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• Contempt Of Everyone Dept.: Breaking: Was Gonzales... Less Than Truthful???

  Published: July 26, 2007, 11:30 am

  Tags: Alberto Gonzales, Contempt Of Everyone Dept, John Negroponte, Letters, Lies, Warrantless Wiretapping

  In the first reported case ever of John Negroponte being vaguely (if inadvertently) involved in something that could, in the long run, maybe be vaguely good for democracy, a letter from him presents...

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• State Dept. Ousts Its Chief of Security

  Published: October 25, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: State, Dept, Ousts, Its, Chief, Security, Condoleezza Rice, John Negroponte, Richard Griffin, Iraq, United States, Patrick Kennedy, U S Department Of State, Baghdad, George W Bush, Henrietta Fore, U S Secret Service, Blackwater Usa, Dyncorp International Llc, Chicago, Eri

  The State Department's security chief was forced to resign yesterday after a critical review found that his office had failed to adequately supervise private contractors protecting U.S. diplomats in Iraq.

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• State Dept. Ousts Its Chief of Security

  Published: October 25, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: State, Dept, Ousts, Its, Chief, Security, Condoleezza Rice, John Negroponte, Richard Griffin, Iraq, United States, Patrick Kennedy, U S Department Of State, Baghdad, George W Bush, Henrietta Fore, U S Secret Service, Blackwater Usa, Dyncorp International Llc, Chicago, Eri

  The State Department's security chief was forced to resign yesterday after a critical review found that his office had failed to adequately supervise private contractors protecting U.S. diplomats in Iraq.

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• State Dept. Ousts Its Chief of Security

  Published: October 25, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: State, Dept, Ousts, Its, Chief, Security, Condoleezza Rice, John Negroponte, Richard Griffin, Iraq, United States, Patrick Kennedy, U S Department Of State, Baghdad, George W Bush, Henrietta Fore, U S Secret Service, Blackwater Usa, Dyncorp International Llc, Chicago, Eri

  The State Department's security chief was forced to resign yesterday after a critical review found that his office had failed to adequately supervise private contractors protecting U.S. diplomats in Iraq.

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• Bush Pushes Pakistan's Musharraf to Give Up Military Leadership

  Published: November 8, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Bush, Pushes, Pakistan S, Musharraf, Give, Military, Leadership, John Negroponte, Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan, United States, George W Bush, The White House, Al Qaeda, Iran, Gary Ackerman, Pakistani Armed Forces, Balochistan, North West Frontier Province, Dan Burton

  President Bush intervened in Pakistan's political crisis yesterday with a telephone call urging embattled President Pervez Musharraf to resign as commander of the Pakistani military and to hold elections within the next two months, as originally scheduled.

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• Bush Pushes Pakistan's Musharraf to Give Up Military Leadership

  Published: November 8, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Bush, Pushes, Pakistan S, Musharraf, Give, Military, Leadership, John Negroponte, Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan, United States, George W Bush, The White House, Al Qaeda, Iran, Gary Ackerman, Pakistani Armed Forces, Balochistan, North West Frontier Province, Dan Burton

  President Bush intervened in Pakistan's political crisis yesterday with a telephone call urging embattled President Pervez Musharraf to resign as commander of the Pakistani military and to hold elections within the next two months, as originally scheduled.

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• Rice's Management at Issue

  Published: November 10, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Rice S, Management, Issue, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, U S Department Of State, Baghdad, John Negroponte, Pat Kennedy, Iraq, Blackwater Usa, George H W Bush, James Baker, John Bolton, Richard Armitage, United States, Europe, George P Shultz, George W Bush, Henrietta

  Shortly after Condoleezza Rice took charge of the 57,000-person State Department in 2005, she said she relished the challenge of "line responsibility" in leading a large organization. "I really enjoy that," she said in an interview. "Some of my favorite times here have been my budget and high-level...

