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Realities of Foreign Service Life, Volumes 1 and 2: Writers from the Foreign Service community share their first-hand experiences and insights through essays on Foreign Service life. A great gift for newcomers or veterans of the Foreign Service and especially useful for anyone considering a Foreign Service career! Read more about Realities of Foreign Service Life here and order your copy!

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Nominations are being solicited for the Secretary of State Award for Outstanding Volunteerism Abroad (SOSA) and the Eleanor Dodson Tragen Award. The deadline for both awards is September 12, 2008. Click here for more information.

Congratulations to Jason Curtis, winner of the AAFSW Scholar academic merit award for 2008. Click here for more information about this, and other academic awards administered by the American Foreign Service Association Scholarship Program. AAFSW members, click here to read more about Jason and the awards ceremony, which will take place on May 2, 2008.

Spousal employment in a world of dual career couples is a bigger problem than ever for our internationally mobile community. Click here to find out how you can contribute to Professional Fellowships for Foreign Service family members!

AAFSW's May Program: "An Update of U.S.-Mexican Relations as Viewed by Mexico." Tuesday, May 20, 2008, 10-12 PM. AAFSW members, click here for more information, and to reserve your seat for this program.

AAFSW is proud to sponsor "Life After the Foreign Service." With each Job Search Program offered three times a year by the State Department's FSI Transition Center, AAFSW sponsors a morning session for the spouses. Upcoming dates are August 4, and October 6, 2008. Click here for more information about this valuable program.

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