Senate confirms State Dept nominations EXCEPT Robert Ford, Frank Ricciardone, Norman Eisen and Matt Bryza, then adjourns for midterm campaigns
Officially In: Thomas R. Nides to State Dept Management and Resources (D/MR)…
Quickie: Reconstruction Chief Quits, Putting ‘Civilian Surge” in Doubt…
State Dept’s Helo Fleet Shaping Up with 11 Additional S-61™…
Officially In: Paige Alexander to USAID/EUR
Officially In: Fulp, Nickels, Shaheen and Wicker to UNGA…
Can the ESTA Euro Reciprocity Version be far behind?…
Colton v. Clinton: Age Discrimination Case Fails in DC Court…
Officially In: William Brownfield to State/ INL…
Officially In: Kurt Tong to APEC
US Embassy Seoul Hosts the Governator on Trade Mission in South Korea…
WaPo: It is shameful that the ethnic origin of a U.S. diplomat’s wife should be used against him…
US Embassy Kabul: Natalie Cole Sings at Black Tulip’s Sneak Preview…
Robert Young Pelton: The chatter behind the scenes is that Baghdad is not the place you want to
be posted to next year…
Concerns over the State Dept’s future in Iraq: …
Book burning craze goes weirder, 9,500 copies of “Operation Dark Heart” up in flames…
Videos of the Week: Stephen Colbert Testifies in in Congress …
States of Conflict in I’Af/Pak: By the Numbers
Quote: My life became one of full disclosure.
SFRC Clears Arvizu, Eisen, Mussomeli, Woerth and Bryza, then somebody Prompty placed a hold on one of them. Guess who? ..
Sept 23 – Our New Man in Pakistan will be at the Senate …
Sept 22 SFRC Hearings: Kristie Kenney, Karen Stewart…
Sept 22 SFRC Hearings: Steinberg, Lindborg, Mikula…
Sept 22 SFRC Hearings: Boulware, Powell, McMullen,…
Confirmed: Feierstein, Biswal, Lobo, Alemayehou and.Orr..
Thomas Nides: to succeed Jack Lew as State’s Deputy Secretary…
Imagine the headline if Ambassador Eikenberry ever run for …
Somebody hacks the French Foreign Ministry’s Tweet…
MAR eCards | Do you speak Horsey 3+/3+?
FS blog, Ef”m signs out
Embed diplomacy as a core “proficiency” in the US Army …
SRAP Holbrooke Visits IDP Camp in Pakistan
Our favorite “Senator from France” Chuck Hagel: still telling it like it is…
Belt Tightening and Something Familiar from the Canadian Foreignn Service…
Mission Accomplished: Iraq gets a $52.1 billion surplus and all we got was a lousy $13.4 trillion debt …
The Afghan Plan: Where the Marvelous Dakota Blogs from the Middle of Nowhere …
Diplomacy and great knockabout entertainment…
Pew Research: Only 11% of Pakistanis describe US as a partner…
Officially In: Pamela Ann White to Banjul
Top Ten US Embassy Facebook Pages – Worldwide
Amb Blog: The Price of Democracy
US Embassy Oman: Arabic Language Proficiency
DMW: Mental Health Treatment Still a Security Clearance…
JFK: I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute …
Officially In: Cameron Munter to Islamabad
Clinton issues note on mental health; seeking help…
If you give a diplomat a few drinks, do not/not give him a …
Hillary: “Burn the Qur’an Day” — doesn’t in any way…
Huh? News: Interpeter Bungles Afghan Translation for US Military…
State Dept’s Top Twitterati Jared Cohen Moves to Google…
Huh? News: US Embassy Manila Facebook Says “The war is over!”…
Mandatory Retirement in the Foreign Service: The Numbers Game…
State Department’s 2009 Presidential Rank Awards and Awesome Curiosity…
First Hot Ship Transfer Between U.S. and Pakistan:…
PSA: Angelina Jolie Calls for Pakistan Flood Help
MAR eCards | Forced out of the plane
Magnitude 7.0 Earthquake Hits South Island of New Zealand …
Quickie: The Struggle to Police Foreign Subcontractors…
Diplopundit’s Blog Index | August 2010