Mr Farry said his department's career advice service was available to people of all ages.

BBC: Question Time

The State Department offers five Foreign Service career tracks: consular, economic, management, political and public diplomacy.

FORBES: Magazine Article

He worked as an international trade lawyer in Washington before joining the Foreign Service, the career diplomatic corps, in 1991, according to the State Department biography.

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