developing new trade links between the countries. For example, it assists French businesses trying to establish themselves in the US and vice versa. It also helps large and small French businesses which have long since established themselves in the American market, providing support and advice on economic and trade policies, both within the US and in France. The French Treasury Office This office represents the French Treasury in the United States and Canada. It works in close partnership with the Federal Reserve, the Department of the Treasury and French and American financial institutions. Its role is to develop French economic policy in conjunction with the aforementioned bodies and to explain the policies to the United States. It has two offices, one in the embassy and a second in New York, from where it can work with Wall Street in order to better develop monetary policy. Controversy In 2006, an employee of the Cultural Service of the French Embassy was fired for the motive of being pregnant and Muslim, a judge ruled. "This may be the only time a U.S. court has extended the reach of the civil rights laws to extend to a foreign citizen, working for a foreign government on foreign soil at an embassy here in D.C." said Ari Wilkenfeld for NBC Washington. Ambassador's residence The French ambassador's residence at 2221 Kalorama Road NW is a 1910 Tudor Revival building in Washington's Kalorama neighborhood. Designed by the French-born American architect Jules Henri de Sibour for businessman William Watson Lawrence, the home was purchased by the French government in 1936. In February 2015, the home reopened after undergoing a $4.5 million renovation. The home features art, mostly by French artists such as Pierre Bonnard, but also by non-French artists such as Igor Mitoraj. The property at one point encompassed 3.6 acres, but in 2017 the French government put an empty tract of 0.58 acres of the property up for sale. Consulates The ambassador is also ultimately responsible for the 10 regional consulates: Consulate General of France in Atlanta, responsible for Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee Consulate General of France in Boston, responsible for Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont Consulate General of France in Chicago responsible for Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Ohio, Wisconsin. Consulate General of France in Houston, responsible for Texas, Oklahoma and