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Snapshot: Top 10 Recipients of US Foreign Aid in FY2012 and FY2013 Request
Via the CRS | State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY2013 Budget and Appropriations
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Photo of the Day: Ragaei Abdelfattah, Coming Home
We posted this last month: US Mission Afghanistan: USAID Officer Ragaei Abdelfattah, Four Others Killed, Two Wounded in Suicide Attack in Kunar. We just found this photo today: The two men in black...
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US Embassy Egypt: Cairo protesters storm embassy over a movie or ….
The NYT reports that the protest at the US Embassy in Cairo was a result of “outrage over a movie being promoted by an anti-Muslim Egyptian Christian campaigner in the United States, clips of which are...
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US Embassy Egypt: PAO Larry Schwartz Thrown Under the Bus Over “Inappropriate...
There was that clip of a badly made obscure movie posted in YouTube which roiled the mob in Cairo on September 11. (AP on Sept. 12, said its search for those behind the film led to a Coptic Christian...
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Anti-Islam Protests: Monica Bauer explains the cultural misconnection in the...
Monica Bauer, a playwright and writing Fellow at Quinnipiac University asks “how well do you think Muslims will take to Mitt Romney’s get-tough act, screaming “Get off my lawn” to one-seventh of the...
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US Embassy Cairo at Reduced Staffing: Suspends Services and Makes Another...
On Monday, November 26, the US Embassy in Cairo announced that it was ‘open for full operations,” this despite the clashes near Simon Square and the Embassy’s North Permimeter which reportedly...
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US Embassy Bangui: 15% Danger Post With Terrifically Bad Trimmings, It’s Not...
State/OIG recently posted its inspection report of the US Embassy in Bangui, a 15% danger pay post, as well as a 35% COLA and 35% hardship differential pay assignment. The inspection took place in...
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US Embassy Cairo Tweets Link to a Jon Stewart Show, Laughter Optional, Obviously
On April 1st, and not an April Fools’ prank, concern about freedom of expression in Egypt made it to the State Department’s Daily Press Briefing with Toria Nuland. Below is the quick exchange:...
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GOP’s Benghazi Report: Anonymous DS Agent, Whistleblowers and Embassy “Security”
There are three items we found interesting in Appendix I of the House GOP’s interim report on Benghazi. House Committee on Government and Oversight Reform: The Committee has heard from, and continues...
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US Embassy Egypt: From the Real Post Reports – the New Cairo; Plus Western...
Target: Western Embassy Cairo Today, the BBC News reported the arrest of three al-Qaeda militants in Cairo. The reported target is a western embassy. That probably means, the three militants who were...
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A New Travel Warning for Egypt? No Comment or Howabout “There Are No...
The NYT reported on May 11 that Egyptian security forces have arrested three militants with ties to Al Qaeda who were planning terrorist attacks in Egyptian cities and against a foreign embassy. An...
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US Embassy Cairo Issues Security Message: Yo! Maintain Good Personal...
But … nothintodowithus! Two days after the Egyptian Government announced the arrest of three militants with ties to Al Qaeda plotting terrorist attacks in Egyptian cities and after local officials have...
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Friday Inbox: Forget “Situation Is Fluid”— Remember “Situational Awareness”
In our mailbox this morning: Spilled hot coffee on your lap? It’s probably an isolated incident. Still, you should exercise greater situational awareness, and be vigilant about the location and volume...
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What’s Missing From the Accountability Review Board Reform Act of 2013 (H.R....
As we have blogged here previously, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC), introduced legislation on April 26, 2013, to increase the independence and...
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Snapshot: Top 10 Recipients of US Foreign Assistance in FY2012 Actual and...
Extracted from the CRS: The FY2014 State and Foreign Operations Budget Request, April 18, 2013 via Secrecy News: The list is dominated by strategic allies in the Middle East and Southeast Asia, as well...
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US Mission Egypt Now on Authorized Departure But July 4th Celebration Still On
— By Domani Spero On June 28, the State Department announced the authorized departure of “a limited number” of non-emergency USG personnel and family members from Egypt due to the ongoing unrest....
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Morsi Ousted, US Mission Egypt Now On Ordered Departure
— By Domani Spero Shortly after noon today, the Department of State ordered the departure of non-emergency U.S. government personnel and family members from Egypt due to the ongoing political and...
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Significant Attacks Against U.S. Diplomatic Facilities/Personnel From 1998-2012
◉ by Domani Spero The State Department recently released its compilation of significant attacks against U.S. diplomatic facilities and personnel from 1998 to 2012. The list notes that some attacks may...
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Senate Confirms Former Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson for the Near...
– Domani Spero Late afternoon on December 16, the Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #406, Anne W. Patterson, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior...
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US Embassy Egypt: Ordered Departure Lifted, Issues New Travel Alert
– Domani Spero On January 6, the State Department issued a new Travel Alert advising U.S. citizens of the risks of travelling to Egypt due to continuing unrest. The ordered departure of US Embassy...
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