The executive order suspends the entire u. S. Refugee program for 120 days. It no longer singles out Syrian Refugees for an indefinite ban. A new travel ban takes effect on march 16th. Nigeria is warning citizens not to travel to the United States saying several nigerians with valid visas were put on the next plane home. Nigeria is not on a list of six muslimmajority nations. Two dozen students from yemen who were invited by the state department to be in a High School Student Exchange Program are now terrified to be sent home. Six of those students now attend Northern Virginia community college. They are asking the embassy of yemen to help stay in the u. S. The state department extended their visas after war broke out in their country. Their visas will expire in its even really hard for them just to take care of themselves. So all i have to do now is just take care of myself. What do you parents tell you . Theyre saying its safer for you there than here. The embassy is contacting the d
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The diplomatic world is no longer male-dominated and is also very much a woman’s world. Although the glass ceiling is not yet fully broken, the gender balance in the international relations sector is being addressed. Ambassador Alina L. Romanowski, Ambassador of the United States of America to Kuwait, a career member of the Senior Executive Service, is one such trailblazer who, for four decades of her illustrious career, served her nation in senior intelligence and security roles and policy-shaping activities. In her years in the US public service, Ambassador Romanowski, an expert on Middle East Affairs, focused mainly on Near East and South Asia.