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The Weekly Leaf

The Weekly Leaf

This week, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy Keith Kellogg and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met in Kyiv following talks between U.S. and Russian officials in Saudi Arabia, the foreign ministers of the G20 met in Johannesburg, and M23 rebels captured Bukavu...
William Burns

William Burns

Bill Burns, who became Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in 2021, is the first career diplomat to lead the Agency. Director Burns holds the highest rank in the Foreign Service –Career Ambassador- and is only the second serving career diplomat in history to...
Arati Prabhakar

Arati Prabhakar

Arati Prabhakar, Ph.D., is Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and Assistant to the President for Science and Technology. In this capacity, Prabhakar is the President’s Chief Advisor for Science and Technology, a member of the...
Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield was nominated by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. to be the Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations as well as the Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United...
Alejandro N. Mayorkas

Alejandro N. Mayorkas

Alejandro Mayorkas was sworn in as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security by President Biden on February 2, 2021. A political refugee born in Havana, Cuba, Mayorkas is the first Latino and immigrant confirmed to serve as Secretary of Homeland Security. He...
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