President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., with Vice President Kamala K. Harris and Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, delivers remarks to State Department employees, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 4, 2021. [State Department Photo by Freddie Everett] By Gary
Credit: Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times / US Departmet of State building – Washington, DC USA By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Biden administration recognizes Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaidó as the “legitimate” president of the Latin American nation and has ruled out any
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has ordered a DOD-wide “stand down” to discuss the problem of extremism in the ranks, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said today. The January 6 insurrection at the nation’s Capital ripped open raw the
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III has directed a “zero-based review” of all Defense Department advisory committees, according to a DOD memo. General Austin directed all members of the committees to resign from the committees by Feb. 16, according
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is departing the Central Command area of responsibility in the Persian Gulf and moving into the U.S. Indo-Pacific region, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby announced Tuesday. The carrier is homeported in Bremerton, Washington.
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Jack Eaton, the oldest living Tomb Sentinel, died in December at the age of 101. Corporal Eaton passed away from COVID-19 induced pneumonia, according to his family. Eaton was known as the oldest known living sentinel that guarded
(credit: africom.mil) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Africa Command forces completed the first engagement into Somalia since the successful repositioning of U.S. forces under Joint Task Force – Quartz on January 30. This engagement continues the long-standing partnership between U.S. and Somali
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III speaks with a Michigan National Guardsman during a visit to the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., Jan. 29, 2021. (credit: DOD) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Sometimes a personal visit from the top dawg at the Pentagon
The entrance to Camp 1 in Guantanamo Bay’s Camp Delta. (Wikipedia Kathleen T. Rhem) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Pentagon announced over the weekend it is halting a controversial plan to offer coronavirus vaccinations to detainees at Guantánamo Bay after it caused
U.S. Africa Command’s Deputy to the Commander for Civil-Military Engagement, Ambassador Andrew Young met with leaders of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the DRC capital city Kinshasha Jan. 27-29, 2021 By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Africa Command’s Deputy to the Commander