The State Department has issued a formal dress code for the first time in the agency's history, requiring diplomats and staff to appear in business formal attire during official engagements with foreign counterparts.
The communist regime in Cuba has formally warned the top U.S. diplomat in Havana, Mike Hammer, accusing him of “interfering” in the country’s internal affairs. The regime’s protest note, delivered Friday, claims Hammer is “inciting Cubans to commit serious criminal acts” by meeting with political dissidents, religious leaders, and families of political prisoners.