Don’t Get Fooled Again
State Department Undersecretary for Management guy Pat Kennedy said this recently on NPR, justifying the $3.5 billion a year maintaining the World’s Largest Embassy in Baghdad (c) costs: This is a...
View ArticleUS Planning to Slash Iraq Embassy Staff by Up to Half
The New York Times reports today that “less than two months after American troops left, the State Department is preparing to slash by as much as half the enormous diplomatic presence it had planned for...
View ArticleBillions Wasted, Again: State Likely to Give Up on Costly Efforts to Train...
(This article appeared originally on the Huffington Post on May 14, 2012) Well, that did not take long. The New York Times reports that the State Department, in the face of massive costs and Iraqi...
View ArticleLibya Just Gets Uglier and Sleazier
The evidence that State knew of the security issues in Benghazi, and ignored them, continues to accumulate. Word is that inside Foggy Bottom everyone is rushing around getting their ducks in line so...
View ArticleI am Spartacus Unless I’m Not
Responsibility used to work this way. When a group of us playing ball broke a neighbor’s window, the kid who took responsibility had to pay for the window. Action –> Consequence = Responsibility....
View ArticleDid Eric Boswell Really Resign over Benghazi Fail? Define “Resign”
In one of her final acts as Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton accepted the “resignation” of her head of Diplomatic Security, Eric J. Boswell. Boswell was portrayed in the media as the highest ranking...
View ArticleToday’s Benghazi Hearing: Quick Recap
The State Department was beaten up pretty bad in today’s Benghazi hearing, with both Deputy Chief of Mission Greg Hicks (second in charge after the ambassador) and RSO (security guy) Ed Nordstrom from...
View ArticleSo Who From State Will Testify Against Bradley Manning? A List.
The trial United States v. Pfc. Bradley Manning is being conducted in as much secrecy as the government thinks it can get away with. While the Center for Constitutional Rights has filed a petition...
View ArticleWhat Will Rex Tillerson Inherit at the State Department?
As Secretary of State, what will Rex Tillerson inherit at the State Department? The media has been aflame recently trying to stretch the facts — personnel changes and some unhappy employees in the...
View ArticleDon’t Get Fooled Again
State Department Undersecretary for Management guy Pat Kennedy said this recently on NPR, justifying the $3.5 billion a year maintaining the World’s Largest Embassy in Baghdad (c) costs: This is a...
View ArticleUS Planning to Slash Iraq Embassy Staff by Up to Half
The New York Times reports today that “less than two months after American troops left, the State Department is preparing to slash by as much as half the enormous diplomatic presence it had planned for...
View ArticleBillions Wasted, Again: State Likely to Give Up on Costly Efforts to Train...
(This article appeared originally on the Huffington Post on May 14, 2012) Well, that did not take long. The New York Times reports that the State Department, in the face of massive costs and Iraqi...
View ArticleLibya Just Gets Uglier and Sleazier
The evidence that State knew of the security issues in Benghazi, and ignored them, continues to accumulate. Word is that inside Foggy Bottom everyone is rushing around getting their ducks in line so...
View ArticleI am Spartacus Unless I’m Not
Responsibility used to work this way. When a group of us playing ball broke a neighbor’s window, the kid who took responsibility had to pay for the window. Action –> Consequence = Responsibility....
View ArticleDid Eric Boswell Really Resign over Benghazi Fail? Define “Resign”
In one of her final acts as Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton accepted the “resignation” of her head of Diplomatic Security, Eric J. Boswell. Boswell was portrayed in the media as the highest ranking...
View ArticleToday’s Benghazi Hearing: Quick Recap
The State Department was beaten up pretty bad in today’s Benghazi hearing, with both Deputy Chief of Mission Greg Hicks (second in charge after the ambassador) and RSO (security guy) Ed Nordstrom from...
View ArticleSo Who From State Will Testify Against Bradley Manning? A List.
The trial United States v. Pfc. Bradley Manning is being conducted in as much secrecy as the government thinks it can get away with. While the Center for Constitutional Rights has filed a petition...
View ArticleWhat Will Rex Tillerson Inherit at the State Department?
As Secretary of State, what will Rex Tillerson inherit at the State Department? The media has been aflame recently trying to stretch the facts — personnel changes and some unhappy employees in the...
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