the Cable guy always comes when you’re away in Kenya.

In one of the most shocking cables the President of Yemen tells General Petraeus, in reference to the United States’ role in missile strikes against local Al Qaeda forces, that “we’ll continue saying the bombs are ours, not yours.” (Jan. 4, 2010)

 

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Additionally, US diplomats abroad have been asked to gather information about foreign officials and their “credit card account numbers; frequent-flier account numbers, internet e-mail addresses, web site identification-URLs” etc.

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“Boren Scholarships are funded by the National Security Education Program (NSEP), which focuses on geographic areas, languages, and fields of study deemed critical to U.S. national security…Preference is given to students who will make a commitment to work in the federal government.”

 

Militants of Al Shabab based in Somalia, an organization and country that has ties with Yemen and is critical to my Boren.

fml.

I can see North Korea from my house!

North Korea shelled a South Korean island the other day. Killing four and wounding several others. Selfishly I considered that Fulbright–since it’s run through the US State Dept– could put a hiatus on its affiliation with Korea if this situation escalates and that my Boren would be a lot more appealing if it was for Korean. What a jerk.

I hope this doesn’t get worse: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/9218848.stm

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For the love of God, please just click this link and read the headline:

 

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheat-sheet/item/palin-confuses-north-korea-with-south/mix-up/