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State Department impugns critics. (Insider Report).(critics of visa system)(Brief Article)
Stung by criticism that the department's visa system facilitated the infiltration of our nation by al-Qaeda terrorists, State Department consulate personnel circulated e-mails denouncing their critics as "neo-Nazis." The missives were prompted by the firing of Consular Affairs chief Mary Ryan, and focused particularly on Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.) and other congressional critics of the State Department.
"We assume Mary's replacement will not be a career officer with a balanced approach but a neo-Nazi who views us as incompetent or criminal," sneered consular official Colombia A. Barrosse in one e-message. In another, Chuck Keil, consul general in Rome, insisted that the furor over the department's visa policies "smacks of the days of Senator Joe McCarthy, when a witch hunt ...
- U.S. visa system improved.(UPI Top Stories)
- News wire article from: UPI NewsTrack August 23, 2004 700+ words
...23 (UPI) -- The State Department said Monday it has...flaws in the U.S. visa system that allowed hijackers...Deputy U.S. State Department spokesman Adam Ereli...since 9/11, the State Department has put into place...
- Some say laissez-faire U.S. visa system allowed terrorists easy entry.(The...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Timms, Ed September 14, 2001 700+ words
...critics describe as a laissez-faire visa system to enter the United States and plot...friendly Middle Eastern country. A State Department spokesman declined to discuss the visas...decided." Critics complain that the State Department, which is responsible for issuing...
- Some say laissez-faire U.S. visa system allowed terrorists easy entry.
- News wire article from: Dallas Morning News September 14, 2001 700+ words
...critics describe as a laissez-faire visa system to enter the United States and plot...friendly Middle Eastern country. A State Department spokesman declined to discuss the visas...decided." Critics complain that the State Department, which is responsible for issuing...
- Take fresh look at visa system: Lawmaker tells Rice.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. February 8, 2007 700+ words
Take fresh look at visa system: Lawmaker tells Rice Washington, Feb 08 (PTI) The visa issuing...a fresh look at. Rice was at the House Panel defending the State Department's Budget allocation of USD 36 billions plus for foreign operations...
- INS Looks to IT to Revamp Lax Student Visa System.
- Magazine article from: Computerworld Verton, Dan March 25, 2002 700+ words
...first CIO position and moving from a paper-based student visa system to an automated, real-time Web-based database. "When...educational institutions, port authorities and U.S. State Department consulates around the world to a centralized database at...
- Colleges, lawmakers try to balance safety and students in visa system. (around...
- Newspaper article from: Community College Week Lane, Kristina October 29, 2001 700+ words
...students to submit visa applications to the INS before the State Department issues a visa. All family members entering the country...their responsibility for student compliance with the revised visa system. The proposal does not incorporate Feinstein's initial...
- US to implement new visa system.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire September 25, 2002 700+ words
...Philippines)) The United States State department is moving toward implementation of...currently being implemented by the State Department requires greater scrutiny of candidates...professionals. A Sept. 10 statement from State Department deputy spokesman Philip T. Reeker...
- State Department official says 13 hijackers had legal visas.
- News wire article from: Orange County Register (Santa Ana, CA) October 12, 2001 700+ words
...the nation's visa system a failure while a top State Department official told...failure of our visa system," Feinstein...failure of our visa system," countered...Service or the State Department is equipped to...
- A work in progress sevis: how are community colleges and the U.S. government...
- Newspaper article from: Community College Week Finkel, Ed March 29, 2004 700+ words
...you were the day before you passed the law. They've been scrambling ever since." Vicki Rose, program officer at the State Department's Office of Exchange Coordination and Designation, said much progress has been made toward meeting the system's requirements...
- State Department official says 13 hijackers had legal visas.(The Orange County...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Bunis, Dena October 12, 2001 700+ words
...the nation's visa system a failure while a top State Department official told...failure of our visa system," Feinstein...failure of our visa system," countered...Service or the State Department is equipped to...
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