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In the latest edition of a U.S. State Department publication, State Magazine, senior officials warn employees to “choose your words thoughtfully” because you may offend someone using common colloquial phrases such as rule of thumb.
According to Chief Diversity Officer John Robinson, rule of thumb could be offensive to left-wing feminists because the term [...]
Over at the Export Law Blog a nice jab at the State Department’s definition of what should constitute a “defense service” under U.S. law. A gut feeling though, this rule is not going to die an easy death. I think the media, and the Obama Administration, spent too much time yesterday on the birther [...]
While on a trip in Asia, President Obama issued an Executive Order creating a Federal Export Enforcement Coordination Center (FEECC) that “subject to the availability of appropriations” will serve as an export control enforcement referee among numerous federal agencies.
The Obama Administration had a unique opportunity to streamline licensing and enforcement of [...]
Want to take the U.S. Foreign Service Exam but have not money? Well, did you know you could apply for a Chinese Government loan to prepare for it? Indeed. No interest payments or need to payback the loan, at least not with cash. All you need to do is sell classified information to Beijing and the [...]
A post by Josh Rogin at The Cable caught my attention yesterday.
It seems like two State Department political appointees were recently living up the good life in state sponsor of terrorism Syria – and they wanted you and me to know all about it because they made generous use of social media [...]
Yesterday the U.S. Department of State, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) published the following guidance:
Requests for Proviso Reconsideration and/or Clarification. Available, here. Support Documentation Requirements for license applications for temporary exports of defense articles and temporary imports of unclassified defense articles. Available, here. Reminding applicants of license support documentation [...]
Every now and then, usually when I post about it, I receive critical e-mail from folks about my stance on export control reform and why massive reforms of the system should be made in a piecemeal fashion. One of the reasons for this stance is that “reform” (updating a more accurate term) of the processes [...]
The White House Press Secretary issued a statement last week that President Obama “has directed that the NEC/NSC launch a broad-based interagency process for reviewing the overall U.S. export control system, including both the dual-use and defense trade processes.”
Is it real this time? Sources on the Hill are split on this issue [...]
The Department of State announced yesterday that India had agreed to end-use monitoring of U.S. defense articles and technology sold to India. The establishment of an end-use monitoring program is required by the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) in order to improve accountability with respect to defense articles and defense services sold, leased, or exported [...]
As the United Arab Emirates (UAE) lobbies the Congress for approval of a nuclear agreement with the United States, serious export control incidents such as these are the last thing that the Gulf country leaders would want on the minds of Members of Congress that may be on the fence on the proposed 123 deal.
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Terry Jeffrey penned a piece yesterday reminding folks not only how U.S. taxpayer monies are sometimes squandered in the international system, but it also highlights how U.S. export control laws are undermined and weakened by it:
American taxpayers not only helped fund Iran’s nuclear program over the past decade, according to a recent report by [...]
It can also provide the private sector – the shipowners, insurance companies, and others – a more reasonable and clear basis to develop anti-piracy policies and procedures.
Developed by the Bush Administration to combat the spread of weapons of mass destruction and other proliferation concerns, the Obama Administration should seriously consider adopting a model to combat [...]
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