The Foreign Service Journal, January 2013

50 JANUARY 2012 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL AFSA NEWS On Nov. 28, Senator Richard Lugar, R-Ind., was honored at a small luncheon at AFSA headquarters. The associa- tion presented him with a plaque in appreciation for his steadfast support of the Foreign Service and for bipartisanship in our foreign policy.   Senator Lugar, who is the senior Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and former com- mittee chairman, is leaving the Senate after 36 years of public service, during which time he became nationally known as a leader in for- GLIFAA, Continued from page 43 Top, Left to Right: Chief of Staff Cheryl Mills, GLIFAA President Ken Kero-Mentz, USAID Deputy Administrator Donald Steinberg and Deputy Assistant Secretary Daniel Baer listen as Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses the audience. Bottom, Left to Right: AFSA State VP Daniel Hirsch and AFSA President Susan Johnson congratulate GLIFAA co-founder David Buss on the organization’s 20 years of successful advocacy. Counselor and Chief of Staff Cheryl Mills, USAID Deputy Administrator Donald Steinberg and GLIFAA Presi- dent Ken Kero-Mentz deliv- ered remarks. Congressman David Cicilline, D-RI, GLIFAA co-founder David Buss and Deputy Assistant Secretary Daniel Baer also participated in the program.   A brief personal history of what it meant to be gay in the Foreign Service, knowing you could be fired at any moment for who you loved, came from David Buss, GLIFAA’s co- founder. He ended the pro- gram on a poignant note, “I can’t believe that we are here in this room, 20 years after we got together for brunch and founded GLIFAA. It’s an unbelievable feeling.” n PHOTOSBYDONNAAYERST DONNAAYERST eign affairs issues. He was awarded AFSA’s Lifetime Contributions to American Diplomacy Award in 2005. n AFSA Recognizes Sen. Richard Lugar for Support of FS Above, left to right: AFSA Governing Board member Mary Ellen Gilroy, Amb. Margaret Scobey, AFSA Governing Board member Keith Curtis, AFSA Executive Director Ian Houston, Sen. Richard Lugar, Amb. Bill Harrop, AFSA President Susan Johnson, Amb. Frank Almaguer, Amb. Thomas Boyatt and Amb. Charles Ford.