diplomat

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"It's the most dangerous military mission that I know of," James Jeffrey, a military strategist and top US diplomat for the Middle East, told the BBC.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Magyar, 45, is a former Fidesz insider who joined the party as an enthusiastic student, married the former Fidesz justice minister, and worked as a Hungarian diplomat in Brussels.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Europe’s most eager recipient of updates from America was Silas Deane, a Connecticut politician whom Congress had sent to Paris in March 1776 as a secret diplomat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Japan’s top currency diplomat Atsushi Mimura warned of “decisive action” against speculative moves driving the yen’s decline near 160 to the dollar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Someone’s father was a diplomat; another’s was an Oxford don.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover