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I have now been officially sworn in as a representative of the United States of America. Well, technically I was sworn in seven weeks ago so that I could be paid, but I have now been ceremonially sworn in and by the Secretary of State, no less.
It’s been a busy, draining, fantastic seven weeks, but, alas, the A-100 Foreign Service Officer Orientation has come to an end. Well, almost.
The big news is slowly sinking in. In less than one year from today, we’ll be sitting in our Kiev apartment slurping borscht and discussing NATO in Russian. Something like that anyway.
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