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Visiting Central Illinois

Oct. 24 – 27, 2023, I visited Peoria and Springfield, Illinois to speak to their World Affairs Councils on ‘Blueprint for a Modern American Diplomatic Service. I also met with several groups of college and high school students to talk about careers in foreign affairs and had a chance to see some of the famous sites in the area.

The two photos at the bottom are me with a Park Service guide in front of Abraham Lincoln’s home in Springfield on the left and a statue of Lydia Moss Bradley in front of Bradley University, the co-educational school she founded in the 1800s.

With my host and guide Don Samford at lunch with Peoria’s mayor

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Speaking in Maine: Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations: Ambassador Charles Ray

Thursday, August 31, 2023

This week’s Speaking in Maine returns to the Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations for a talk by Ambassador Charles Ray. Ray, a member of the Board of Trustees and Chair of the Africa Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, served as U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Republic of Zimbabwe. In addition, he was the first U.S. Consul General to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, opening the Consulate General there in 1998. His talk, “Why Africa Matters,” was recorded on Monday, August 14th, 2023.

Click HERE to listen.

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