'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
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U.S. embassies and diplomatic outposts have skipped or exempted themselves from security requirements without the knowlege of the State Department in Washington, creating an ad hoc system so riddled with exceptions that the agency’s internal watchdog is raising new safety alarms just months after the deadly attack on the Benghazi consulate.
Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said Wednesday that his delegation is pressing North Korea to put a moratorium on missile launches and nuclear tests and to allow more cell phones and an open Internet for its citizens.
Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said Wednesday that his delegation is pressing North Korea to put a moratorium on missile launches and nuclear tests and to allow more cell phones and an open Internet for its citizens.
A private delegation including Google's Eric Schmidt is urging North Korea to allow more open Internet access and cellphones to benefit its citizens, the mission's leader said Wednesday in the country with some of the world's tightest controls on information.
State Department officials this week said they will develop for Congress an assessment of Iranian-related threats in Central and South America, as required by a new law.
“Protecting our personnel and missions is the State Department’s highest priority," Velasco said. "The Bureau of Diplomatic Security has already taken steps to implement the recommendations of the report."
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He noted that the IG report, known as the "Department's Exceptions and Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 Waivers" is part of a "normal and periodic inspection process."
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