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AlexJamesFitz It's amazing to watch all these nations boot out their respective Syrian ambassadors on Twitter. about 9 hours ago via HootSuite Retweeted by AlecJRoss and 9 others
Arturo_Sarukhan Mexico strongly condemns outrageous use of force against civilians in #Houla, #Syria & supports Annan peace plan to end conflict & violence about 7 hours ago via SocialOomph Retweeted by AlecJRoss and 11 others
StateDept In response to the May 25 massacre in Houla, today the U.S. informed Syrian Charge d’Affaires Zuheir Jabbour of his expulsion from the U.S. about 6 hours ago via web Retweeted by AlecJRoss and 66 others
Hillary Clinton "Those who perpetrated this atrocity must be identified and held to account." go.usa.gov/peW #HoulaMassacre 2:19 AM May 27th via txt
StateDept Statement by #SecClinton condemning the massacre in the Syrian village of Haoula go.usa.gov/peW #Syria 7:02 PM May 26th via web Retweeted by AlecJRoss and 120 others
@LuigiGramma molto gentile! 10:13 AM May 25th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
ariannahuff 'I tell our ambassadors.. you have 1 mouth, but you have 2 ears' -- Sec. Clinton's advisor @AlecJRoss on using social media for diplomacy 11:19 AM May 24th via web Retweeted by AlecJRoss and 36 others
ariannahuff .@AlecJRoss quotes Sec. Clinton on new media: "Information networks are like nuclear power. They can be used to fuel a city or destroy it." 11:21 AM May 24th via web Retweeted by AlecJRoss and 77 others
@cusick - ok, that made me laugh! 7:55 AM May 23rd via web
@DeemaRajabi - thanks so much. Much respect from Washington, DC. 7:53 AM May 23rd via web
17 years ago today, the 1st version of the Java programming language was released. Developed by computer scientists at Sun Microsystems. 7:50 AM May 23rd via web
From Colombia to Tunisia, @SuzKP has spent a decade shaking up old-school notions of a career in the Foreign Service fastcompany.com/1837826/21st-c… 7:48 AM May 22nd via web
StateDept Chen Guangcheng, his wife and two children have departed China, are en route to the U.S. so he can pursue studies at an American university. 4:49 AM May 19th via web Retweeted by AlecJRoss and 143 others
If you want to understand Hillary Clinton better in her role as Secretary of State read usat.ly/MukM5u 9:17 AM May 19th via txt
Arturo_Sarukhan Here is my take on trends in #DigiDiplomacy with @AlecJRoss during forum hosted by @CarnegieEndow & @Fleishman goo.gl/xDes5 8:01 AM May 19th via SocialOomph Retweeted by AlecJRoss and 4 others
@wyethwire Thank you for attending the Carnegie session today! 9:24 AM May 17th via web
@ricardovalp - Thank you for attending the Carnegie session today! 9:23 AM May 17th via web
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