Foreign Affairs Day for State Department Retirees

This year Foreign Affairs Day, the annual homecoming for State Department retirees, will take place on Friday, May 2, 2008. Deputy Secretary John D. Negroponte will deliver the Keynote Address in the Dean Acheson auditorium. Morning discussions will be followed by an elegant $40 luncheon for 250 attendees (first come, first served so please sign up early) in the Ben Franklin Room. Invitations will be mailed out in late February. If you would like to receive an invitation, please e-mail the following information to foreignaffairsday@state.gov: Last name: First name: Retirement date: Service type (CS or FS): Street address: e-mail address:

Plaque Ceremony
Steven Thomas Stefani, an employee of the Foreign Agricultural Service, who was killed in Afghanistan in October, 2007, and John M. Granville, USAID Foreign Service Officer, who was killed in a terrorist attack in Khartoum on Jan. 1, 2008 will be added to the plaque on May 2nd in the C Street Lobby. The Plaque Ceremony is generally held during the morning of Foreign Affairs Day, exact time TBA.

AFSA Foreign Affairs Day Reception

State Department Retirees are cordially invited to a hosted Foreign Affairs Day Reception on Friday, May 2 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the F Street Bistro at State Plaza Hotel, 2117 E Street N.W., across from the department.