foreign service
noun
: the field force of a foreign office comprising diplomatic and consular personnel
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The woman in question is a foreign service officer named Kate Wyler (Keri Russell), who is unexpectedly named U.S. ambassador to the U.K.
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Martha Bayles, National Review, 19 Dec. 2024
Heinecke, whose father was in the U.S. military and then the foreign service, was brought up in Asia, living in Japan, Hong Kong and Malaysia before moving to Bangkok as a teen.
—Ron Gluckman, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Indeed, representing India’s 1.2 billion people is a foreign service that is roughly the same size as that of New Zealand (population 4.4 million) or Singapore (5.3 million).
—Peter Martin, Foreign Affairs, 25 Jan. 2015
Mahbubani spent over 30 years in Singapore’s foreign service, and twice served as the Southeast Asian country’s representative at the United Nations.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 4 Nov. 2024
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Martha Bayles, National Review, 19 Dec. 2024
Heinecke, whose father was in the U.S. military and then the foreign service, was brought up in Asia, living in Japan, Hong Kong and Malaysia before moving to Bangkok as a teen.
—Ron Gluckman, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Indeed, representing India’s 1.2 billion people is a foreign service that is roughly the same size as that of New Zealand (population 4.4 million) or Singapore (5.3 million).
—Peter Martin, Foreign Affairs, 25 Jan. 2015
Mahbubani spent over 30 years in Singapore’s foreign service, and twice served as the Southeast Asian country’s representative at the United Nations.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Foreign service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20service. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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