Blog Index | March 2011

$5 Million Reward for Information Re: Shootings of ICE Agents in Mexico...

Oh, yeah! U.S. Lawmakers Want Paychecks Even in a Govt Shutdown...

William J. Burns -- to Move Up as Deputy Secretary of State..

US Embassy Egypt: Non-Emergency Personnel Returns to Cairo...

PJ Crowley: Why I called Bradley Manning's treatmement "stupid"...

In a War That Must Not Be Named, Leadership and Security on the Line..

US Mission Mexico: First Person from a Border Post...

New FS Blog: well, that was different | diary of a portable life....

Arab League's Libya Jitters Contagious, Flip Flop Bugs Eat Brains in DC and Elsewhere...

"Operation Tomodachi" #Japan Earthquake/Tsunami Relief Update and Photos...

US Mission Pakistan: Who should get points for botched handling of Raymond Davis case?...

Arab League's Libya Jitters -- Be Careful, These Jitters Are Super Contagious..

US Mission Afghanistan: CODEL Pelosi 03.20.2011

From Middle East to North Africa - Journalists Killed, Missing, Arrested, Deported...

Warren Christopher: In World of Negotiable Values, Real Value....

On Fungible Resource and Saying Goodbye to the Foreign Service...

The Afghan Plan: Dakota on Pay Cuts and Thoughts on Moving On...

The political game of "non-security" spending ...  because we all know that foreign aid recipients do not/not vote .......

Budget Spin? Is That Like White Lies for Dark Times?...

US Embassy #Japan: Potassium Iodide (KI) Available to USG Employees/Dependents as ..

AFSA Election 2011: This Looks Like A Slam Dunk

Arab League Loses Nerve, Flip-Flops, Wants to Have Cake and Eat it, too..

US Mission Mexico: Ambassador Carlos Pascual Resigns...

Four Weeks After 'Day of Revolt' Started, UN Votes for a No-Fly Zone Over Libya, Five Abstentions..

Quickie: WikiLeaks Fallout at US Mission Mexico, Ambo Irks Prez..

Insider Quote: "empowering the edge of the network...

US Embassy #Japan Evacuates Dependents/Amcits to Safehaven Locations in Asia...

2010 State Department Foreign Service National Awards ...

US Embassy #Japan Now on Authorized Departure

Indicted, Pardoned, Released -- Raymond Davis Saga "Ends"

US Ambassador Roos issues statement on Japan's ongoing nuclear emergency...

US Embassy #Bahrain Now on Authorized Voluntary Departure...

"Operation Tomodachi" #Japan #Earthquake and Tsunami...

US Embassy #Japan: Is Authorized/Ordered Departure Coming Soon?..

PJ Crowley's Firing Offense: You can have a personal opinion, you just can't talk publicly about it...

Update on #Japan #Earthquake Response, US Assistance...

Monster #Earthquake/Tsunami Strikes Japan, State Dept Urges Americans Stay Away...

US Evacuates Refugees and How to Help in the Libya Crisis...

Officially In: Daniel B. Shapiro to Tel Aviv

Laura Rozen moves to Yahoo, starts foreign affairs blog, The Envoy..

2010 State Department Awards (FSOs) --- A Lot of Kabul Hands...

A week of diplomatic apologies, a brewing sex scandal and diplomatic immunity still in the news...

Officially In: Gary Locke - from Commerce Dept to US Embassy Beijing...

AAD Report: Under-investment in diplomacy has left Foreign Service overstretched, under prepared..

US Embassy Greece: OIG recommends elimination of R&Rs, closure of ConGen Thessaloniki..

US Consulate General Karachi Catches Cricket Fever...

OIG reviews social media in 22 embassies -- says use extensive, but labor intensive ...

US Embassy Kabul: SRAP Marc Grossman Holds Town Hall...

Officially In: Robert E. Patterson to Ashgabat

Quickie: More on displaced families of U.S. diplomats...

“Fast and Furious” gun killed ICE Special Agent Jaime Zapata?...

US Embassy Yemen on Authorized Voluntary Departure...

US Mission Pakistan: When is a good time for a post drawdown? Strategerically speaking, like never...

US Embassy Kabul: CODEL Bartlett 03.05.2011

Video of the Week: Inside the Egyptian revolution...

Artful Diplomacy: 80,000 stockpiled tons of frozen chickens for F-16s?...

Officially Back: Marc Grossman, Our New Man in Af/Pak...

Nominations Confirmed: Ambassadors Shields,Spratlen, Brown, Carden for ASEAN and Postel for USAID

POTUS on #Libya: U.S. military aircraft to aid Egypt...

Former CIA Station Chief to Algeria Gets 65 Months for Sexual Assault on Embassy Property...

Quickie: Children of diplomats displaced by strife...

Fawda Munathema: Hearts and Minds Left Behind. In Libya

Senate Bill Blocks Pay For Lawmakers and President During Govt Shutdown..

No Govt Shutdown This Week? Okie Dokie But Check Back in Two Weeks...

Saleh's secret note to self: if all else fails, blame the Americans...

Blog Index | February 2011