Snapshot: ARB Recommendations — Procedural Action and Responsibilities
Posted: 1:26 am ET Via 12 FAH 12 Exhibit H-013 | M/PRI 12-08-2014 Per 12 FAH 12, following receipt of an Accountability Review Board’s report, the Secretary will determine what actions should be...
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Posted: 1:12 am ET Follow @Diplopundit Congress first authorized the position of Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs in the Department of State Organization Act of July 30, 1959. Under...
View ArticleAmbassador David Hale to be @StateDept’s Under Secretary for Political Affairs
Follow @Diplopundit On July 10, the WH announced the president’s intent to nominate career diplomat David Hale to be the next Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (State/P). The WH released...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Pandemic Howler: “No one in DC, to include S, gives AF about AF”
Update 1:14 PDT: US Embassy Pretoria’s meltdown (see below) We’ve explained previously about evacuations in the State Department’s Foreign Service posts (see New Travel Advisories and...
View ArticleBiden to Nominate Wendy Sherman as State/D, Toria Nuland as State/P
The scoop from @Politico: @WendySherman for Deputy Secretary of State, Toria Nuland for Under Secretary for Political Affiars, Jon Finer for Deputy Nat'l Security Advisor, and @A_Sloat for NSC Sr...
View ArticleAmbassador Daniel B. Smith to be Acting Secretary of State Pending Tony...
–Update below on State/M The 70th Secretary of State left Foggy Bottom for good before the presidential swearing-in of January 20. Finally. A short clip here from CNN correspondent Kylie Atwood shows...
View ArticleNew Biden Nominations: DGHR, EUR, NEA, AF, IO, DS and CSO
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View ArticleSFRC Clears Victoria Nuland For State/P, Uzra Zeya For State/J
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View ArticleU.S. Senate Confirms Victoria Nuland as Under Secretary of State for...
Once a year, we ask for your support to keep this blog and your dedicated blogger going. So here we are on Week #7 of our eight-week annual fundraising. Our previous funding ran out in August 2020. We...
View ArticleBiden Taps Former “P” Nicholas Burns to be the Next Ambassador to Beijing
President Biden announced his intent to nominate former Ambassador Nicholas Burns as his Ambassador to China. The WH released the following brief bio: R. Nicholas Burns, Nominee for Ambassador...
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