By: JP Schnapper-Casteras
A roundup of the day’s national and international security news: U.S. makes suprise visit in Pyongyang; Blair may become Mideast envoy; Six detainees released; Chertoff says the enemy is in Pakistan; Fred Thompson gives foreign policy speech; Foreign Service affected by wars:
[NYT] A senior American official (Christopher Hill) unexpectedly visits North Korea to begin direct talks; it was the first such visit in five years.
[WaPo] Blair may become the special envoy to the Middle East, reporting to the Quartet (U.S., U.N. EU, and Russia).
[WaPo] Six Guantanmo detainees released: four transferred to Yemen and two to Tunisia.
[CT Blog] Chertoff says “[t]he enemy is sitting in a cave over there in Pakistan.”
[FT Blog] Fred Thompson gives a major foreign policy speech, which Financial Times’ chief foreign affairs commentator called “utterly platitudinous.”
[WaPo] War zones are taking a toll on the health of Foreign Service Officers.
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