Swearing-In

Today the members of the Vibrant 160th got sworn in.

I do solemnly swear

That I will support and defend

The Constitution of the United States

Against all enemies foreign and domestic,

That I will bear true faith

and allegiance to the same,

That I take this obligation freely,

Without any mental reservation

or purpose of evasion,

and that I will well and faithfully

Discharge the duties of the Office

on which I am about to enter,

So help me God.

Pretty powerful stuff.

We've completed six weeks of orientation where we were introduced to the profession of diplomacy, among other things, by some pretty wonderful and skillful coordinators.  On Monday we will head off on our separate ways getting additional trainings and preparing for posts all over the world.

And it's also Foreign Affairs Day - very serendipitous.

Congratulations to my colleagues in the Vibrant 160th!