foreign service

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Michael holds a B.S. in foreign service from Georgetown University, an M.A. in Russian studies from Indiana University at Bloomington and a PhD in history from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

And then they tell the career civil servants and foreign service officers and military people, “This is what we want to get at the negotiating table. How do we do that?”

From Salon • Aug. 12, 2025

For the past three years, he says, India has maintained contact with the Taliban through a foreign service diplomat.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2025

Once in a great while, a diplomatic memorandum—the outline of a proposed change in policy sent from a foreign service officer to his political masters back in Washington—has momentous impact.

From Slate • Dec. 23, 2024

I'll cross the country this very night, and away to Edinburgh, where there are troops raising for foreign service.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 by Various