Diplopundit Blog Index | September 2010

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...

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