U.S. Department of State

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This Agency Financial Report (AFR) was produced with the energies and talents of Department of State staff in Washington, D.C. and our offices and posts around the world. We offer our sincerest thanks and acknowledgement. In particular, we recognize the following individuals and organizations for their contributions:

Office of the Deputy Chief Financial Officer:

Timothy Macdonald, Managing Director of Financial Policy, Reporting & Analysis

Carol Gower, Director, Reporting & Analysis

Monika Moore, AFR Editor

Nadine Bradley, Harold Brown, Andrew Callihan, Sophia Carty, Kathy Chandra, Glenn Cheng, Melissa Clark, Carole Clay, Melinda DeCorte, Nancy Durham, Cindy Fleming, Dominique Foster, Brian Gesinski, Michelle Greene, Bethany Hart, Ashley Hawkins, Matthew Johnson, Gregory Jones, Anne Kahle, Yen Le, Frank Rosado, Troy Scaptura, Kelley Tynan, David Weise, Matthew Williams, and Richard O. Wood.

Global Financial Services personnel in Charleston, Bangkok, Paris and Washington, D.C.

Office of Strategic and Performance Planning:

Claudia Magdalena Abendroth, Chardonnay Hargrove, Holly Herrera, Yaropolk T. Kulchyckyj, Brian Levis, Martha Pacheco, Craig White, and Susanne Wood.

We would also like to acknowledge the Office of Inspector General for their objective review of the Department’s performance and Kearney & Company for the professional manner in which they conducted the audit of the FY 2010 financial statements.

We offer special thanks to our designers, Michael James, Sheri Beauregard and Don James of The DesignPond.

FY 2010 IMAGE CREDITS

Agence France Presse (AFP): Cover, Inside cover, Table of Contents, page 6

Associated Press (AP): Cover, Table of Contents, Message from the Secretary, pages 4, 12, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 30, 33, 34, 46, 47, 49, 89, 121

Department of State: Inside cover, pages 37, 38, 54, 56, 86, 110, 114, 120, 126, 128, 133, 135

State Magazine: Pages 7, 8, 44

U.S. Army: Page 16