Via Burn Bag:

“Foreign Affairs Day (formerly Foreign Service Day) approaches, and the Department of Swagger is doing all it can to diminish it.  It has been merged with the annual Retirement Ceremony and truncated to end after the 8th Floor lunch.  Director of Talent Management Perez is the senior participant (i.e. no 7th Floor participant), the AFSA Plaque Ceremony has been moved to mid-morning (but FAD attendees are only allowed to watch on B-Net), and the bureau briefings have been cut back to a single session.  Annual parking snafu at Kennedy Center continues — attendees are told to show invitation to get “special” $15 rate; normal daytime rate is $14.”

White Cat Wondering What’s Going On. Photo by Pixabay