James Morrison
Articles by James Morrison
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The U.S. ambassador to Belgium is not one to speak softly, especially when it comes to rattling Russia over its invasion of Georgia. Published August 26, 2008
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CHAVEZ IN DECLINE Published August 25, 2008
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Georgia ignored last-minute U.S. warnings against provoking Russia over the conflict in South Ossetia, but Washington still supports Georgia's desire to join NATO, the U.S. envoy to the Western alliance said Thursday. Published August 22, 2008
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Georgia's ambassador to the United States looked over the audience of more than 200 guests Monday at the Heritage Foundation and admitted that he never thought he would be addressing a Washington forum about a Russian invasion of his country. Published August 19, 2008
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Foreign visitors in Washington this week include Festus Mogae, former president of Botswana. Published August 18, 2008
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The former U.S. ambassador to Paraguay, after becoming a recording star in the South American nation, says he might just sit on a dock in Miami and sell worms when he retires from the State Department at the end of September after a 38-year diplomatic career. Published August 14, 2008
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As Russian troops raged through Georgia, the country's tiny diplomatic corps in Washington mounted a round-the-clock offensive to tell Georgia's side of the story to administration officials, congressional contacts and journalists. Published August 13, 2008
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The crisis in the Republic of Georgia opened a new front in Washington, where foreign-policy analysts rattled the Internet with e-mail alerts on their solutions to stop Russian aggression against its tiny neighbor. Published August 12, 2008
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When the Egyptian ambassador came to Washington nine years ago, the world was much different. Published August 11, 2008
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No booze. No cars. No domestic flights. And a rise in crime. Those are the conditions Americans can expect in Bolivia over the weekend, as Bolivians prepare to vote on the future of controversial President Evo Morales, who is facing a recall referendum on Sunday. Published August 8, 2008
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The U.S. ambassador to China gave the new American Embassy the diplomatic equivalent of a gold medal as he hosted a preview of the compound this week in preparation for the dedication Friday on the opening day of the Beijing Olympics. Published August 7, 2008
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Diplomatically speaking, the U.S. ambassador to Mexico had some strong words for two top Mexican lawmakers when they came to plead for mercy for a Mexican man convicted of raping and murdering two teenage girls in Texas. Published August 6, 2008
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The U.S. ambassador in Tokyo is worried that Japan might cut off its crucial refueling support for coalition forces in Afghanistan and Iraq because of domestic political opposition to the continued deployment of Japanese troops. Published August 5, 2008
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Bolivians frustrated by 2½ years of socialist government under President Evo Morales have a chance to remove him from office next week, but even a strong opponent of his policies doubts he will lose the recall vote. Published August 4, 2008
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DECLINE AND FALL: They came to Washington to talk about the decline of the British Labor Party but quickly changed the subject to the expected revival of the British Conservative Party, after more than 10 years in the political wilderness. Published August 1, 2008
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Thirty-five years ago, the first communist Chinese diplomats in Washington opened a liaison office in a dozen rooms in the Mayflower Hotel. In 1979, a year after the United States recognized the communist regime and cut relations with Taiwan, China purchased the old Windsor Park Hotel on Connecticut Avenue to serve as its embassy. Published July 31, 2008
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Cliff Bond, returning to his congressional staff job after a year in Bosnia, praised authorities of the new pro-Western government in Serbia for apprehending Radovan Karadzic and called for authorities to track down Ratko Mladic. Published July 30, 2008
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Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez is beginning to alienate some of his coalition partners who are worried about his increasingly radical agenda, government mismanagement, inflation and food shortages, according to a report from the International Crisis Group. Published July 29, 2008
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Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani of Pakistan will meet with President Bush Monday and address an evening forum sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations and the Middle East Institute. Published July 28, 2008
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Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini is due in Washington next week to reassure the Bush administration that the conservative government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is one of its strongest European allies. Published July 25, 2008
