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State Dept settlement lowers barriers for Foreign Service applicants with disabilities

The State Department has finalized changes expected to it easier for people with disabilities to join the Foreign Service.

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State Dept faces subpoena for confidential records. Diplomats fear chilling effect

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State Dept. reaches settlement in 16-year disability discrimination lawsuit

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Exclusive Federal employees teleworking overseas will get a pay boost under NDAA provision

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AFGE joins calls to fire State Dept diplomat for allegedly posting antisemitic content

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State Department rethinks how it vets Foreign Service candidates to diversify ranks

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An inside look at the State Department during a war in Europe

FILE - A view of the U.S. embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. One by one, embassies and international offices in Kyiv closed. Flight after flight was canceled when insurance companies balked at covering planes arriving in Ukraine. Hundreds of millions of dollars in investment dried up within weeks. With Russian troops encircling much of the country, Ukrainian businesses large and small no longer plan for the future, they can barely foresee what will happen week to week. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko, File)

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Ukraine: It's personal and professional, Part II

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State Dept. adds generations of fallen diplomats' names to memorial wall

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Steadying the foreign policy ship after a change in administration