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    Egyptian-Israeli General Armistice Agreement

    Dr. Ralph Bunche’s diplomatic career spanned from the mid-1940s to around 1970. Honored by the State Department as a “Hero of Diplomacy” in 2020, his many accomplishments include participating in the formation of the United Nations and brokering an armistice in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, for which he was awarded a Nobel…

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    November 1995: The Dayton Accords

    The choice of a U.S. military base in America’s heartland disappointed the Balkan leaders, Milošević in particular, who yelled, “I am not a monk! You…

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    March 1993: Attempts to Broker Peace

    In 1993, President Clinton worked quickly to search for a diplomatic solution to end the crisis, instructing Secretary of State Warren Christopher and U.S. Ambassador…

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    April 1992: War Breaks out in Bosnia

    By 1995, the name of Slobodan Milošević  had become familiar to most Americans.  As they watched the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and…

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    Diplomacy Ends a War: The Dayton Accords

    Secretary of State Warren Christopher addresses the Proximity Peace Talks on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 1995, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo/David…

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    AK-47 Rifle Vodka Bottle

    This bottle of vodka in the shape of an AK-47 assault rifle was a lighthearted gift from Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov to Secretary Colin Powell on the occasion of his 65th birthday in 2002. Also known as a Kalashnikov rifle, it was originally designed in the 1940’s for the Soviet military.…

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    United States Information Service Seal

    The United States Information Service (USIS) was the overseas arm of the U.S. Information Agency (USIA) -- the agency charged with carrying out our nation’s public diplomacy and exchange programs worldwide. USIA and USIS were merged with the Department of State in 1999. USIS offices overseas were folded into the Embassy’s public…

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    Day Planner from Bombed Embassy

    This day planner belonged to Foreign Service Officer Ellen Richard, one of the survivors of the August 1998 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi. Richard lost her eyesight due to injuries from the bombing, and her personal story of courage and resilience—like that of so many others—is inspiring. Her day planner…

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    Flag flown at U.S. Embassy Nairobi

    This flag graced the office of Colonel Ron Roughead, Chief of the U.S. Liaison Office in Kenya, at U.S. Embassy Nairobi. On August 7, 1998, in coordinated attacks by al Qaeda terrorists, U.S. Embassies Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, were devastated by car bombs. After the attack, the Embassy Nairobi Marine…

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    Isuzu Trooper Grille

    On August 7, 1998, Al-Qaeda terrorists set off coordinated deadly car bombs outside U.S. Embassy Nairobi, Kenya, and U.S. Embassy Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. The death and destruction at both sites was extreme. In Nairobi, U.S. Ambassador Prudence Bushnell suffered injuries as she was meeting with officials in a neighboring building that was damaged…