The Foreign Service Journal, January-February 2024

6 JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2024 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL 87 Reflections The Opening of U.S. Embassy Nuku`alofa By Tom Armbruster 90 Local Lens Hanoi, Vietnam By Trevor Hublin On the Cover—Illustration by Caryn Suko Smith, Driven By Design. Elements from iStockphoto.com/gradts/bagotaj. Marketplace 81 Real Estate 85 Classifieds 86 Index to Advertisers 7 President’s Views 2024: Celebration, Reflection— and Looking Forward By Tom Yazdgerdi 9 Letter from the Editor Kicking Off the Centennial By Shawn Dorman 16 Speaking Out State’s Pledge to Stop Promoting Bullies By Zia Ahmed Perspectives Departments 10 Letters 12 Talking Points 74 In Memory 78 Books AFSA NEWS THE OFFICIAL RECORD OF THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION 39 C elebrating the Foreign Service and AFSA Centennial 40 State VP Voice—New Year’s Resolutions in Leadership and Labor Management 41 USAID VP Voice—What’s in Store for ’24 42 FAS VP Voice—It’s Not All Unicorns and Rainbows? 43 FCS VP Voice—No Wind in Our Sails 43 AFSA Congratulates JSTP Graduates 44 Retiree VP Voice—Retiree Resolutions 44 Webinar—The View from Washington 45 AFSA Good Works—Scholarship Program 46 AFSA Honors 2023 Sinclaire Language Award Recipients 46 AFSA Governing Board Meeting, November 15, 2023 47 AFSA Tax Guide—2023 Federal and State Tax Provisions for the Foreign Service 58 A FSA Tax Guide—2023 State Tax Provisions 68 AFSA Tax Guide—2023 State Pension and Annuity Tax 47

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