Kelly Adams-Smith dedicated her life to the U.S. Foreign Service, serving her country for almost three decades as a diplomat. “I came in with my husband. We were a tandem couple. We met in graduate school, took the exams together, entered together and served together for 28 years,” Adams-Smith said. “We also left the Foreign Service on the same day.” She was nominated as ambassador to Moldova in 2024 — a milestone in her career — where she expected to draw on the diplomatic experience she had