Snapshot: State Dept Key Offices With Security and Related Admin...
– Domani Spero Via GAO This is an excellent infographic but alas, we could not locate former NEA DAS Raymond Maxwell’s office in this organizational chart. Related post: Raymond Maxwell: Former...
View ArticleA Blackwater Warning Before the Nisour Square Shooting and the State Dept’s...
– Domani Spero A James Risen scoop over in NYT on how a warning on Blackwater in Iraq prior to the 2007 Nisour Square shooting that killed 17 civilians was ignored by the State Department. Quick...
View ArticleNew Embassy Construction Hearing: Witnesses Not Invited, and What About the...
– Domani Spero Last week, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a hearing on Examining New Embassy Construction: Are New Administration Policies Putting Americans Overseas in...
View ArticleDear Ambassadors — About That ALS #IceBucketChallenge. Just. Don’t. Do. It.
– Domani Spero On August 17, we posted about Ambassador Heyman who took the ALS ice bucket challenge in Ottawa. (see Tweet of the Day: Ambassador to Ottawa Bruce Heyman Takes the ALS...
View ArticleDear Senators, Do You Really Want President Obama to Appoint 65 Special...
Domani Spero So, Congress has been back in session for a week but not for long. We’re now counting the days when our representatives will run off to full campaign mode for the November election....
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: First Parent-Daughter Assistant Secretary of State
– Domani Spero It’s official! @State_IO Assistant Secretary Sheba Crocker sworn in by U/S Kennedy. Just in time for #UNGA! pic.twitter.com/xGGgRHoRzS — State Dept IO Bureau (@State_IO) September 19,...
View ArticleState Dept’s Wendy Sherman Now Dual-Hatted as “P” and New Acting Deputy...
– Domani Spero On November 3, the State Department’s No. 4 official, the Under Secretary for Political Affairs (P), Wendy Sherman was designated as the acting deputy secretary of state pending the...
View ArticlePolitical Appointee Rejects Criticisms of Too Many Political Picks at the...
– Domani Spero The retirement of Deputy Secretary Bill Burns and the attendant task of finding his replacement as the State Department’s No.2 official highlighted the career versus political...
View ArticleState Dept Spox: U/S Sherman has superhuman abilities in diplomacy, no/no...
– Domani Spero A bunch of back and forth during the Nov. 3 Daily Press Briefing on U/S Sherman being dual-hatted as “D” and “P,” who is also one of the top eyeballers of the ongoing Iran negotiation....
View ArticleBenghazi Select Committee Invites DS Greg Starr (Again) and IG Steve Linick...
– Domani Spero The House Select Committee on Benghazi had its inaugural hearing on September 17 (see Battle For Benghazi in WashDC: Vroom Vroom Your Search Engines Now or Just Drink Gin). That...
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