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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...

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A 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...

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New 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...

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Dear 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...

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Dear 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....

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Photo 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,...

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State 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...

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Political 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...

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State 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....

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Benghazi 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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