead US #diplomacy to urgently address the #HumanitarianCrisis in #Gaza,” the State Dept said.

He has nearly 40 yrs of experience in the Middle East, w/ #ForeignService assignments in #Syria, #Tunisia, #SaudiArabia & 2 tours in #Lebanon. He also served as NSC staff director.

#Israel #Hamas #war #Terrorism #InternationalHumanitarianLaw #MiddleEast #geopolitics