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Tabitha Berg

Tabitha Berg
Tabitha Angel Berg is an aspiring author and musician and joined eNewsChannels in Nov. 2006 as an editor and mistress of the WP-based content management system (CMS). She likes ferrets better than cats and tea better than coffee, and is a devout iPad evangelist. Nobody pays her to like Dr. Pepper, but wouldn't you like to be a pepper, too?

U.S. and Saudi Arabia Sign Open Skies Air Transport Agreement

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Today in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, U.S. Ambassador James B. Smith and Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Director of the General Authority of...
U.S. Department of State

US State Department Releases Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Today, the U.S. Department of State released a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) in response to TransCanada’s May 2012...
U.S. Department of State

U.S. Government Assistance in Support of Free, Fair, and Peaceful Elections in Kenya

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- For 50 years, Kenya has been a stalwart and reliable partner in a strategically important but volatile region. As the...
U.S. Department of State

U.S. Delegation to the 57th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce the U.S. Delegation attending the 57th Session of the UN Commission...
U.S. Department of State

American Music Abroad: Hip Hop Group Audiopharmacy to Tour Southeast Asia

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Today, The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced that San Francisco-based hip hop group "Audiopharmacy"...
U.S. Department of State

U.S. and Afghanistan Announce $18.2 Million in Good Performers Initiative Awards for Provincial Counter Narcotics

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- On February 12, 2013, Afghanistan’s Minister for Counter Narcotics Zarar Moqbel Osmani and U.S. Embassy’s Coordinating Director for Rule of...
U.S. Department of State

U.S. Imposition of Nonproliferation Sanctions Against Foreign Entities and Individuals

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Today, the U.S. Department of State announced the imposition of nonproliferation sanctions on several foreign entities and individuals under multiple...
U.S. Department of State

US State Department Contributes an Initial $171 Million to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The United States is pleased to announce an initial contribution of over $171 million toward the 2013 operations of the...
U.S. Department of State

Over 100 International Exchange Students Participate in Civic Education Workshop in Washington, DC

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs welcomes 115 international high school exchange students representing more...
Hillary Rodham Clinton

Hillary Clinton's Farewell Remarks to U.S. State Department Employees

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- On February 1, 2013, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State, made the following remarks to State Department employees as part...
U.S. Department of State

WEAmericas Small Grants Launch to recognize final awardees for Women's Entrepreneurship in the Americas

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues Melanne Verveer, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson, and Executive Vice President of...
U.S. Department of State

Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Sponsors the Liberia National Police Mobile Training Teams Project

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- As a part of the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement's (INL) Liberia National Police (LNP) Mobile Training Teams...
U.S. Department of State

U.S. Announces Additional Humanitarian Assistance for the Syria Crisis (USAID)

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Today in Ankara, Turkey, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance Nancy Lindborg...
U.S. Department of State

U.S. Terrorist Designations of the Abdallah Azzam Brigades

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The Department of State designated the Abdallah Azzam Brigades (AAB) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) under Section 219 of...
U.S. Department of State

U.S. Terrorist Designation of Ahmed Abdullah Saleh al-Khazmari al-Zahrani

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The Department of State designated Ahmed Abdullah Saleh al-Khazmari al-Zahrani (better known as Abu Maryam al-Zahrani) as a Specially Designated...
U.S. Department of State

U.S. Department of State Encourages Recruitment to the Foreign Service Through Video

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- As part of an effort to continue to attract smart, dynamic, capable people into the Foreign Service, the Department of...
U.S. Department of State

U.S. Response to the Syria Humanitarian Crisis in 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The United States stands resolutely with the Syrian people facing dire humanitarian conditions every day as a result of the...
U.S. Department of State

Sports Envoy program 2013: U.S. Department of State Announces Basketball Sports Visitor Program with Youth from Burma

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces that 12 Burmese youth—six boys and six girls—and...
U.S. Department of State

In 2013, the United States will chair the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- In 2013, the United States will chair the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia, a partnership of...
U.S. Department of State

U.S.-China Joint Liaison Group on Law Enforcement Cooperation

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs William R. Brownfield and Deputy Assistant Attorney General Bruce...
U.S. Department of State

United States Concludes Clean Up Effort at Albanian Explosion Site

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The Department of State successfully concluded a $14.5 million program to support Albania as it works to clear safely the...
U.S. Department of State

United States Announces Next Facilitator of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Dr. Kerri-Ann Jones and Deputy Assistant Secretary of...
U.S. Department of State

U.S. Department of State Funds UN Anti-Cybercrime Training for Africa

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The Department of State has approved $250,000 in anti-crime funds for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Global...
U.S. Department of State

US State Department Partners with biNu to Bring English Language Content to Mobile Phone Users

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces a partnership with biNu to provide increased English...
Hillary Rodham Clinton

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Launches Embassy Dublin Youth Council

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- On December 6, 2012, U.S. Embassy Dublin will launch a Department of State Youth Council at Dublin City University. Embassy...