Author: James Chamberlin

The Washingtn Po s The Washington Post is concerned about the fact that Trump is shortcircuiting the security clearance process for some of his new cabinet appointees. Trunp’s mishandling of classified data at his home in Mar a Lago showed he cannot be trusted with secret information. s

On the evening of July 4, 1976, I was working in the Operations Center of the State Department. The fireworks were starting on the National Mall. Henry Kissinger was the Secretary of State. He was having a commemorative dinner on the eighth floor of the State Department in the diplomatic…

The Jerusalem Strategic Tribune reviewed Harry Kopp’s book,The Voice of the Foreign Service: A History of the American Foreign Service Association at 100, on the history of the Foreign Service, The review said: The origins of the State Department were inauspicious. Headed by Thomas Jefferson, it comprised a small diplomatic establishment that…