Topic: U.S. Department Of State
State Department investigating whether employees helped Western companies with Iraqi oil dealsThe State Department's inspector general is investigating Iraqi oil contracts after four Democratic senators complained that department employees may have encouraged lucrative oil deals between Iraq and several Western companies.Any backstage ...
Report says U.S. embassies not prepared for new travel rules set for January launch A U.S. program granting special travel status to the residents of 27 nations will end in January for security reasons, and a new federal report says American embassies ...
The Bush administration plans to spend significantly more for information technology programs for the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development for fiscal 2009. President Bush wants to increase what the administration had estimated it would spend on the Department's ...
Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) on Monday criticized what he sees as a muted Bush administration response to a recent Chinese anti-satellite missile test, saying the launch highlights the need for the United States to protect its interests in space.. "[T]he development and ...
President Bush, Federal Employees Receive Predictable but Pricey Gifts From Around the WorldWhat, oh what, to give the leader of the free world?From the looks of an official record of gifts to President Bush last year, it's clear the average pen set ...
Some significant new Bush Administration appointments are being made at the highest levels of U.S. foreign policy. National Intelligence Director John Negroponte is leaving his current job to become the #2 person at the U.S. State Department.