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Parent topics

• U.S. Department of State [r]: Agency of the executive branch of the U.S. government responsible for foreign policy and the conduct of American diplomacy. ^[e]

Subtopics

• Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Director General of the Foreign Service [r]: Add brief definition or description

Ranks

• Career Ambassador [r]: Highest career rank for Foreign Service Officers; usually not more than 5 active in the rank; rough military equivalent of lieutenant general to general ^[e]
• Career Minister [r]: Second highest rank for a U.S. Foreign Service Officer; protocol equivalent between major general and lieutenant general ^[e]
• FSO-1 [r]: Add brief definition or description
• FSO-8 [r]: Add brief definition or description

Members of the service

• Adrian Basora [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Ryan Crocker [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Elbridge Durbrow [r]: (1904-1997) United States of America Ambassador to the Republic of Vietnam (1957 - 1961), career diplomat and Foreign Service Officer. ^[e]
• Chas Freeman [r]: Withdrew nomination to head National Intelligence Council; expert panel, Iraq Study Group; retired Foreign Service Officer; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (1993-94); U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (1989-1992) ^[e]
• Charles Hill [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Christopher Hill (U.S. diplomat) [r]: Add brief definition or description
• John Negroponte [r]: A career U.S. diplomat now on the faculty of Yale University, whose tenure included Ambassadorships to Iraq, the United Nations, Honduras, and Mexico and serving as Director of National Intelligence ^[e]
• Frederick Nolting Jr. [r]: U.S. ambassador and head of the United States Mission to the Republic of Vietnam, from May 10 to August 15, 1963. A career Foreign Service Officer, he was preceded by Elbridge Durbrow, and succeeded by Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.. A supporter of Ngo Dinh Diem, he did not agree with the policy of U.S. support for a coup against Diem. ^[e]
• David Pearce [r]: US Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Ambassador to Algeria (2008-present); a senior advisor to U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker, and a planner of the "Surge" ^[e]
• Thomas Pickering [r]: Board of Directors, Henry L. Stimson Center; Executive Committee, Atlantic Council; Liberty and Security Committee, Constitution Project; Advisor, Partnership for a Secure America; Retired Foreign Service Officer and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs ^[e]

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• M. Terry Cooke [r]: Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Research Institute Asia Program and the principal director of GC3 Strategy, Inc., an international consultancy specializing in sustainability-related technologies and capital linkages between Asia and the U.S; was Director of Asian Partnership Development for the Geneva-based World Economic Forum. Prior Foreign Service Officer ^[e]
• Maxwell Taylor [r]: U.S. Army officer who commanded Airborne units in the Second World War, he rose to full general and Chief of Staff of the Army. Recalled from retirement by John F. Kennedy, he took on a number of politicomilitary roles including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Ambassador to South Vietnam. ^[e]
• Meghan O'Sullivan [r]: Add brief definition or description

• Secretary of State [r]: In Britain, the head of any of the more important government departments, or in the United States, the head of the State Department, which deals with foreign policy. ^[e]
• Thomas Ricks [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Tran Van Don [r]: Add brief definition or description
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security [r]: Add brief definition or description
• U.S. Department of State [r]: Agency of the executive branch of the U.S. government responsible for foreign policy and the conduct of American diplomacy. ^[e]
• U.S. Mission to Iraq [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Victor Krulak [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Viet Cong [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Viet Minh [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Vietnam War [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Vietnam wars [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Washington Report on Middle East Affairs [r]: Add brief definition or description