Guest: John Armstrong, Senior Bureau Official, Bureau of Consular Affairs

Host: Phil Linderman, Chairman, The Ben Franklin Fellowship

In this episode of The JUNTO Podcast, BFF Chairman Phil Linderman sits down with longtime American diplomat and BFF Fellow John Armstrong, who currently serves as State Department's Senior Bureau Official in the Bureau of Consular Affairs. A career Foreign Service Officer with over three decades of global experience — from Warsaw and Kyiv to Nassau and Lima — Armstrong reflects on his deep commitment to the American people, the evolution of U.S. consular policy, and the urgent need for diplomacy rooted in national interest and constitutional values.