Summary: The State Department celebrates Foreign Affairs Day each May as part of Public Service Recognition Week. Former diplomats treat it as a kind of homecoming. But it’s also a solemn occasion to honor employees who have died in service of American Diplomacy. The American Foreign Service Association added 71 names of the fallen this year to a memorial plaque in the lobby of the department’s headquarters. The names span generations of federal service. For more on this ongoing project, Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman spoke with association President Eric Rubin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
