Diplopundit’s Blog Index for October 2009

Video of the Week: Did You Know 4.0

In Afghanistan. We are the tourists.

Rodearmel v. Clinton: Dismissed

U.N. Can’t Account for Millions Sent to Afghan Elec…

US Visas for $12,000 in Ukraine?

Call in the Civilians. Pray Tell, From Where?!

BlogNotes: Diplopundit on Twitter

Matthew Hoh in His Own Words

USAID/Egypt: $181 Million Later, Impact Unnoticeable

US Embassy Islamabad Suspends Consular Services

The State Dept on Matthew Hoh

PRT Officer Matthew Hoh Resigns Over Afghan War

Jack Lew on Civilian Staffing in Afghanistan

Web 2.0 Roundup: US Embassy Manila

Quickie: One Nation Under Contract

James Hogan: Missing Now for 31 Days

Officially In: Philip S. Goldberg to INR

Officially In: Betty E. King to US Mission Geneva

Quickie: On State/USAID – There Will Be No Merger

Rodearmel v. Clinton: Linguistics PhDs Wade In

Idle Curiosity, Once More – Bow!

Sunday Tanka: At Embassy Port of Spain

Video of the Week: Androids, Not Sci-Fi Anymore

Web 2.0 Roundup: US Embassy Jakarta Wows!

Truth or Consequence: Linked Assignments

PD Rapid Response Team to Pakistan?

Insider Quote: A 24/7 Responsibility

Who’s Storming Which Office to Sink Al Franken’s …

All the Things We Are – Are Not Learnable

The Greatest Possibility of Success

Arrest in Kickback/Bribe Scheme on Iraq Reconst…

Web 2.0 Roundup: US Embassy London

QDDR: Transforming State/USAID for the 21st Century

The Diplomatic Wives: Tribute and Thanks

John Kerry: Man of the Hour in Afghanistan

Who Will Sink Al Franken’s S. Amdt. 2588?

Quote: Cocktail parties are death …

From Valedictory Despatches to Twitter?

“Don’t want to send them home dirty.”

Quickie: They no respect the contract?

It Happens: Divorce and the Foreign Service

Quickie: Could UBL be on Twitter?

Video of the Week: Elizabeth Gilbert on Nurturing …

Did You See That ACS Job in Kabul?

Officially In: Anne Slaughter Andrew to San Jose

Indictment on Kickback Scheme in Afghanistan

Insider Quote: And Thou Shall be Cautious

The Ambassadors: Presenting Their Credentials

QDDR: Are You Putting Lipstick on a Very Old Pig?

US Embassy Barbados: Paradise Inspected

Peter Bergen’s Ultimate AfPak Reading List

Quickie: Where Caution is King

Rocking the Boat is a Dangerous Thing, No?

US Diplomat James Hogan: 19 Days Missing

Quickie: Survivor Kabul, Episode #699

Dissent Channel: USAID/Pakistan Program

Officially In: Eleni Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis to …

Officially In: Peter A. Prahar to Kolonia

Horn v. Huddle: Settlement Reached?

Video of the Week: Alain de Botton on Success

Huh? News: Sudan Strategery

Barack Hussein Obama: Nobel Peace Prize 2009

The Promotion Season Needs a Poem …

Insider Quote: Holbrooke’s Democratic Centralism

Officially In: David D. Nelson to Montevideo

Officially In: David Huebner to Wellington

Quickie: The Bronze Star, not an ‘atta boy’ medal

Insider Quote: All FSOs in the world …

The UN’s Best and Worst Places to Live

SFRC Hearings: Nominees for European Posts

The Hunt for Madam le Consul

US Embassy Conakry on Ordered Departure

It’s That Time of Year

Insider Quote: Ranks and Pastry Forks

Diplomat Thrown Under the Bus Refuses to Stay Under…

We’re Building the Juba-Nimule Road in Sudan …

Snapshot: Top 10 State Dept Contractors (FY2009)

Officially In: James B. Warlick, Jr. to Sofia

Disasters in SE Asia & South Pacific – How to Help…

DNA Match in James Hogan Search

Video of the Week: Parag Khanna maps the future…

Quickie: Too Old for Foreign Service Work?

New Embassy Contracts Awarded

US Navy Joins Hogan Search in Curacao

Insider Quote: Competitive Nature in Diplomatic …

Diplomat Thrown Under the Bus in Afghan Election …

Officially In: John F. Tefft to Kyiv

Diplopundit’s Blog Index for September 2009