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Special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism named by Kerry
Warsaw :: Poland | 1 day ago
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Secretary of State John Kerry named Ira Forman as the special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism. Forman, a graduate of Harvard and Stanford universities, previously was director of congressional relations for the office of personnel
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The State Worker: Upcoming audits a test for Jerry Brown
Sacramento :: KY :: USA | 7 days ago
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Gov. Jerry Brown's human resources unit and the State Personnel Board have been auditing "additional appointments" at 11 departments...A few weeks ago, the administration banned the practice for California state managers and supervisors, signaling
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The long view on power
Washington :: DC :: USA | 7 days ago
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The groups hardly expected to match the first term's record three Asian Americans in the Cabinet. But one concern was that two of the Asian American Cabinet members Gary Locke at Commerce and Steven Chu at Energy are gone. And Veterans Affairs
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How the U.S. Government Shills for Monsanto Around the World
Lagos :: Nigeria | 7 days ago
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May 15, 2013 Thanks in part to WikiLeaks, we now know that the State Department is acting like a global sales agent for biotech behemoths such as Monsanto. According to a report released Tuesday by Food & Water Watch, American ambassadors are pushing
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US keeps Cuba on state sponsors of terrorism list
Havana :: Cuba | 21 days ago
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State Department says it has no plans to remove Cuba from a list of state sponsors of terrorism when it issues an upcoming annual report on terrorism. The decision announced Wednesday by State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell is sure to ruffle
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More State Department senior officials exiting
New York City :: NY :: USA | 28 days ago
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Two more senior State Department officials are preparing to leave the already hollowed-out top ranks at Foggy Bottom. Robert Hormats, undersecretary for economic growth, energy and the environment, is said to be moving on around mid-June after four
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Foreign-service officers launch ‘information pickets' in bid to restart bargaining
Ottawa :: Canada | 29 days ago
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The Globe and Mail Last updated Wednesday, Apr. 24 2013, 1:06 AM EDT The Lester B. Pearson building is the Foreign Affairs department's headquarters in Ottawa. (Brigitte Bouvier for The Globe and Mail) Canadian diplomats will trade their cables and
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Haines nomination at State cracks a glass ceiling
Washington :: DC :: USA | 1 month ago
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The White House this week nominated Avril Haines to be the State Department's top-ranking lawyer, a job that previously had been held exclusively by men. The State Department , of course, has been run by women for most of the last 15 years, but the
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MAKING IT HURT: Despite Cuts, US Spends $700G on Belgium Garden
Brussels :: Belgium | 1 month ago
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Around the same time the State Department was warning the public about the painful pinch from sequester cuts, it was also signing off on a $700,000 gardening contract at the home of a U.S. ambassador in Belgium, federal documents show...Mission in
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State Department approves $700G gardening contract in Belgium despite sequester warnings
Brussels :: Belgium | 1 month ago
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Around the same time the State Department was warning the public about the painful pinch from sequester cuts, it was also signing off on a $700,000 gardening contract at the home of a U.S. ambassador in Belgium, federal documents show...Mission in
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