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Benghazi: Where the hell were the Marines? Yo! Half our embassies have no...
There is a misconception out there shared by some Americans that when they get in trouble overseas, Uncle Sam will come get them. That’s wrong. He won’t send a helicopter rescue nor the US Marines,...
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Blast From the Past: US Embassy Benghazi (June 1967) —“The mob battered its...
— By Domani Spero Almost nine months since the attack, Benghazi continue to make news. Three days ago, CBS News reported that U.S. officials gave instructions for Benghazi Medical Center to use a...
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Congress Shuttered Our Zoo, So Here’s the Animal Kingdom Foreign Service...
– by Domani Spero You’ve seen this photo of the “sad kid at the zoo,” right? The Atlantic Wire calls it the defining image of the government shutdown. Okay. Australia’s Herald Sun screams, No zoo for...
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US Embassy Greece: What Happened to Sgt Laloup’s Heart? Parents Seeking...
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US Embassy Ulaanbaatar Gets First Ever Marine Security Guard Detachment
– Domani Spero Via US Embassy Mongolia: On May 23, 2014, U.S. Embassy Ulaanbaatar held a welcome ceremony to institute the first ever U.S. Marine Security Guard detachment in the Embassy. Ambassador...
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State Dept OIG – Published Reports, September 2014
– Domani Spero The following are the OIG inspection reports and audits posted online by State/OIG in September. All are in pdf format. -09/30/14 Inspection of the Bureau of International...
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OIG Compliance Review: Minimum Security Standards For Overseas Facilities...
Posted: 2:00 pm EDT Three ARB-related IG reports were issued this past week, two of them, the Audit of the DOS Implementation of the Vital Presence Validation Process and the Review of the...
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Happy 240th Birthday @USMC!
Posted: 2:23 am EDT . .@StateDept honors our ‘Ambassadors in Blue’ on the 240th Birthday of @USMC: https://t.co/H7x3N40pwF. #SemperFi pic.twitter.com/HjoQ1dPK4I — Department of State (@StateDept)...
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