James Morrison

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.

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Articles by James Morrison

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Observing the protocols of a foreign dignitary on a visit to Washington this week, insisted he was strictly neutral in the U.S. presidential campaign. Published June 19, 2008

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What can top having Julia Roberts play you in a movie about your life? For Joanne Herring, perhaps it is the enduring love of the Afghan people. Published June 18, 2008

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DIPLOMATIC TRAFFIC Published June 16, 2008

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Americans visiting India are warned about bomb blasts, street demonstrations, outbreaks of bird flu and even threats against the temple of the Hare Krishnas. Now the U.S. Embassy is advising Americans to beware of a new danger: open manholes on flooded streets of Bombay. Published June 13, 2008

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The United States is a reluctant superpower on the global stage, but one determined to spread its values around the world for the betterment of mankind, according to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in a review of eight years of Bush administration foreign policy. Published June 10, 2008

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The Mexican ambassador is urging Congress to approve a $1.4 billion anti-crime package to attack the drug cartels that have made the U.S.-Mexico border one of the most dangerous in the world. Published June 9, 2008

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POOLSIDE FRACAS Published June 5, 2008

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Debate is 'over' Published June 4, 2008

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Putin taps envoy Published June 3, 2008

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Diplomatic traffic Published June 2, 2008

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Jewish envoy Published May 30, 2008

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Two of Zimbabwe's state-owned newspapers yesterday accused the U.S. ambassador to South Africa of sneaking into the country on an "undisclosed mission" but got the name of the American envoy wrong, as the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria said the real ambassador never left town. Published May 29, 2008

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In a war that claimed the lives of more than 400,000 American troops, the deaths of 12 soldiers in a construction accident building the Alaska Highway was hardly a footnote in World War II until the U.S. ambassador to Canada dedicated a memorial to those who drowned on remote Charlie Lake in British Columbia. Published May 27, 2008

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Stranger at home Published May 26, 2008

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Nearly 227 years after the British defeat in the American Revolution, a British official came to Washington this week and declared that one of the leading American patriots who served as the second president of the United States was wrong about, of all things, democracy. Published May 23, 2008