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	Liberia’s ‘Iron Lady’ Feted in D.C. Any visiting dignitary coming on the heels of the Dalai Lama is a tough act to follow but a few days after the Dalai Lama received the Congressional Gold Medal on Oct. 17, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf— president of the war-torn Liberia and Africa’s first elected female head of state—proved she was up to the task...Read More
	Hughes Heads Back to Texas The reaction to Karen Hughes’s departure as U.S. undersecretary for public diplomacy and public affairs was as mixed as the record she leaves behind on improving the image of the United States abroad...Read More
	Tunisia Marks 20th Anniversary of ‘Change’ Special by Larry Luxner In Tunisia, it’s simply known as “the change.” On Nov. 7, 1987, then-Prime Minister Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali ousted 84-year-old President-for-life Habib Bourguiba in a bloodless coup, just as the North African country teetered on the verge of civil war...Read More
	Slovenian Envoy’s Marathon Against Mines The numbers are impressive: 26.2 miles run in 3 hours, 31 minutes and seven seconds—that’s how long it took for Slovenian Ambassador Samuel Zbogar to complete this year’s Marine Corps Marathon on Oct. 28. An even more impressive figure is the $65,000 he’s raised so far on behalf of six Bosnian landmine victims...Read More
	More Worthy Causes Landmines are just one of the myriad worthy causes advanced by civic-minded Washingtonians, and the Diplomatic Pouch had the chance to see four of these in action recently: the American Red Cross, Institute for Education, Spina Bifida Associaton and Nueva Vida....Read More