Category Page for: US Government

Sung Kim Takes Over As US Ambassador To South Korea

» by GI Korea November 23rd, 2011 at 5:34 pm » Comments (49)

Sung Kim should be another good ambassador for the US in South Korea and it appears he is getting off to a good start by complimenting Koreans on their food: The ...more »

Department of Education SWAT Team Raids Innocent Person’s Home In Stockton, CA

» by GI Korea June 12th, 2011 at 9:37 pm » Comments (15)

ROK Drop commenter Chickenhead often talks about the militarization of US law enforcement and then I read stories like the one below via The Captains Journal and I see he is absolutely right: Kenneth Wright ...more »

Sung Kim To Replace Kathleen Stephens as Next Ambassador to Korea

» by GI Korea June 4th, 2011 at 6:40 am » Comments (6)

Sung Kim has a very tough act to follow replacing the popular US Ambassador Kathleen Stephens: The Barack Obama administration has tapped Sung Kim, the State Department's top Korea expert, as ...more »

Picture of the Day: Ambassador Stephens Meets with President Obama

» by GI Korea April 6th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (5)

Netizens, I have been travelling more than usual outside Korea in recent months, one reason for fewer blogs. One trip was to Washington, D.C. in February where Secretary of ...more »

Will US Servicemembers Not Be Paid Next Month?

» by GI Korea March 15th, 2011 at 8:47 am » Comments (33)

I seriously doubt this will happen, because of the reaction the American public would have to Soldiers not getting paid: Troops would be forced to work without pay if the federal ...more »

Thoughts On Political Finger Pointing After Assassination Attempt On Gabrielle Giffords

» by GI Korea January 9th, 2011 at 8:53 am » Comments (109)

It is pretty sad to see the finger pointing going on in regards to the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, but here is a post to put all ...more »

Is the Tea Party & Sarah Palin To Blame for Assassination Attempt on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords?

» by GI Korea January 8th, 2011 at 10:03 pm » Comments (78)

Right now it is unknown what motivated the assassination attempt on Congresswoman Giffords in Arizona, but I figured the media would start to blame the Tea Party for it: A gunman ...more »

Bill Richardson Leaves Office & New Mexico In A Fiscal Mess

» by GI Korea January 1st, 2011 at 5:19 pm » Comments (18)

Kim Jong-Bill Richardson has finally left office in New Mexico and has left the Republican that won the election with a fiscal mess: Susana Martinez on Saturday will become one ...more »

Does Bill Richardson Want to Take Hillary Clinton’s Job?

» by GI Korea December 27th, 2010 at 3:03 am » Comments (4)

Well we may now know why Bill Richardson was so eager to go to North Korea with his media entourage and be a mouthpiece for the Kim regime, he is ...more »

US Congressman Wants to Lift Tobacco Mail Restrictions On US Troops

» by GI Korea August 5th, 2010 at 1:54 am » Comments (12)

I just find it amazing that out of all the dangers facing deployed US troops some members of the US Congress seem more concerned about stopping them from smoking a ...more »