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By Mal Vincent
The Virginian-Pilot
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The Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation will meet on December 12 and December 13 at the Department of State, 2201 ``C'' Street NW., Washington, DC. Prior notification and a valid government-issued photo ID (such as driver's license, passport, U.S. government or military ID) are required for entrance into the building. Members of the public planning to attend must notify Colby Prevost, Office of the Historian ((202) 663-3529) no later than December 8, 2011 to provide date of birth, valid government-issued photo identification number and type (such as driver's license number/state, passport number/country, or U.S. government ID number/agency or military ID number/branch), and relevant telephone numbers. If you cannot provide one of the specified forms of ID, please c...
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The world is abuzz with the possibility of a United Nations vote to recognize a Palestinian state. Should this vote take place, it would be a disgrace and a diplomatic debacle for Israel, the Palestinians and the United States.
Since its founding in 1948, Israel has lived under the constant threat of physical danger, surrounded by hostile regimes committed to its obliteration. In recent weeks, Israel's diplomatic ties with Turkey, at one time its closest ally in the Muslim world, unraveled completely. Meanwhile, across the border in Egypt, Israeli diplomats ran for their lives as a lawless mob stormed their embassy. These events, combined with the Palestinian Authority's pursuit of U.N. recognition, are creating a perfect storm of diplomatic danger.
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Award recognized innovation and excellence in creating effective teams to identify attackers and eliminate malicious code
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The SANS Institute announced today that the Cyber Threat Analysis Division in the Bureau of Diplomatic Security at the State Department has won the 2011 U.S. National Cyber Cybersecurity Innovation Award for its ground-breaking innovation in rapid identification and removal of targeted malware and national leadership in deep network forensics and reverse engineering.
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JERUSALEM - The attack on the Israeli embassy in Cairo has brought into sharp relief Israel's increasing isolation in a still region grappling with the changes of the so-called "Arab Spring.
Israel was forced to evacuate its ambassador and most of its diplomatic staff from Cairo this weekend after hundreds of Egyptian protesters tore down a security wall protecting the Nile-side embassy, ransacked its files and burned an Israeli flag. The move came less than a week after Turkey, Israel's other major ally in the Muslim world, announced it was expelling the Israeli ambassador and downgrading its relationship to the lowest possible level after a deadly skirmish involving a Turkish aid vessel that was attempting to deliver supplies in defiance of Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip.
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Editor's Note:
A retired senior diplomat reflects on some of the assignments he has had and what lessons he learned during the course of a long and ...