Diplopundit’s Blog Index for December 2009

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Quickie: Suicide Bomber Kills Eight at FOB Chapman...

US Embassy Jakarta Issues Warden Message on Bali ...

Insider Quote: I now completely despise these word...

Quote: The Role of the Ambassador’s Wife

Let the Finger-Pointing, Circular Firing Squad Begin...

Officially Out: Jide Zeitlin Withdraws Nomination...

Insider Quote: A very daunting undertaking

Abdulmutallab, Visas Viper, and Visa Revocations

Understanding the No Fly and Selectee Lists, Sort of ...

Profilers, Precogs -- Soon to a Career Fair Near You...

Insider Quote: Asserting Your Prerogatives

Terror Suspect Abdulmutallab and Philip K. Dick's ...

BlogNotes: External Links

Quickie: Unwed FS Couples Want Benefits, Too

Video of the Week: Steve Jobs on how to live before...

Confirmed on 12/24: State Dept/USAID Nominations

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!

Father and Son Reunited at US ConGen Rio de Janeiro...

A Strategy for that $7.5 billion Pakistan Aid

USAID/Afghanistan: Audit Says Civilian Assistance ...

James Hogan: Now a Cold Case?

Huh News! The Man Who Conned the Pentagon

Goldman Decision Upheld in Brazil; GSP Bill Passes...

President Signs H.R. 3326 Defense Appropriations...

UN Undiplomatic Mess Refuses to Go Away

AFSA Received Letter from DOL. 11 Days Ago...

Labor Dept Slow to Help Injured War Zone Contractor...

Quickie: A surge at $57,077.60 a minute

Snapshot: Student Visas for Chinese Students

Quickie: Civil Rights Lawsuit vs State Dept Settle...

Child Abduction Case Threatens Trade Bill

Colombia: New Barracks Construction Awarded

Video of the Week: The Future of the Internet

Afghanistan Contracts and Woodrow Wilson -- Hey!...

US Consulate Herat Moves Forward

President Signs Omnibus Spending Bill

Prism: Richard Armitage Interview

Insider Quote: Crash! Boom! Bang!

Idle Curiosity Singes 9th Victim

Harassment of US Diplomats in Pakistan?

David Ensor to US Embassy Kabul?

CRS Responds to ACLU on Morris Davis Firing

Quickie: Human Trafficking in America

Insider Quote: He Who Runs On is White Noise

Business Class Travel is Not a Thing of the Past?

New US Visa Fees Proposed

Who Runs the War? Nominate Your Own Afghan Power-B...

Insider Quote: A toothpick for a sword fight

Federal Internship for Spouses, Military Spouses Only...

Quickie: Public Diplomacy 2.0: Where the USG Meets...

State Dept in Court: Two Title VII Cases Plus One ...

Officially In: Judith Ann Stewart Stock to ECA

Omnibus Bill FY2010: State Gets 745 new positions,...

Video of the Week: The Great Climategate Debate

Officially In: Mari Del Carmen Aponte to San Salvador

Officially In: Donald E. Booth to Addis Ababa

Quickie: Tent Problems with Team USA in Kabul?

Quote: 5th Largest Recipient of USAID Funds

Quickie: Large Broom Needed at the State Dept

SFRC Clears USAID and State Dept Nominees

GAO Report: Diplomatic Security Needs Strategic Review

Confirmed: US Reps to 64th General Assembly of the UN

Diplomat in One Very Hot Oven

Will the Afghanistan Civilian Surge Go Super Surge...

HRC Presents Heroism Award to Lynne Tracy

Quote: The Neglected Art of Diplomacy

HRC Hosts "Diplomacy at Home for the Holidays”

Former SecState Powell’s Portrait Unveiling Ceremony

Quickie: Avoiding Elections at Any Cost in Iraq

Amb. Crocker Named Dean of TAMU’s Bush School of Govt

Your job or your blog, er op-ed

Video of the Week: Cameron Sinclair: The refugees ...

President Obama Just Can’t Catch a Break

Officially In: Brooke D. Anderson as Alternate Rep...

Officially In: Rosemary DiCarlo as Deputy Rep to ..

Coming Soon - Virtual Tour of Iraq National Museum...

974 to Afghanistan for the Civilian Surge

Insider Quote: I don’t do politics in this job

Dr. Shah, USAID and the Hanging “F”

Quickie: Erik Prince, Mr. Fix-It in War on Terror

Quote: More Catherine Ashton, Please

US Consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif Moving Forward

Thanksgiving Around the Foreign Service

Officially In: Raul H. Yzaguirre, Sr. to Santo Domingo

Officially In: Bisa Williams to Niamey

Officially In: Allan J. Katz to Lisbon

Officially In: Ian C. Kelly to OSCE

SFRC Hearings: Andrew, Nelson, King, Kennedy, Donahoe...

SFRC Hearing: Today, Rajiv Shah’s Nomination for USAID

Revisiting the Powell Doctrine

Diplopundit's Blog Index for November 2009