Blog Index | June 2011


U.S. Mission India: Ambassador Tim Roemer Says Goodbye…


Back in the Spotlight: Alleged Abuse of Household Workers by Foreign Diplomats with Immunity…


Officially In: Thomas C. Krajeski to Manama


US Embassy Luxembourg: Be Cool and Keep Yourself Together, Another Political Ambassador Heading Your Way…


US Embassy Latvia: DCM Bruce David Rogers, Sudden Death at 54…


Gaza Flotilla 2011: Set to Sail with Former U.S. Diplomat Ann Wright, Retired Ambassador Samuel Hart, Alice Walker and More…


USAID/OIG: USAID Air Afghanistan “Safe and Reliable but No Show Passengers Cost $14 Million/Year …


Officially In: Sung Y. Kim to Seoul


US Mission Afghanistan: Ambassador Eikenberry Visits FOB Shinwar…


Officially In: Adrienne O’Neal to Praia


SFRC Clears Locke, Crocker, Burns


US ConGen Karachi Sponsors Network!! Pakistan’s First Social Media Summit…


US Embassy Tel Aviv: 2011 July 4th America Challenge…


Snapshot: Top 10 State Department Assistance Recipients FY2010…


Attack on American Convoy in Baghdad Kills USAID Contractor, Wounds Three…


Afghanistan, the Way Forward — You Know What’s Coming…


US Embassy Tel Aviv: Price for Illegal Work in the U.S…


US Embassy Nepal: A Visit to Pangboche Monastery …


Officially In: Mary Beth Leonard to Bamako


KBR Subcontractor Gets USAID/Iraq Contract Despite…


US Embassy Tajikistan: $318,913 to Build Rec Center, $1.5 Million to Demolish, Redesign, Reconstruct Botched Rec Center …


Happy First Day of Summer – Take DiploPundit With You on Kindle  …


The Afghan Plan: Where Dakota Writes About the Eradication of Hope in a Thousand Cuts…


Coming Soon to the Grievance Board Near You


Snapshot: Top 10 State Department Contractors FY2010…


David Ensor: From Kabul to Voice of America


US Mission Afghanistan: CODEL Lamborn 06.08.2011


US Mission Afghanistan: Hamid Karzai, You’ve Been Warned Dude – Stop Calling US Occupiers; and Yes, This Blog Supports Reconstruction at Home. Now. Not in 2014 …


Internet Freedom: The State Department’s High Hypocrisy at Noon and How Eating FS Bloggers When They Write Messy Stuff Ain’t Helpful …


Top Embassy Facebook Pages – 10,000+ Fan Club


2011 AFSA Election Results, a Disappointing Turn Out…


PR Strategery? State Dept Deputy A/S Philippe Reines, Profiled as Main Course, Served with Sauce Hot Enough to Strip Paint …


Iraq Transition: The Civilian Medical Support Services on Paper…


It’s Me Kristie: Ambassador Kenney Returns with a Photo Blog…


Inadequate Oversight of State Dept’s Consolidated Consular Database – Is This WikiLeaks Waiting to Happen, Again?


Iraq Transition: One of the Biggest Risks? Contractor-Led and Run Medical Supply Chain…


US Embassy Dublin: POTUS Visit May 23.2011 (Photos)


Newtster News: Gingrich to move embassy to Jerusalem on first day in office; to restructure State Dept – Details in 392 words


Visa Adjudicators Needed? We Have the Best Suggestion Ever; Unmarried FSOs Pay Attention, Please…


Seattle Superior Court Judge Questions US Embassy Rome’s Consular Support for Amanda Knox, Complains to President Obama …


US Embassy London: POTUS visits and here is the best photo


Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur Hussain Rana Guilty in Terrorism Conspiracy…


1998 US Embassy Bombing Suspect Fazul Abdullah Mohammed Killed in Somalia…


Cover Your Eyes – Congressman Rohrabacher Wants Iraq to Repay US for Nutsy and Klutzy Iraq Invasion and Reconstruction…


AFSA’s 2011 Constructive Dissent Awards – No Winners for Entry Level Diplomats…


Iraq Transition: Horrible Deadline, Rough Schedule, But – The Army is Leaving. Really. Really? …


Officially In: Earl Anthony Wayne to Mexico


Officially In: Arnold A. Chacon to Guatemala


Why diplo-spouses can’t get real love at the State Dept – they are real headaches, especially when they are heard and seen …


To Kabul, To Kabul … Senator McCain Introduces Ryan Crocker in Senate Confirmation Hearing…


US Mission Iraq: Not DOD’s Giganotosaurus Footprint but a Super Embassaurus for Real…


Embassy Job Vacancy Round-Up: Because We Need a Good Laugh…


How to save money in Iraq? Withdraw the troops, send in the diplomats and get ready with the fire hoses…


In Search of a Better Neym and Meaning: Trailing Spouse, Trailer Trash, Sidecar?…


The State Department Cast Into the “Foggy Bottom” …Um, Why?


State Dept’s Counternarcotics Programs: Over $1 Billion, Five Countries And?


Snapshot: State Dept Personnel Projections for FY2006-2014…


If you’re in Shanghai, by all means go visit the Embassy of Scotch Whisky Culture…


62nd Secretary of State Lawrence S. Eagleburger Dies at 80…


FS Journal: The Foreign Service Blogosphere 2011 Plus More…


Embassy Baghdad General Hospital, the Spinoff – Catch it This Fall or Winter But Don’t Forget Your Kevlar …


Embassy Air Iraq: Tickets Available Soon…In the Meantime, Fire Up Your Brooms…


State Dept’s Transition to a Civilian-Led Mission in Iraq, Whassup?


As 2010’s World’s Deadliest Country for the Press, Pakistan Has a Track Record…


350+ Filipino Teachers on H-1B Visa Files Class Action Suit for Human Trafficking…


Cowboys from Montana, Arizona and Wyoming Visit Afghanistan…


Writer, EFM and Recovering Hostess, Ann B. Knox Dies at 85…


Blog Index | May 2011