{"id":1832,"date":"2025-08-20T09:44:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T01:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/charlesray-author.com\/?p=1832"},"modified":"2025-08-20T09:44:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T01:44:16","slug":"mondays-with-members-american-academy-of-diplomacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/charlesray-author.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/20\/mondays-with-members-american-academy-of-diplomacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Mondays With Members – American Academy of Diplomacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome back to #<\/span>MondaysWithMembers<\/a>! Today we are highlighting the career of Amb. Charles Ray<\/a>. Ray served as US general consul in Vietnam and later as ambassador to Zimbabwe and Cambodia, later he served as the diplomat in residence at the University of Houston. Swipe through to see some photos of his amazing career!<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcf8 In 2010, presenting blankets to residents of an orphanage just outside Harare. The blankets were created by my RSO\u2019s father and donated to the Embassy.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcf8 Visiting the People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA) Archives in connection with an agreement with the Chinese to account for Americans missing in the Korean War and World War II, when I served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for POW\/Missing Personnel Affairs (2006-2009)<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcf8 Climbing the hill at the ruins of Great Zimbabwe in 2011<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcf8 Meeting with the dean and faculty of the Chinhoyi University of Technology, Zimbabwe, in 2011.<\/p>\n

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Welcome back to #MondaysWithMembers! Today we are highlighting the career of Amb. Charles Ray. Ray served as US general consul in Vietnam and later as ambassador to Zimbabwe and Cambodia, later he served as the diplomat in residence at the University of Houston. Swipe through to see some photos of his amazing career! \ud83d\udcf8 In … <\/p>\n

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