Diplomats

US, British Diplomats in Zimbabwe Violently Attacked

AP | ANGUS SHAW | Posted 06.05.2008 | Home


HARARE, Zimbabwe — A mob believed loyal to President Robert Mugabe assaulted a convoy of U.S. and British diplomats Thursday, and the government...

Why We Said No: Three Diplomats' Duty

John Brady Kiesling | Posted 03.20.2008 | Politics


John Brady Kiesling

Five years ago this month, three of us left the US Foreign Service in opposition to the war on Iraq. We were not pacifists. We were professional, non-partisan diplomats.

Low Marks: 18% Of Diplomats Think Rice Is Doing A Good Job

Washington Post | Karen DeYoung | Posted 01.08.2008 | Politics


Only 18 percent of the U.S. Foreign Service think Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is doing a good job protecting their profession, according to a ...

A New Mission for Diplomats?

Johanna Mendelson Forman | Posted 11.26.2007 | Politics


Johanna Mendelson Forman

The asymmetry of funds between our national security and development accounts provides few alternatives to our leaders when they must move quickly to stabilize a region.

State Dept Backs Down From Forcing Diplomats To Iraq

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 11.15.2007 | Politics


The State Department is backing down for now from forcing diplomats to serve in Iraq this summer because enough have volunteered to work in the U.S. E...

State Dept Delays Plan To Force Diplomats To Iraq

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 11.13.2007 | Politics


The State Department has extended a window for diplomats to volunteer for Iraq duty in the hope the Bush administration can avoid ordering potentially...

Debate Over Forced Iraq Service Continues: Diplomats Trading "Undiplomatic Potshots"

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 11.07.2007 | Politics


A bitter dispute over forced assignments to Iraq has erupted inside the State Department with diplomats taking decidedly undiplomatic potshots at one ...


 

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