DISAM Journal articles from June 2004

DISAM Journal archives from June 2004

The Air Force Security Assistance Center.
June 22, 2004... [Editor's note: Since these series of articles about the Air Force Security Assistance Center were submitted, Major General (S) Arthur J. Rooney Jr. has assumed command of the Air Force Security Assistance Center.] The Air Force Security...

Lincoln Bloomfield's remarks concerning International Affairs.(LEGISLATION AND POLICY)
June 22, 2004... [The following are excepts of the remarks presented to the Society for International Affairs, London, United Kingdom, June 3, 2004.] The Changed Threat Today marks a period in our history when our nations have been very busy, for going...

Offsets in Defense Trade.(LEGISLATION AND POLICY)
June 22, 2004... Prepared by U.S. Department of Commerce. [The following material is extracted from the seventh annual report (July 2003) on offsets in defense trade prepared pursuant to Section 309 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (1) (DPA), as...

Passports and visas with embedded biometrics and the October deadline.(LEGISLATION AND POLICY)
June 22, 2004... [The following are excerpts of the testimony before the House Judiciary Committee,Washington, D.C., April 21, 2004.] Mr. Chairman, members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on the progress of those countries...

Department of State Issues Request for applications for humanitarian mine action grants.(LEGISLATION AND POLICY)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2004... [The following are excerpts of a media note from Washington, D.C., April 9, 2004.] The Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the Department of State's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs is issuing its first ever, open Request for...

United States Policy and the Andean Counterdrug Initiative.(LEGISLATION AND POLICY)
June 22, 2004... [The following are excerpts of a testimony before the House Government Reform Committee Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources, Washington, D.C., March 2, 2004.] Thank you for the invitation to discuss the Andean...

Overview of U.S. policy toward Taiwan.(LEGISLATION AND POLICY)
June 22, 2004... [The following are excerpts of the testimony at a hearing on Taiwan, House International Relations Committee, Washington, D.C., April 21, 2004.] I welcome the opportunity to provide an overview of U.S. policy toward Taiwan, as well as the...

United States interests and foreign policy priorities in South Asia.(LEGISLATION AND POLICY)
June 22, 2004... [The following are excerpts of the statement before the House Committee on International Relations, Washington, D.C., June 22, 2004.] September 2001 placed a South Asia riven by conflict and division at the front lines of the global war on...

Fifty years of formal United States and European Union relations and European Union accession.(LEGISLATION AND POLICY)
June 22, 2004... [The following remarks were presented at the reception in honor of fifty years of formal United States and European Union (E.U.) relation and accession, May 1, 2004.] I often remark to my audiences and my colleagues that I never thought as...

John Auffrey--rest in peace.(security assistance program administrator at the American Embassy in Namibia)(Obituary)
June 22, 2004... The security assistance community suffered a tragic loss on May 23, 2004, when Mr. John Auffrey was killed during a robbery of his hotel room in Monrovia, Liberia. Mr. Auffrey, based out of the U.S. Embassy in Windhoek, Namibia, was visiting...

Global Master of Arts Program well underway.(EDUCATION AND TRAINING)(Defense Security Cooperation Agency )
June 22, 2004... In March 2003, recognizing the need to provide its key international affairs personnel with the political, economic, and cultural tools they need to find better, more innovative solutions to the challenges in global security, the Defense...

Case Execution Management System--a new direction.(EDUCATION AND TRAINING)
June 22, 2004... Introduction Security assistance is a group of programs, authorized by law, that allows the transfer of military articles and services to friendly foreign governments. Security assistance transfers may be carried out via sales, grants,...

The Defense Institute of Security Assistance Management expands their website to promote International Affairs Workforce Professional Development.(EDUCATION AND TRAINING)
June 22, 2004... Making a wrong decision is understandable. Refusing to search continually for learning is not. Philip Crosby, Reflections on Quality In recent years, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has established a number of programs to...

The Defense Institute of Security Assistance Management mobile education team visits Tajikistan.(EDUCATION AND TRAINING)
June 22, 2004... During the week of July 12, the Defense Institute of Security Assistance Management (DISAM) team of instructors conducted a five-day Security Assistance Management Planning course for military officers and civilian government employees in the...