Posted by Solomon Atayi on Feb 08, 2008 - 09:00 AM
![French armored vehicles are seen N'Djamena, Chad, Sunday Feb. 3, 2008. [AP photo]](http://blogs.state.gov/images/UNGA/field/2008_0207_chad_bh_m.jpg)
Dear friends,
I am sending you this email to let you know that I am fine. We were evacuated on Sunday afternoon and taken to the French military base. Early this morning at 3:00 AM a U.S. military base in Germany sent a military plane to come to bring us to Yaoundé. We evacuated dependents and children on Saturday before the start of the war. They left at 4:00 AM and the war started around 9:00 AM. The Department of Defense element came to the compound to secure it. We were all divided into 2 groups. One group with the Ambassador was at the embassy, and the other…
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Posted by Frederick Jones on Feb 07, 2008 - 05:04 PM
![An Iranian technician works at the Uranium Conversion Facility near Tehran, Iran Feb. 3, 2007. [AP]](http://blogs.state.gov/images/UNGA/field/2008_0206_iran_bh_m.jpg)
Despite two previous Security Council resolutions imposing sanctions against Iran, Iran continues to enrich uranium. Will a third, tougher sanctions resolution convince Iran to abandon their nuclear ambitions?
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Posted by Jane Carpenter-Rock on Feb 04, 2008 - 04:28 PM
![Secretary Rice chats with people in Medellin, Colombia Jan. 24, 2008. [State Dept. photo]](http://blogs.state.gov/images/UNGA/field/2008_0104_colombia_bh_m.jpg)
Jane Carpenter-Rock serves as an Assistant Information Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia.
Embassy Bogotá has hosted scores of Congressional Delegations and cabinet-level visitors on their tours around Colombia to asses the merits of passing the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement. The Public Affairs Section (PAS) has been heavily involved in each visit, generating national and international press coverage and accompanying the delegations on all their travels. As an Assistant Information…
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