State Dept’s Crocker, Feltman on May Departures … Leaving Posts in Nine Days?
AP’s Matthew Lee is reporting that Jeffrey Feltman, assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs (NEA) who has guided U.S. policy through the tumult of the Arab Spring, plans to retire from...
View ArticleUS Mission Afghanistan: New Ambassador Sworn in a Country Forgotten by...
The new U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan James Cunningham was sworn in by Consular Officer Alissa Redmond at the U.S. Embassy on August 12 in Kabul. Ambassador Cunningham previously served as Deputy...
View ArticleBuzkashi Boys: When U.S. Taxpayers Almost Won an Oscar (Or Smartifying...
The film was nominated for an Oscar in the Short Film (Live Action) category but lost to Curfew. A couple says ago, the State Department announced a big do in WashDC, a Panel With Stars and Producer...
View ArticleZabul Attack: Were They Walking in a Red Zone?
In the early morning this past Sunday, a day after Anne Smedinghoff and four others were killed in Zabul, Afghanistan, I received an untraceable anonymous note that she was walking, and was not in a...
View ArticleFive Ex-U.S. Ambassadors to Israel Tell Senate Trump Pick David Friedman...
Posted: 1:31 am ET [twitter-follow screen_name=’Diplopundit’] On December 15, Trump named David Friedman, a two-state solution critic as the next Ambassador to Israel. On Thursday, February 16, the...
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