Archived GAC Evening Events

A brief summary of the mission and duties of a Foreign Service Officer

A brief summary of the roles of a U.S. diplomat

After 54 years, the U.S. Embassy in Havana is open again. CNN's Patrick Oppmann got an exclusive look as preparations are underway for John Kerry's visit.

Have you ever wondered why there are U.S. Embassies overseas and who works there? Were you ever curious about what diplomats do and how they serve the American people? Or who provides assistance in an international disaster?

In a frank and funny Q&A with Pat Mitchell from the Paley Center, former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright talks bluntly about politics and diplomacy, making the case that women's issues deserve a place at the center of foreign policy. Far from being a "soft" issue, she says, women's issues are often the very hardest ones, dealing directly with life and death. Since leaving office as U.S. Secretary of State in 2001, Madeleine Albright has continued her distinguished career in foreign affairs as a businesswoman, political adviser and professor.

Joey Hood, United States Consul General to the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, talks about how everything we think we know about diplomats is wrong.