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December 21, 2020

Diplomatic Security Service keeps Toys for Tots tradition alive during COVID

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DSS special agents serving as field liaison officers at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, February 8, 2018. (U.S. Department of State photo)
January 5, 2019

Wrap up: DSS highlights in 2018

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Ambassador Earl Miller is sworn in by Ambassador Sean Lawler as the next U.S. Ambassador to the People's Republic of Bangladesh as his son Alexander looks on, November 13, 2018. (U.S. Department of State photo)
December 21, 2018

DSS Special Agent sworn in

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Diplomatic Couriers Exhibit in Paris
December 17, 2018

Diplomatic Courier Service celebrates the 100th

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The Lessons of 1989: Freedom and Our Future