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News
By Anna Gawel
The Washington Diplomat

U.S. Beefs Up Civil Capacity
Recognizing the need to rebuild civil life in failed states and war zones, the State Department is assembling a Civilian Response Corps that would deploy federal officials to hotspots around the world, eventually tapping experts in the private sector...Read More
Energetic Eco-Competition
“Going green” has become a trendy catchphrase for all things environmental, but over the years Washington’s embassies have been taking tangible steps to reduce their carbon footprint and engage in some local eco-diplomacy...Read More
Denmark Walks the Walk
Special contributed by the Embassy of Denmark
Denmark recently became the first embassy in Washington to go completely carbon neutral, a vital step for a country set to host what is probably the world’s most consequential environmental gathering to hammer out a global climate change pact...Read More


Lifestyle
By Gail Scott
The Washington Diplomat

Busiest Diplomatic Turnover in Recent Memory
With an unprecedented number of new ambassadors coming into Washington this fall, it’s hard to keep track of all the new diplomatic faces around town — soon to join a new face in the White House, marking a major political turnover in the nation’s capital...Read More
30 Years of Ambassadors Ball
After 30 years, the Ambassadors Ball is still the unofficial beginning of Washington’s fall diplomatic social season — a major annual fundraising event by the National Multiple SclerosisSociety that attracts diplomats, Congress and other Washingtonians...Read More
Dutch Lens on Afghan Reconstruction
New Dutch Ambassador Renée Jones-Bos, Afghan Ambassador Said Tayeb Jawad and his wife Shamim hosted an opening reception at Washington’s Touchstone Gallery for the exhibit “In Afghanistan” by Dutch photographer Hans Stakelbeek...Read More
Finland’s Outrageous Chorus
The Finnish Embassy’s cultural team wanted to entertain their fellow cultural counselors with a special treat, and it just so happened that the Mieskuoro Huutajat, or Screaming Men’s Choir — known at home as “The Shouters” — was in town...Read More


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