Thomas R. Pickering

Type: Person

Name: Thomas R. Pickering

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

University of North Florida Graduate Awarded 2013 Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 21 -- The University of North Florida issued the following press release:University of North Florida alumnus Jack Bisase was awarded the 2013 Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship ... [Published HighBeam Research - 14 hours ago]

Entities: University of North Florida, Thomas R. Pickering, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

Pickering complies with House request for Benghazi interview

The career diplomat who led the State Department?s internal investigation into September 2012 Benghazi attacks has agreed to appear for a private, transcribed interview with investigators from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which ... [Published Washington Times - May 22 2013]

Entities: Benghazi, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Obama Administration, Testimony, Subpoena

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

Four Georgetown Students and Alum Among 2013 Pickering Fellows

The Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowships are named after Thomas R. Pickering, the former U.S. ambassador to Nigeria, El Salvador, Israel, India and Russia.May 22, 2013 – Four Georgetown students and a recent alumnus from the School of Foreign Service ... [Published Georgetown University - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Alum, Thomas R. Pickering, El Salvador, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, Nigeria

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

After Benghazi, U.S. presses forward on security upgrades

By late this summer, the U.S. State Department plans to send dozens of additional diplomatic security agents to high-threat embassies, install millions of dollars of advanced fire-survival gear and surveillance cameras in those diplomatic posts, and improve ... [Published Salt Lake Tribune - May 21 2013]

Entities: Benghazi, Security, Consul, United States

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

US Department of State

A Future in Foreign Service

EVANSTON, Ill. --- Northwestern University junior Elizabeth Pinedo has been selected as a 2013 Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellow and is now one step closer to a career in the U.S. Foreign Service. The fellowship, administered by the Woodrow Wilson ... [Published Noodls - May 21 2013]

Entities: Thomas R. Pickering, US Department of State, Lambda Theta Alpha, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

House GOP issues subpoena in Benghazi investigation

The chairman of the House oversight committee on Friday subpoenaed the senior diplomat who ran the State Department?s investigation into the Benghazi attack, saying lawmakers deserve to be able to depose him before he testifies publicly. Rep. Darrell ... [Published Washington Times - May 17 2013]

Entities: Subpoena, Benghazi, Republican Party (US)

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Republican Party (US)

Way's View from the Left: Benghazi cover-up is a GOP fairy tale

What happened in Benghazi Sept., 11, 2012, was tragic — and so is the Republican political grandstanding.The preposterous claim that the Obama Administration lied to the American people about who perpetrated the attack in Benghazi because he failed to ... [Published Norwich Bulletin - May 18 2013]

Entities: Benghazi, Terrorists, Republican Party (US)

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Obama Pushes for More Security at U.S. Embassies

WASHINGTON — President Obama, seeking to regain his footing amid persistent questions over last September’s attack in Benghazi, Libya, called on Congress on Thursday to take action to bolster security at American Embassies. Mr. Obama made his appeal during ... [Published New York Times - May 16 2013]

Entities: Security, Benghazi, Barack Obama

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Pickering still seeks his day on the Hill

Former Ambassador Thomas Pickering, a veteran diplomat from the Reagan and Bush administrations, co-authored the independent report on the Benghazi attack, and is eager to provide additional information to lawmakers investigating September's deadly violence. ... [Published NBCNews.com - May 16 2013]

Entities: Thomas Pickering, Darrell Issa, Benghazi, Thomas R. Pickering, Michael Mullen

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Benghazi probe chairman to testify before Rep. Issa's House committee

The veteran diplomat who headed the State Department-chartered investigation into last years deadly terror attack in Benghazi said that he would testify in public session to Congress, but indicated he would not submit to a transcribed interview with committee ... [Published Washington Times - May 15 2013]

Entities: Benghazi, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Thomas R. Pickering, Republican Party (US)

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

Sen. Susan Collins: Hearings raise new questions about response to Benghazi attacks

Pushing back against critics who have said no new information emerged from last week?s Benghazi hearing, Sen. Susan Collins said Sunday the congressional inquiry raised important questions about the military response to the 2012 terrorist attack. Appearing ... [Published Washington Times - May 12 2013]

Entities: Susan Collins, Benghazi, Thomas R. Pickering, Christopher Stevens, J Christopher Stevens

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 2 reports

Benghazi whistleblower: State Dept. should have interviewed more senior officials

The State Department-chartered investigation into the deadly terror attack on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, last year erred in not interviewing more senior officials at the department, a packed hearing of the House oversight committee heard ... [Published Washington Times - May 08 2013]

Entities: Benghazi, Whistle-Blower, Michael Mullen, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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