The following list is compiled from a Declaration of Support for Senator Obama sent around the retired Foreign Service community. The people on this list represent thousands upon thousands of years of service in embassies and consulates around the world, in all manners of service to this great nation. There are bound to be any number who served their country in multiple capacities, some of which will never see the light of day. They were good at their jobs, and served honorably to represent the United States in all manners of peace and conflict. These are the diplomats, ambassadors, and foreign service professionals that followed in the steps of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson. Of those in the government that understand the tensions and dealings with foreign powers and various incendiary elements in the world, these are the cream of the crop.

Abbott, Luisa Jones, Ambassador George F. (Ret.) Abbott, Wilson Lynn Jones, Ralph T. Adair, Marshall Keene, Douglas R. Ahlgren, Charles S. Keiswetter, Allen Apsler, Ruby Kemper, Joseph M. Arndt, Richard T. Kendall, Harry Arnold, Terrell Kiesling, John Brady Austin, Sheldon Kilgour, Mary C. Ayers, Patricia Connor King, Wayne Aylward, Rayna Kinzer, George Bahl, Byron Korff, Michael Baker, Robert Korky, Ann Baldyga, Leonard Kuchel, Ambassador Roland K. (Ret.) Bandler, Ambassador Donald K. (Ret.) Kushlis, Patricia Barnes, Ambassador Shirley Elizabeth (Ret.) Kushlis, William J. Barnett, Elizabeth LaGamma, Robert R. Barry, Ambassador Robert L. (Ret.) Lambert, Lynne Bathrick, David D. Lanpher, Ambassador Edward Gibson (Ret.) Battle, Ambassador Vincent M. (Ret.) Laroche, Dick Bay, Janice Friesen Latham Jr., Ernest H. Beans, Timothy T. Lauderdale, Ambassador, Clint (Ret.). Beebe, James Leidel, Ambassador Donald C. (Ret.) Beecroft, Ambassador Robert M. (Ret.) LeMaistre, Alice Bennett, David C. Lerner, Patricia J. Benson, Raymond E. Levin, Ambassador Burton (Ret.) Bentley, Robert Lewis, Ambassador Samuel (Ret.) Berrington, Robin Lippe, Michael Berry, Ann R. Loftus, Gerald Bigge, Joan Lundin, John Binns, Ambassador Jack R. (Ret.) Lundy, Walter A. Bishop, Ambassador James K. (Ret.) Lyon, Ambassador David L. (Ret.) Bitondo, Ron MacAlister, Robert J. Blane, Dianne MacManus, Elizabeth Keys Blaney III, Harry C. Magee, Ambassador Charles T. (Ret.) Blodgett, Steve Mahan, Val Booth, Richard Malloy, Edward M. Bouton, Norman Mally, Alec Bova, Michele Mandel, Pamela Bowers, Gerard Marks, Ambassador Edward (Ret.) Bresler, Ralph Martin, Thomas G. Bridges, Ambassador Peter S. (Ret.) Martin, Thomas M. Broderick, Amelia Fitzjohn Marwitz, Toni Brungart, Robert Matheron, Ambassador Richard C. (Ret.) Brynn, Ambassador Edward (Ret.) Matthews, Wade Bumbrey, Sallybeth M. Mattox, Henry Bumpus, James N. Maule, Robert W. Burleigh, Ambassador A. Peter (Ret.) Maushammer, Robert J. Butler, Letitia Kelly McCoo, Millie Byrnes, Jill F. McGuire, Ambassador Kevin J. (Ret.) Byrnes, Shaun M. McGuire, Harriet Cahill, Ambassador Harry A. (Ret.) McKee, Richard Calingaert, Michael McKniff, Joan Carr, Robert K. McNeil, Ambassador Frank (Ret.) Cecil, Ambassador Charles O. (Ret.) Meeks, Bill Cheek, Ambassador James R. (Ret.) Meer, S. Ahmed Cheshes, Ambassador Martin L. (Ret.) Miller, David Norman Chester, George Molldrem, Vivikka Chester, Geraldeen Monblatt, Steve Chock, Alvin Keali’i Monk, Amy Clark, Jennifer Monk, David B. Clear, Taylor JESSE Moore, Alice Coe, Robert Moser, Leo John Coffey Jr., Fred A. Mueller, Richard W. Cohen, David Murphy, Peter K. Coker, Irv Murphy, Sandy Coles, Julius E. Myrick, Ambassador Bismarck (Ret.) Collins, Constance L. Nagy, Ernest Conly, Jonathan Nance, William B. Coon, Ambassador Carleton S. (Ret.) Nethercut, Richard D. Coon, Ambassador Jane Abell (Ret.) Neuse, Margaret Cooper, Ford Norris, James Cotter, Ambassador Michael (Ret.) O’Connor, Thomas E. Crigler, Ambassador Trusten Frank (Ret.) O’Donnell, Thomas J. Cronk, Ambassador Edwin (Ret.) O’Farrell, Paul Crumpton, Sandra Ann O’Neill, Rosemary D. Curran, Robert T “Ted” Oakley, Ambassador Robert P. (Ret.) Curtin, Leslie B. Oakley, Phyllis Cutler, Ambassador Walter L. (Ret.) Oglesby, Donna Marie Cutter, Curtis Olds, Suzanne Czuczka, George Orley, Ray Dameron, Ambassador William H. (Ret.) Palma, Carole Darkins, William C. Parker, Donald Davidson, Duane Parker, Norma J. Davnie, William F. Patterson, Sue Dawson, James W. Peasley, Carol De Pree, Ambassador Willard A. (Ret.) Peck, Ambassador Edward L. (Ret.) Darryl Penner Dembro ( née Mercurio), Sharon Perrin, Patricia E. Dembro, Mark Perry, Ambassador Jack R. (Ret.) Dembski, Sandy Piet, David Demitz, Sherwood H. Pomeroy, Thomas Alexander DiPaolo, Donna M. Pope, Ambassador Laurence (Ret.) Doggett, Clinton Powers, Robert A. Dolan, Daniel Precht, Henry DuBose, Robert Presgrove, Barbara A. Duline, Charlene C. Rackmales, Robert Dunford, Ambassador David J. (Ret.) Ransom, Marjorie Easum, Ambassador Donald B. (Ret.) Reeber, Mary K. Ehmer, Paul Reinhardt, Ambassador John E. (Ret.) Ehrman, James Richmond, Yale Eicher, Peter Rose, Victoria Eisenbraun, Stephen Ross, Sherman Elam-Thomas, Ambassador Harriet (Ret.) Rucker, Robert L. Ely, Michael E. C. Ryan, Henry B. Engle, Ambassador Gregory W. (Ret.) Sandoval, Barbara Fairchild, Albert E. Savage, John Farley, Vincent Schacknies, Rosina Farrand, Ambassador Robert W. (Ret.) Schaffer, Ambassador Howard B. (Ret.) Ferch, Ambassador John A. (Ret.) Schertz, Mary Lou Kate Fernandez, Aurelius Schiff, Stanley Finberg, Donald Schoonover, Ambassador Brenda (Ret.) Fischer, Ambassador David (Ret.) Schwartz, Deborah R. Flannery, Terence Sebastian, Ambassador Peter (Ret.) Fraenkel, Richard Segars, Ambassador Joseph M. (Ret.) Frederick, David Senser, Robert A. Fromowitz, Sam Serwer, Daniel Fry, Samuel Sewell, Virginia Gaines, William Sharpless, Ambassador Mattie R. (Ret.) Garon, John Sheinbaum, Gilbert Garon, Patricia Sinding, Monica Knorr Gary, Phil Sinding, Steven W. Gary, Viviann Singer, Derek Gerlach, Frederick H. Smith, Ambassador Pamela H. (Ret.) Gerson, Leslie Smith, Paul R. Gong, Richard D. Spalding, Peter Gorton, Lynn Spiro, Joel Gosende, Robert R. Springer, Richard L. Gould, Michael St. John, John J. Grant, Gail Milissa Stahnke, Paul K Gray, David L. Stefan, Adrienne Gray, Victoria Stern, Robert Gregory, Bruce Sterner, Ambassador Michael (Ret.) Gregory, Jerry Stewart, Ambassador John Todd (Ret.) Gulliksen, Gail Streeter, Alvin Gunning, John Sundquist, Alexandra Haahr, James C. Sutton, Gerald Hamilton, Ambassador John R. (Ret.) Svengsouk, Thvanh Hamilton, Donna Swain, Diana Hardy Jr., Howard W. Takahashi, Lorraine Harrod, John P. Taylor, Ambassador Clyde D. (Ret.) Harrop, Ambassador William (Ret.) Tetro, Robert Harter, John Tompkins, Tain Hartley, Douglas G. Tomseth, Ambassador Victor L. (Ret.) Hartman, Jan Tongour, Nadia Harvey, Gerald W. Tonkin, Thomas Hatton, Charla Troy, Carl Head, Al Tuch, Hans N. Heaphy, Eileen M. Turner, Linda Hill, Ambassador H. Kenneth (Ret.) Usrey, Gary Hirsch, Ambassador John L. (Ret.) Vaughn, Arthur A. Hoganson, Jerome Villareal, G. Claude Holfeld, Joyce M. Vincent, John Holmes, Brooke Virden, Dick Holmes, John W. Von den Steinen, Erwin Hornblow, Michael Weinland, Helen Houlahan, J. Michael Wells, Sharon Howard, Barbara D Wheeler, Evelyn Huggins-Williams, Nedra White, Robin L. Hughes, David Wilder, Carol Humphreys, Liam Jackson Williams, Albert N. Hutcheson, James W. Williams, Ambassador Richard (Ret.) Huxtable, John A. Williams, Nicholas Illing, Robert Wilson, Dwight Irving, Ambassador Frederick (Ret.) Wolcott, Peter Jacobs, Morris E. Wood, Susan Johnson, Ambassador Darryl N. (Ret.) Wozniak, Robert Johnson, Charles N. Wright, Jr., Lacy A. Johnson, Joe B. Zelle, Susan W.

The length of this list is impressive, but moreso is the great service these men and women have performed for this great nation.

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