{"id":12196,"date":"2017-11-16T21:53:32","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T21:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/?p=12196"},"modified":"2017-11-16T21:53:32","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T21:53:32","slug":"talk-life-foreign-service-ambassadors-view-nov-20-130-p-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/news\/talk-life-foreign-service-ambassadors-view-nov-20-130-p-m\/","title":{"rendered":"TALK | Life in the Foreign Service: An Ambassador\u2019s View | Nov. 20 | 1:30 p.m."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12198 size-half\" src=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/Ambassador-Mustard-Poster-375x485.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/Ambassador-Mustard-Poster-375x485.jpg 375w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/Ambassador-Mustard-Poster-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/Ambassador-Mustard-Poster-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/Ambassador-Mustard-Poster-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/Ambassador-Mustard-Poster-750x971.jpg 750w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/Ambassador-Mustard-Poster-1140x1475.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/Ambassador-Mustard-Poster.jpg 1275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Please join us for a discussion with Ambassador Mustard regarding careers in the State Department and his own path to becoming an Ambassador in Eurasia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ambassador Allan Phillip Mustard<\/strong>, the most senior Foreign Service Officer in the Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), class of Career Minister, was sworn in as U.S. Ambassador to Turkmenistan on November 25, 2014. He previously served as Agricultural Minister-Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, India. A widely recognized authority on agricultural and food aid policy, he has broad experience in guiding economic reform assistance throughout Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.\u00a0Ambassador Mustard received B.A.s in Political Science and Slavic Languages and Literature from the University of Washington.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Please join us for a discussion with Ambassador Mustard regarding careers in the State Department and his own path to becoming an Ambassador in Eurasia. 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