NORAD is ready to track Santa's flight
From NORAD's website:PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- The North American Aerospace Defense Command is getting ready to track Santa’s yuletide journey! The NORAD Tracks Santa website,...
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Borat anthem stuns Kazakh gold medallist in Kuwait - from the BBCKazakhstan's shooting team has been left stunned after a comedy national anthem from the film Borat was played at a medal ceremony at...
View ArticleA pre-Memorial-Day Thought
The United States of America is a mighty nation. Our heroes are cowboys and soldiers, boxers, MMA fighters, and policemen. Not inventors or writers, or explorers, or priests, or diplomats. We define...
View ArticleMaking the Noise
There's a reason why motorcycles are called "crotch rockets." They exude power. They exude manhood. They are too loud to ignore. They are the perfect vehicle for making a man (or a woman) feel larger...
View ArticleA Teachable Moment
The State Department is taking a well-deserved beating in the court of public opinion for its free-wheeling incompetence in handling a security clearance/discipline case with free-speech implications....
View ArticleAn Important Step to Enhance National Security
From the Washington post, by Joe Davidson:President Obama has done what Congress has not — extend whistleblower protections to national security and intelligence employees.A Presidential Policy...
View ArticleThe Fallout Begins
As Diplopundit and the media have noted, four senior State Department employees have lost their jobs over the attacks in Benghazi. We have been silent, for reasons having nothing to do with those...
View ArticleUtah man receives war medals 66 years late
By JOSH LOFTIN - Associated PressSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — More than six decades after being freed from a Japanese prisoner of war camp, a Utah veteran was compelled to relive the horrors and triumphs of...
View ArticleHappy Thanksgiving!
Today is the most American day of the year. The 4th of July celebrates the independence of our country from the British. Thanksgiving celebrates who we are. It is the closest thing America has to a...
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Thank You For Your Service
To be stripped of one's security clearance is to be stripped of one's nationality. It is a statement by those who see themselves as the official definers of loyalty and patriotism that a person does...
View ArticleThis Memorial Day, remember the diplomats, too
From the Dallas Morning News:WASHINGTON — They are the proud, the few and the unarmed. They dodge bullets in the mountains of Afghanistan and brave the deserts of Iraq. They serve as America’s face to...
View ArticleARMY SEEKS TO PROMOTE CULTURAL LITERACY
From Secrecy News by Steven Aftergood:A new U.S. Army publication (pdf) invites American soldiers to ponder the role of cultural factors in shaping perception and action.Analyze this statement: 'The...
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Japanese-American Heros Honored
Washington (CNN) -- Nearly seven decades after the attack on Pearl Harbor, thousands of Japanese-American World War II veterans were honored Wednesday at a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony held at the...
View ArticleNew Bill Will Ease Travel
By LARRY MARGASAKAssociated PressWASHINGTON — The House on Tuesday voted unanimously to allow military travelers on official duty to get a special preference to move through airport security checks...
View ArticleAFSA's Town Hall Meetings April 7 and 8 - Questions for the Future Forward...
Matthew K. Asada, who was elected Vice President of the American Foreign Service Association largely on the strength of his diversity platform, does not identify himself as Gay, Bisexual, Transgender...
View ArticleAAD and AFSA: Complicit in the Foreign Service Image Problem
The American Foreign Service has an image problem. It is perceived by the American public and by many in Congress as elitist and out of touch with the lives of ordinary Americans. The American Academy...
View ArticleOf ethics and Auld Lang Syne
Aaaaaah the good old days!When the American Foreign Service Association was cost-effectively staffed by the wives and girlfriends of a handful of regular Board members. When a handful of self-styled...
View ArticleCFSO joins Rolling Thunder in Memorium
http://rollingthunderrun.com/We join our colleagues and our friends in remembering those who have lost their lives or liberty in support of our own. May God grant peace to every veteran and to their...
View ArticleInsanity
My brother-in-law is an idiot. In a certain presidential election, he justified his vote for the candidate he voted for by saying: "He got us into this mess. He's the only one who can get us out of...
View ArticleGo Joe Carson!
CFSO supporter and Department of Energy whistleblower Joe Carson's case has reached the supreme court.Joe Carson is a nuclear safety engineer at the U.S. Department of Energy. He is a decorated veteran...
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CFSO supports Rolling Thunder 2010
Rolling Thunder XXIII Message Points:Live POWs - what is our government doing about the live POWs left behind in all past and present wars? Why are government efforts focused only on recovering...
View ArticleAFSA's Proposed Bylaw Amendment Would Give Management The Ability To Veto...
It is admittedly a difficult question:All things being equal, who do you trust more to represent your interests?A Foreign Service colleague who chooses to run for AFSA’s Governing Board to negotiate on...
View ArticleCFSO Supports Ken Kero Mentz, John Naland, in AFSA Governing Board Elections
AFSA Governing Board elections have begun. With many positions uncontested, CFSO has not endorsed candidates for any position other than the contested State Vice President Position - for which we...
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