A Foreign Service Officer (FSO) is a commissioned member of the United States Foreign Service.
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Does "the Foreign Service" mean
"the Diplomatic Office" or
"the US Foreign Ministry?"
Are they the same in meaning?
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In the USA, what many nations call the Foreign Ministry is called the Department of State or "State Department". A foreign service officer is a member of the diplomatic corps, a career diplomat who works for the State Dept. They are not commissioned officers, as in the military. It is a civilian function of government. And "foreign service" is not a proper noun, but an informal one, so is not capitalized.
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