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Comment RSSThe Senate vote on President Obama’s choice to be Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, my Georgetown colleague, Dr. Arturo Valanzuela, continues to be blocked by Senator Jim DeMint because of disagreements with Administration policy over Honduras. As the Associate Press reports, DeMint and several of his fellow Senators have traveled to Honduras to meet with the interim …
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October 3, 2009 # 2:06 pm # Foreign Policy # No CommentLouise Arbour wins Trainor Award at Georgetown University
October 2, 2009 # 3:13 pm # Human Rights, International Law # No CommentFrom Jordan Gray posting on the Georgetown University website:
The Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (ISD) presented this year’s Jit Trainor Award to its first female recipient, Louise Arbour, for her trailblazing work in the field of international diplomacy.
Arbour, president and chief executive officer of the International Crisis Group, describes herself as an “accidental tourist in international diplomacy,” never meaning …
