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Cable
A written report exchanged between diplomatic missions, such as a consulate or an embassy, and the State Department.
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Chancery
The office space where the Chief of Mission and his staff work. This office is sometimes called the embassy, but, technically, the embassy refers to the diplomatic delegation itself.
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Chargé d'affaires
Formerly, a chargé d'affaires was the title of a chief of mission, inferior in rank to an ambassador or a minister. It is still used as the title of the head of a US mission where the US and other nation do not have full diplomatic relations. Today with the a.i. (ad interim) added, it designates the senior officer taking charge for the interval when a chief of mission is absent from his/her post or the position is vacant.
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Chief of Mission
Usually called an ambassador, this is the ranking officer in an embassy or permanent mission and the personal representative of the head of state of their nation.
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People
Clifton R. Wharton, Sr.
Death April 25, 1990 Recognition/Achievement First African American Foreign Service Officer to become an Ambassador Role/Rank Ambassador Biography Clifton Wharton earned a master of law…
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Colonization
The act of one country settling and establishing control of another country and then occupying it by settlers from the colonizing country.
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Communiqué
A brief public summary statement issued following important bilateral or multilateral meetings.
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Conciliation
An effort to achieve agreement and, it is hoped, increased goodwill between two opposed parties.
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Practices
Conflict Diamonds
The Department of State, through the Office of Threat Finance Countermeasures, helps to coordinate the U.S. commitments to the Kimberley Process. Through its commitment to upholding the…
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Consul
A consular officer of high rank, often at the First Secretary level, within an embassy.
