Paul Kerr reminds me why Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Christopher Hill remains my favorite US diplomat: Q: Can’t you at least get a Yongbyon freeze? That would seem to be a… HILL: Oh, you think that’s easy? [Laughter] I’ll tell you what — put that boom microphone down and …
Truthiness comes to nonproliferation
by | 2007-01-11 | 13 Comments
Truthiness is so popular that calling attention to it is almost trite. Soooo 2006. But I’ll indulge just this once. A recent LA Times op-ed comments on the Times of London article about secret Israeli plans to strike Iran if diplomacy fails. Note the word choice: LAST WEEKEND, the Sunday Times of London reported that …
Bob Joseph Leaving State
by | 2007-01-10 | 3 Comments
Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security “Space Based” Bob Joseph is set to leave the State Department: Good jobs opening up at the State Department. Buzz is Robert Joseph, undersecretary for arms control and international security, is going to be moving on, possibly at the end of this month. The date is …
Total Wonkerr
by | 2007-01-10 | No Comments
Paul notes that, like, you could also check out hisawesome blog while I am away. But you were already doing that anyway, right? Oh, and I stole that line about wonks wrong about Iraq WMD sitting in the corner and thinking about what they did … stole it from Paul.
