Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the Department of State will play a key role in the implementation of an executive order on digital assets and its embassies worldwide will work with
MoreSens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., have introduced a new bill that would allow the federal government to provide commercial internet connectivity in conflict zones around the world. Under the
MoreThe Biden administration has imposed full blocking sanctions on 22 Russian defense entities, including those that produce combat aircraft, missiles, infantry fighting vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles and electronic warfare systems, as part
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Eric Nelson, formerly the State Department’s ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, will serve as an associate director at the Germany-based George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies. The ambassador-in-residency will share
MoreJohn Bass, undersecretary for management at the State Department, has been designated by State Secretary Antony Blinken as chief sustainability officer. Blinken, a previous Wash100 Award winner, said in a statement published
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Matt Murray, most recently head of the bureau of economic and business affairs at the State Department, has been appointed to serve as the department’s senior U.S. official for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.
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The State Department has imposed sanctions on three Chinese organizations for participating in missile technology proliferation activities in violation with the Arms Export Control Act and the Export Administration Act of 1979.
MoreThe U.S. military has shipped 90 tons of military cargo in support of Ukraine, which is in a state of conflict with Russia, NPR reported Saturday. The lethal aid shipment includes ammunition
MoreVirginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin has appointed Sheriff Robert “Bob” Mosier to serve as the state’s next secretary of public safety and homeland security. “Sheriff Mosier will play an important role in keeping
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Emily Blanchard, an economics professor at Dartmouth College, has been appointed to serve as the State Department’s chief economist. Blanchard will help the department analyze the economic factors of foreign policy and
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