foreign service

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Still, when their husbands die, ostensibly in a plane crash, Bea and Twila are grief-stricken — they have lost not only their husbands but their careers as foreign service wives.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026

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

At one point in February, Marocco tried ordering the immediate return of foreign service officers stationed abroad.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025

Instead, he filed it on the “dissent channel,” a forum that embassies created during the Vietnam War that let any foreign service officer express his personal view to higher-ups.

From Slate • Dec. 23, 2024

If he intended to go into foreign service, why did he not go at once?

From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida