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AFSA stresses memorial and warns of disruptions as ceremony adds USAID wall and honors fallen colleagues
Summary
The American Foreign Service Association highlighted memorial stewardship and raised concerns about recent organizational disruptions; the ceremony featured the USAID memorial wall and announcement that three USAID staff will be added to the wall.
The American Foreign Service Association used the State Department—s Foreign Affairs Day ceremony to underscore stewardship of memorial plaques and to warn of recent disruptions to the foreign service, while the department confirmed additions to the USAID memorial wall.
Tom Yosgaredi, identified in remarks as AFSA president, recounted that AFSA maintains the memorial plaques and highlighted that 321 names are etched into the State Department plaques. He asked department leadership to place the USAID Memorial Wall "in…
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