MountainRunner (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... mayor and recently Ambassador to Poland), Michael Meehan (a business partner of the husband of Judith McHale’s Chief of Staff), and S. Enders Wimbush will serve terms expiring August 13, 2010. Susan McCue and Dennis Mulhaupt (fellow USC Trojan), both previously nominated by President George W. Bush, will serve terms expiring August 13, 2011. Michael Lynton , Walter Isaacson , and...
MountainRunner (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
... has launched a redesigned website with new features and links. Includes Under Secretary of State Judith McHale's keynote speech at the Alliance's membership dinner on October 21, 2009. American Political Science Association Task Force on U.S. Standing in World Affairs, U.S. Standing in the World: Causes, Consequences, and the Future, October 2009. Led by Peter J. Katzenstein (Cornell...
MountainRunner (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
... It is not clear what relationship of the field PD officers would have with this new bureau within Judith McHale’s office – perhaps they’ll comment below – but presumably the field officers would report first and foremost to the new bureau instead of the Ambassador. Both Recommendation #1 and #2 – transferring regional bureau PD desks to the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and...
Govorit Amerika USA Russia News (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
SAN FRANCISCO — Sometimes really bad decisions produce some unintended good results. Two recent public diplomacy disasters caused by President Obama’s questionable judgement — where was Judith McHale and the State Department diplomats? — had some unexpected good consequences, as did the winning of the Nobel Peace Prize despite his lack of any concrete foreign policy...
