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The President will be meeting with foreign diplomats.
He's a talented architect but a poor diplomat.
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The Islamists were seen as complicit in India’s worst plane hijack in 1999 and the 2008 attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul, which killed several Indian citizens, including two senior diplomats.
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Happymon Jacob, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
Prosecutors alleged that the man handed over details about the embassy’s diplomats, its floor plans and security routines, among other information, Norwegian state broadcaster NRK reported.
—Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Russia remains the only foreign government that has formally recognized the Taliban and diplomats have said steps toward recognition require a change of course on women’s rights.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Our country should be proud of our diplomats who made this happen.
—ABC News, 12 Oct. 2025
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Happymon Jacob, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
Prosecutors alleged that the man handed over details about the embassy’s diplomats, its floor plans and security routines, among other information, Norwegian state broadcaster NRK reported.
—Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Russia remains the only foreign government that has formally recognized the Taliban and diplomats have said steps toward recognition require a change of course on women’s rights.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Our country should be proud of our diplomats who made this happen.
—ABC News, 12 Oct. 2025
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“Diplomat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diplomat. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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diplomat
noun
dip·lo·mat
ˈdip-lə-ˌmat 
: a person employed or skilled in diplomacy
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