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James Morrison

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James Morrison joined the The Washington Times in 1983 as a local reporter covering Alexandria, Va. A year later, he was assigned to open a Times bureau in Canada. From 1987 to 1989, Mr. Morrison was The Washington Times reporter in London, covering Britain, Western Europe and NATO issues. After returning to Washington, he served as an assistant foreign editor until his transfer to the Metro desk as the Virginia editor. Mr. Morrison returned to the Foreign Desk in 1993 to launch the Embassy Row column, a diplomatic news column primarily focusing on foreign ambassadors in the United States and U.S. ambassadors abroad. The column is the only one of its kind in U.S. journalism.
Mr. Morrison was born on Nov. 27, 1950, in Charleston, W.Va. His father worked as a printer for the Charleston Gazette and later relocated to Washington to work as a photo engraver at The Washington Post until his retirement. Before joining The Washington Times, James Morrison was a reporter for the Springfield, Va., Times, the Northern Virginia Sun and the Alexandria Gazette. He attended American University.

Articles by James Morrison

Embassy Row

The U.S. ambassador to India on Wednesday congratulated Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for winning a vote of confidence in Parliament and predicted the victory will lead to the approval of a landmark nuclear energy deal between the United States and India.

July 24, 2008

Embassy Row

Foreign correspondents like to think of themselves as the lone wolves of journalism, prowling the world in search of a scoop. They treasure their independence. The father away from their editors, the happier they are.

July 23, 2008

Embassy Row

The U.S. ambassador in Ecuador defended the leftist South American government against charges that it has ties to Marxist rebels in neighboring Colombia, a strong U.S. ally.

July 22, 2008

Longtime envoy a witness to history

The most senior foreign ambassador in the United States — the man other diplomats seek out for advice and the only ambassador still in Washington who presented his credentials to President Reagan — keeps a toy train on his desk.

July 20, 2008

Embassy Row

The foreign minister of Finland is worried about a widespread feeling of despair settling over the half-billion citizens of the European Union, many of whom feel isolated from the power center in Brussels and dissatisfied with its accomplishments.

July 18, 2008

Embassy Row

The Irish, after stunning the European Union by rejecting the EU's latest attempt to consolidate power, will have to decided whether they want to remain in the 27-nation bloc, a leading member of the European Parliament predicted Wednesday.

July 17, 2008

Embassy Row

For 30 years, the United States has had a special relationship with Taiwan, an island sometimes called the "land of creative ambiguity" because of tense political relations with China.

July 16, 2008

Embassy Row

U.S. diplomats in Poland on Monday mourned the death of Bronislaw Geremek, whom U.S. Ambassador Victor Ashe called a "great Polish patriot."

July 15, 2008

Embassy Row

Sen. Barack Obama could show "true statesmanship" by visiting Colombia to recognize the heroic rescue of American hostages held by communist rebels and by breaking with congressional Democrats and endorsing a free-trade agreement with Washington's strongest South American ally, according to a former ambassador from Costa Rica.

July 14, 2008

Embassy Row

The Fourth of July is a "great day to be an American," the U.S. ambassador to Japan said in his annual Independence Day message.

July 4, 2008

Embassy Row

The U.S. ambassador to Japan remains worried about possible damage to U.S.-Japanese relations over President Bush's decision to remove North Korea from a blacklist of terrorist nations.

July 3, 2008

Embassy Row

Halfway through the year, Kazakhstan has failed to adopt the political reforms it promised in order to get Western support for its goal of chairing an international human rights forum, members of the U.S. Congress complained Tuesday on a visit to the energy-rich Central Asian nation.

July 2, 2008

Embassy Row

American diplomats showed "greater courage" serving behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War than they do today serving in countries with a high threat of terrorism, Pakistan's new ambassador to the United States said Monday.

July 1, 2008

Embassy Row

Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas of Lithuania is one of several foreign visitors in Washington this week.

June 30, 2008

Embassy Row

The U.S. ambassador to Zimbabwe fears the brutal government of President Robert Mugabe will force people to vote in Friday's presidential runoff election, even though the main opposition candidate dropped out of the race because of orchestrated attacks on thousands of his supporters.

June 27, 2008

Embassy Row

On Saturday, John L. Withers II will mark the end of his first year as U.S. ambassador to Albania, but he never thought the anniversary would be marred by scandal that could end his diplomatic career.

June 26, 2008

Embassy Row

Tucked away in the $250 billion war supplemental spending bill approved by the House of Representatives last week was $5 million to fund the first U.S. consulate in the remote and restive Chinese region of Tibet.

June 25, 2008

Embassy Row

The State Department Monday defended the U.S. ambassador to Albania against congressional charges that he was involved in an attempt to cover up suspected illegal weapons sales to Afghanistan.

June 24, 2008

Embassy Row

The Bulgarian ambassador bid farewell to Washington as the Bulgarian prime minister began a three-day visit to the capital this week to hold talks with President Bush and members of Congress.

June 20, 2008