By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON – PENTAGON – President Biden has decided to draw down the remaining U.S. troops from Afghanistan and finally end the U.S. war there after 20 years. All U.S. soldiers are set to depart before September 11. Now,
Chad President Idriss Déby By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Chad President Idriss Déby has died apparently while on the front lines fighting rebels, the Army confirmed. Déby, 68, one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders, first came to power in an armed uprising in 1990.
Credit: Africom / U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM) headquarters, in Stuttgart, Germany By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON – PENTAGON – Last year, under the Trump administration, U.S. Africa Command launched a search for a new headquarters for its Germany-based unit either somewhere
Ambassador Wendy R. Sherman is the new U.S. Deputy Secretary of State (credit: elm.umaryland.edu) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The US Senate this week confirmed the nomination Wendy Sherman, a chief US negotiator for the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, as deputy secretary of
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES President Joe Biden announced this week the United States will withdraw all remaining troops from Afghanistan by September 11, after 20 years of war, trillions spent and more than 2,300 Americans killed. It was a dramatic announcement finally ending the
Seal of the United States Department of State By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate nine career members of the Senior Foreign Service as ambassadors to represent the United States on the world stage. The nominations are
(credit: vietnamnet.vn) Lianys Torres Rivera is Cuba’s new Ambassador to the US in Washington DC as of January 2021 when American President Joe Biden took office. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES USA Rice has joined forces with the U.S. Agriculture Coalition for
Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley Delivers Remarks Upon Being Named Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C. April 12, 2021. (Credit: Department of State) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday named former ambassador Gina
(Credit: tusconaz.gov) / If confirmed, Tuscon Police Chief Chris Magnus would be the first openly gay commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF REPORT President Joe Biden on Monday announced his intent to nominate Chris Magnus as commissioner of
(Credit: Annemilgramtwitter.com / Former New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram is President Biden’s choice to lead the U.S. Drug Enformcement Agency (DEA) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES President Joe Biden has nominated Anne Milgram, a former New Jersey attorney general, and prosecutor to