by Jenna Brayton | May 25, 2015 | Monitor
This Memorial Day morning, President Obama traveled to Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia to pay solemn tribute to the men and women of our armed forces who have made the ultimate sacrifice. President Barack Obama participates in a Memorial Day wreath...
by Cecilia Muñoz | Apr 21, 2014 | Monitor
One of my most treasured possessions, which hangs in my office in the West Wing of the White House, is a letter from the late Senator Ted Kennedy, sent during the immigration debate of 2007. He sent a lot of them, thanking and encouraging those of us who were fighting...
by Linda Thomas-Greenfield | Jan 15, 2013 | Monitor
Note: This post was originally published on the Department of State blog. To see the original post, please click here. As a young woman growing up in Louisiana, a career in the Foreign Service was never really on my list of life dreams — but all that changed,...
by Matt Compton | Sep 8, 2012 | Monitor
President Obama marks the eleventh anniversary of the September 11th attacks by remembering the innocent lives lost, and honoring the first responders and men and women in uniform who have served and sacrificed to keep our country safe. In the difficult years...