Blackwater successor Academi asked a Virginia federal judge on Thursday to toss a False Claims Act suit accusing it of falsifying firearms qualifications for U.S. Department of State guards in Afghanistan, arguing that the claims don’t hold up under the U.S. Supreme Court‘s recent Escobar decision. In a reply in support of its motion for […]
The Department of State has selected the Miller Hull Partnership, LLP of Seattle, Washington for the design concept of the new U.S. Embassy project in Guatemala City, Guatemala. The multi-building complex will be situated on a 9.4-acre site in the Zona 16 neighborhood, and will include a chancery building, Marine Security Guard Residence, and support […]
The U.S. Embassy in Kinshasa warns U.S. citizens of the potential for large-scale demonstrations and civil unrest on/around December 19, the date on which President Kabila’s term in office was due to end before elections were delayed. U.S. citizens in the DRC should seriously consider leaving the country in advance of this date. As […]
According to the latest GAO report, The United States has engaged in multiple efforts in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria since declaring a global war on terrorism in 2001. Currently, in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria, U.S. forces are deployed under force management levels set by the administration. Force management levels and similar caps limit the number of […]
The Eleventh Circuit revived allegations Monday that a unit of security contractor AAR Corp. stole information from rival DynCorp to gain an edge in its bid for a multibillion-dollar State Department contract, finding a lower court erred in deciding DynCorp failed to identify a claim. An Eleventh Circuit panel, in an unpublished opinion, overturned a […]