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2024 Awards Luncheon

Ambassador John Bass, Acting Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs and The American Academy of Diplomacy hosted the 2024 Annual Awards Luncheon.

The 35th Annual Awards Luncheon started with a big surprise as the Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a brief appearance to welcome the Luncheon guests and to congratulate this year’s award recipients. Following his remarks, the Acting Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs John Bass continued to preside over the lunch and ceremony.

The Luncheon was a great celebration of excellence across the different facets of diplomacy and a heartwarming reunion for many AAD members and friends.

The Awards

The Walter and Leonore Annenberg Award
for exemplary contributions to the field of American Diplomacy to:

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Ambassador Anne Patterson

Written Remarks

The Henrietta Fore Award
for Excellence in Development to:

President Jimmy Carter

The Henrietta Fore Award
for Excellence in Development Special Recognition to:

The Douglas Dillon Book Award
for a Book of Distinction on the Practice of American Diplomacy to

Diplomats at War: Friendship and Betrayal on the Brink of the Vietnam Conflict

Charles Trueheart

The Arthur Ross Media Award
for Distinguished Reporting and Analysis of Foreign Affairs:

Recipient in the Reporting Category

Evan Gershkovich

The Wall Street Journal

Recipient in the Commentator Category

David Ignatius

The Washington Post

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