Last night I stopped by the Round Robin Bar before meeting Cerise to take in a performance at the Woolly Mammoth Theater. There I saw Cabot, who is with the United States Agency for International Development Office of Transition Initiatives. Now, USAID is associated with the State Department, and everybody knows how those folks can… Continue reading Welcome to Zunzuneo, Brought to You by USAID
Tag: diplomacy
Hamid Karzai Plays Hardball Out of His League
Yesterday afternoon at three o’clock, Khus Dihugami Dadamizo, Special International Policy Emissary of His Excellency President Hamid Karzai for the Embassy of Afghanistan to the United States of America, arrived once more for a policy consultation, and did so in his usual condition. Enough said – regular readers of this Web log know what that… Continue reading Hamid Karzai Plays Hardball Out of His League
Ach du Liebe Zeit! NSA Private Cell Phone Tap Penetrates Angela Merkel
Fortunately, despite the desperate state of the world, it did not prove necessary for Gretchen to book any consultations on this particular weekend. So she had both days off – although I am, technically speaking, on call year-round, 24/7. And so it was that shortly after breakfast in bed, while Cerise and I relaxed with… Continue reading Ach du Liebe Zeit! NSA Private Cell Phone Tap Penetrates Angela Merkel
Obama Ends Up in Bum Luck Egypt
Cerise and I were enjoying one of the favorite pleasures of Washingtonians this time of year – a bike ride down the shady, cool and scenic Chesapeake and Ohio Canal tow path – when Lydia Laureli Llewellyn-Lipschitz, former Henry Kissinger professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Brandeis University, and currently Deputy Assistant Undersecretary of State for Near Eastern… Continue reading Obama Ends Up in Bum Luck Egypt
State Department’s Whistle Blower Scandal Cure
Thursday morning, I received a visit from Dr. Evelyn Waugh Tsvangari-O’Shay. She works at the US State Department Office of the Inspector General. “I suppose,” she began, “you are familiar with the recent allegations lodged against us?” “That the Office of the Secretary of State intervened to quash an investigation of an affair between a… Continue reading State Department’s Whistle Blower Scandal Cure