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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Given The Current State Of Foreign Policy, I'd Drink, Too

While the federal government was squeezed on one side by sequester and the other by a looming partial shutdown, the State Department was spending heavily on booze for its embassies abroad. 

The Washington Times reports that the department spent about $180,000 on alcohol in September and $400,000 in all of 2012 -- that's three times the $118,000 spent in 2008.

Or is it lingering guilt over the unaddressed deaths of an ambassador and three other Americans?
at 11:30 PM
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