Category: Eyewitness
A U.S. Foreign Service National in Hué during the Tet Offensive
by J.R. Bullington Foreign Service National employees, the locally hired staff at U.S. diplomatic and consular posts, share many of the same challenges and dangers as their American colleagues. Particularly in wartime situations, their service to the United States can … Read more
Joining the Foreign Service: Then, Now, and In-Between
by Renee Earle A senior active-duty Foreign Service Officer examines the process of entering the Foreign Service, from the Rogers Act of 1924 to the present. She looks at how the changing needs of the Foreign Service have affected the … Read more
Sixty Years of Studying Malaya/Malaysia
by Ronald D. Palmer At a ceremony at the Malaysian Embassy in Washington marking the fiftieth anniversary of Malaysian independence on November 17, 2007, Ambassador Ron Palmer, who was ambassador to Malaysia in 1981-82 and served as president of the … Read more
A Democracy-Building Success Story
U.S. Assistance to the Philippines after Marcos
by Al La Porta
How I Became Interested in a Career in Diplomacy
It Was Willy Nilly
by Bobbie Bergesen Riedel