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Letters Reveal True Views Of UK Diplomats

AP | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

Read More: Uk, True Views, Letters, Secret Letters, Bbc, Freedom of Information Laws, British Ambassadors, England, Undiplomatic Views, Valedictory Letters, Diplomats, Foreign Office, British Ministry, London, World News

LONDON — It's not exactly diplomatic – details of what British ambassadors really think about their foreign hosts were disclosed Sunday fo...

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Clinton Told Of "Lord Of The Flies" Environment At Afghan Embassy

AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Project on Governmental Oversight, Hillary Clinton, Afghanistan, Diplomats, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Guards hired by the State Department to protect diplomats and staff at the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan live and work in a "Lord of ...

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Micheletti's Losing Battle for International Legitimacy

Daniel Altschuler | Posted 09.28.2009 | World

Read More: Honduras Coup, Ambassadors, Diplomats, Roberto Micheletti, Manuel Zelaya, World News
Daniel Altschuler

The current Honduran imbroglio has presented ambassadors with the dilemma of whether to support the deposed President or the newly-installed leader.

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I Don't Want to Cause a Diplomatic Incident, But...

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 08.06.2009 | World

Read More: Drugs, Diplomacy, Dubai-United Arab Emirates, Cites, Dubai, Diplomats, Uae, World News
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

Allowing red passport-holders to walk freely through UAE baggage controls must stop, and there must be more scrutiny. My diplomatic peers don't mind having their bags checked through a scanner, neither do I, and nor should anyone with nothing to hide.

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Obama Names Ambassadors To Britain, France, India

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Louis Susman, Barack Obama, Ambassadors, Diplomats, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has picked a major Democratic fundraiser as ambassador to Britain, a theology professor to represent the Uni...

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Top Afghan Diplomat Kidnapped In Pakistan

Reuters | Posted 10.23.2008 | Home

Read More: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Diplomats, War Wire, Home News

ISLAMABAD - Gunmen kidnapped Afghanistan's top diplomat to Pakistan on Monday after killing his driver, underscoring worsening security in the nuclear...

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US, British Diplomats in Zimbabwe Violently Attacked

AP | ANGUS SHAW | Posted 06.13.2008 | Home

Read More: Zimbabwe, Diplomats, US Diplomats, Birtish Diplomats, Diplomats Attcked, Zimbabwe Violence, James McGee, US Embassador, Home News

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

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

Washington Post | Karen DeYoung | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Angry US Diplomats, Rice Diplomats, Diplomacy, Condoleezza Rice, State Department, Diplomats, Politics News

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 ...

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State Dept Backs Down From Forcing Diplomats To Iraq

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Angry US Diplomats, U.S. Diplomats Forced to Iraq, Iraq Diplomats, State Department, Diplomats, Politics News

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...

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State Dept Delays Plan To Force Diplomats To Iraq

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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

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

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Forced Assignments, Iraq, State Department, Warwire, Diplomats, Politics News

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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