‎“Her Name was Anne Smedinghoff” is the title of the first chapter of a new book by Glen ‎Johnson, who served as US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for strategic communications ‎from 2013 to 2017. He accompanied Secretary of State John Kerry throughout the world, ‎including on his first trip to Afghanistan in March 2013, when they both met Anne, who was ‎serving as Control Officer for the Secretary’s visit, days before she was killed.‎

Glen’s book, “Window Seat on the World,” is an all-access look at life inside the U.S. State ‎Department, the complexity of State Department protocols, the grueling schedules, the delicacy ‎of engagement with world leaders in foreign cultures, and the dedication of a longtime public ‎servant and his team to the practice of diplomacy.‎

We thank Glen for his tribute to Anne in his book. It is a reminder of the vital contributions of ‎Foreign Service officers and, more personally, of the ways in which Anne continues to affect all ‎of our lives.‎