James Franklin Jeffrey is an American diplomat who served most recently as the United States Special Representative for Syria Engagement and the Special Envoy to the International military intervention against ISIL.
The United States Foreign Service is the primary personnel system used by the diplomatic service of the United States federal government,under the aegis of the United States Department of State. It consists of over 13,000 professionals carrying out the foreign policy of the United States and aiding U.S. citizens abroad. Its current director general is Marcia Bernicat.
The Bureau of Diplomatic Security,commonly known as Diplomatic Security (DS),is the security branch of the United States Department of State. It conducts international investigations,threat analysis,cyber security,counterterrorism,and protection of people,property,and information. Its mission is to provide a safe and secure environment for officials to execute the foreign policy of the United States.
The Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) is the principal law enforcement and security agency of the United States Department of State (DOS),and is regarded as the premier global law enforcement and security organization for the U.S. Government. As the operational division of DOS Bureau of Diplomatic Security,its primary mission is to provide security to protect diplomatic assets,personnel,and information,and combat transnational crimes connected to visa and passport fraud. DSS also conducts counterterrorism,counterintelligence,cybersecurity and criminal investigations domestically and abroad. DSS is the most widely represented law enforcement and security organization in the world.
James Judd is a Canadian retired diplomat and senior civil servant. He served as the Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS). He was appointed to the position by Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin on November 29,2004 and retired from the position on June 27,2009,before the end of his term. He was succeeded by Richard Fadden,the former Deputy Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
Richard A. Boucher is an American diplomat who was deputy secretary-general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) from 2009 until 2013. He took up post on November 5,2009. Prior to joining OECD,he was the assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian affairs,a position he assumed on February 21,2006. The Bureau of South Asian Affairs was expanded to include the nations of Central Asia shortly before his confirmation.
A regional security officer (RSO) is a special agent of the U.S. Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) in charge of a regional security office. The RSO is the principal security attachéand advisor to the U.S. ambassador at American embassies and consulates. Working for the United States Department of State as special agents,RSOs are also considered to be officers of the State Department acting as specialists within the United States Foreign Service. The RSO is also the senior law enforcement representative at a U.S. Embassy.
Mobile Security Deployments (MSD) is a small specialized tactical unit within the Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) of the United States Department of State. The MSD provides U.S. embassies and consulates with security support,protects the Secretary of State and other U.S. officials,including domestically as well as visiting foreign officials,and also provides security training at U.S embassies and consulates.
Tracey Ann Jacobson is an American diplomat and a former United States ambassador to Turkmenistan,Tajikistan,Kosovo and Ethiopia. She served as the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from January 2017 through October 2017. She retired then returned to active duty in 2021 as the State Department's Director of the Afghanistan Task Force,and then as Chargéd’Affaires,ad interim,at the Embassy in Addis Ababa,Ethiopia. In January 2024,she was nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as the United States ambassador to Iraq.
Gregory B. Starr is an American diplomat and the former Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security. He was previously the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security. He was selected by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on May 6,2009.
Nancy Jo Powell was the United States Ambassador to India from April 2012 to May 2014.
The Award for Heroism is an award of the United States Department of State. It is presented to employees of State,USAID and Marine guards assigned to diplomatic and consular facilities in recognition of acts of courage or outstanding performance under unusually difficult or dangerous circumstances,whether or not in connection with the performance of assigned duties.
Roy Richard Rubottom Jr. was an American diplomat,most notable for being Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs from 1957 to 1960,a post in which he played a major role in engineering the United States' response to the Cuban Revolution.
William Lewis "Bud" Uanna was an American security expert,who gained prominence as a security officer with the Manhattan Project,which built the first atomic bomb during World War II.
Eric J. Boswell is an American diplomat who served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security from 2008 to 2012. He previously served in the same post from 1996 to 1998.
Francis Xavier Taylor was the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS),nominated by President Obama in 2014. In that role,he provided the Secretary,DHS senior leadership,the DHS components,and state,local,tribal and private sector partners with homeland security intelligence and information they need to keep the country safe,secure and resilient. DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis is a member of,and the Department’s liaison to,the U.S. Intelligence Community.
Leland B. Harrison was a United States diplomat. He held several high appointments in the foreign service,most notably as U.S. minister to Switzerland throughout World War II.
The Secretary’s Award is an award of the United States Department of State. It is presented to employees of State,USAID and Marine guards assigned to diplomatic and consular facilities in recognition of sacrifice of health or life,in the performance of official duties. It is somewhat similar in function to the U.S. military’s Purple Heart medal,though it tends to only be issued for serious injuries that are directly related to official duties.
Mohamed Kamel Amr is an Egyptian politician and diplomat who served as Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs between 2011 and 2013. He resigned from office on 30 June 2013.
Glyn Townsend Davies is a senior advisor at ASG,a strategy and commercial diplomacy firm. A career member of the U.S. Senior Foreign Service,he served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations International Organizations in Vienna from 2009 to 2011,as Special Representative for North Korea Policy from 2011 to 2014,and as Ambassador to Thailand from 2015 to 2018.
