U.S. State Department loses another official to murder - State Department diplomat with Chicago ties killed in Afghanistan - Anne Smedinghoff

PHOTO: Anne Smedinghoff was killed Saturday. (Family photo)

A young diplomat from River Forest was among five Americans killed during a car bomb blast in Afghanistan, her family said. She reportedly is the first State Dept. diplomat to be killed in the country since the war began.

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