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• Rice's Management at Issue

  Published: November 10, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Rice S, Management, Issue, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, U S Department Of State, Baghdad, John Negroponte, Pat Kennedy, Iraq, Blackwater Usa, George H W Bush, James Baker, John Bolton, Richard Armitage, United States, Europe, George P Shultz, George W Bush, Henrietta

  Shortly after Condoleezza Rice took charge of the 57,000-person State Department in 2005, she said she relished the challenge of "line responsibility" in leading a large organization. "I really enjoy that," she said in an interview. "Some of my favorite times here have been my budget and high-level...

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• Rice's Management at Issue

  Published: November 10, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Rice S, Management, Issue, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, U S Department Of State, Baghdad, John Negroponte, Pat Kennedy, Iraq, Blackwater Usa, George H W Bush, James Baker, John Bolton, Richard Armitage, United States, Europe, George P Shultz, George W Bush, Henrietta

  Shortly after Condoleezza Rice took charge of the 57,000-person State Department in 2005, she said she relished the challenge of "line responsibility" in leading a large organization. "I really enjoy that," she said in an interview. "Some of my favorite times here have been my budget and high-level...

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• Forced Iraq Postings 'May Be Necessary'

  Published: November 11, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Forced, Iraq, Postings, May, Necessary, Condoleezza Rice, U S Department Of State, John Matel, John Negroponte, The Dallas Morning News Co, Baghdad, U S Armed Forces, U S Embassy In Baghdad, United States, Vietnam, Washington Dc

  Four days before a deadline for Foreign Service officers to volunteer to go to Iraq or face the prospect of being ordered there, the State Department notified employees yesterday that "about half" of 48 open assignments there for next year have been filled.

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• Bhutto Calls On Musharraf To Resign

  Published: November 14, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Bhutto, Calls, Musharraf, Resign, Benazir Bhutto, Pervez Musharraf, Lahore, Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan, John Negroponte, Peshawar, The White House, United States, Tennessee, Condoleezza Rice, Dana Perino, Ehsan Iqbal, Hasan Askari, Imran Khan, Imtiaz Ali, Islamabad, Karachi

  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 13 -- Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, under house arrest in Lahore, called Tuesday for President Pervez Musharraf to quit and reached out to her main political rivals, opening the way for a common front among anti-government forces that so far have been divided by...

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• U.S. Wondering How to Meddle Next in Pakistan

  Published: November 15, 2007, 1:14 am

  Tags: Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, Benazir Bhutto, John Negroponte

  Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte would deliver to General Musharraf — and perhaps more important, to Pakistan’s generals — when he arrives in Islamabad on Friday. Administration officials say they still hope that Mr. Negroponte can salvage the fractured arranged marriage between General Musharraf and former Prime

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• Pakistanis Growing Frustrated With U.S.

  Published: November 16, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Pakistanis, Growing, Frustrated, With, U S, Pervez Musharraf, United States, Pakistan, John Negroponte, George W Bush, Islamabad, Benazir Bhutto, Florida, North West Frontier Province, Lahore, Muhammadmian Soomro, Omar R Quraishi, Pakistani Armed Forces, Parveen Aslam, Swat

  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 15 -- Inside call centers and in high school social studies classes, at vegetable markets and in book bazaars, Pakistanis from different walks of life here say that ever since President Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency rule two weeks ago, he's been the most unpopular f...

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• Pakistanis losing confidence in the Bush administration.

  Published: November 16, 2007, 3:48 pm

  Tags: George W Bush, John Negroponte, Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto

  Most people around the world have a low opinion of George Bush. But in Pakistan, Bush' standing has reached a new low even for him, as their people are growing increasingly angry at him over the turmoil that is taking place in that country. Our r

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• Musharraf Rejects U.S. Pressure to Lift Emergency Rule

  Published: November 18, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Musharraf, Rejects, U S, Pressure, Lift, Emergency, Rule, John Negroponte, Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan, United States, Dubai, Benazir Bhutto, Karachi, Swat Valley, The Taliban, United Arab Emirates, North West Frontier Province, Geo Television Network, Ahmed Shuja Pasha

  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 18 -- President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday rebuffed pressure from a senior U.S. envoy to revoke emergency rule under the country's current security situation, envoys said.

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