Washington, D.C. - January 18, 2017: "I am going to miss this view," said Mari Carmen Aponte during her second-to-last-day in her State Department office in Washington D.C. Wednesday January 18, 2017. Her office has a clear view of both the Washington Memorial and the Jefferson Memorial.
Mari Carmen Aponte is the Obama administration's assistant secretary of state for the western hemisphere. She is one of the many officials who had to leave their posts when Donald Trump took the presidency.
CREDIT: Matt Roth for The New York Times
Assignment ID: 30201272A