Josh Rogin
Monday, November 7, 2011 - 00:00
President Obama has used his power to bypass the Senate confirmation process to push through the nomination of Mari Carmen Aponte to be the next U.S. ambassador to El Salvador, despite lingering GOP concerns about her long-ago relationship with a Cuban op
Thursday, October 6, 2011 - 00:00
Honduran President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo will meet President Barack Obama today to renew the friendship between the two countries, and ask for help in fighting Honduras's drug war
Thursday, July 21, 2011 - 00:00
The one-hour debate over the GOP proposal to cut the entire $48.5 million annual U.S contribution to the OAS is only the beginning of what looks to be a long and contentious debate over the fiscal 2012 State Department and foreign operations authorization
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - 00:00
He has been criticized for being out of the loop on high-level administration policy making, lacking strong relationships with regional leaders, and ineffectively maneuvering through the State Department's complicated and politicized bureaucracy.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 - 00:00
State Department P.J. Crowley told The Cable that the redirection of funds from other countries' accounts was necessary but would not have consequences on the ground unless there is a long delay in receiving supplemental funding.
Thursday, January 28, 2010 - 00:00
Translation: We are going to keep saying we are all for Free Trade Agreements but everybody knows there's no bandwidth on Capitol Hill for that before the elections. So I'll mention here some countries so no one say I can forgot about them.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 - 00:00
One pool of money at the center of the debate is what's called "1206" authority, which covers money, over $1 billion since 2006, for all equipping and training of other countries' security forces