State Department diplomat with Chicago ties killed in Afghanistan

State Department diplomat with Chicago ties killed in Afghanistan

This undated photo provided by Tom Smedinghoff, shows Anne Smedinghoff. Anne Smedinghoff, 25, was killed Saturday, April 6, 2013 in southern Afghanistan , the first American diplomat to die on the job since last year's

I condemn the violent death of Anne Smedinghoff in a suicide attack. I met with Anne on several occasions. She was only 25, but already very committed: an enthusiastic and valuable employee of the US Embassy who had a

Anne Smedinghoff (Image: Google+). ZABUL PROVINCE, Afghanistan (CNN) â€" A young American woman was killed Saturday in Afghanistan in what is believed to be the first killing of a U.S. diplomat since a September

In a statement, Secretary of State John Kerry paid tribute to Anne Smedinghoff, a 25-year-old foreign service officer with the US State Department, who was killed in the “despicable attack” in the province of Zabul. He said:

Mr. Secretary, I mourn the death of Foreign Service Officer Anne Smedinghoff in Afghanistan. Are you the same man you were in 1971? Will you not demand that American lives stop being wasted in Afghanistan and bring