Bureau of Diplomatic Security


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Noun1.Bureau of Diplomatic Security - the bureau in the State Department that is responsible for the security of diplomats and embassies overseas
Department of State, DoS, State Department, United States Department of State, State - the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789"
bureau, federal agency, government agency, agency, office, authority - an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"
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The single-award contract with the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Countermeasures Directorate includes a base period of five years and a five-year award term.
The Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS) brought one of their bomb-sniffing dogs and displayed two official limousines plus a large, armored SUV, which the children were able to sit in and activate the lights and sirens.
Government personnel have been ordered to depart the country," the State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security said.
Despite significant recent improvements in the strategy and practice of fighting terrorism, and in the technologies and policies implemented by the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Bushnell's tough look at the policymaking process reveals areas that still need improvement, and the devastating consequences that can result if they do not.
The department's ATA program receives funds and policy guidance from the Bureau of Counter-terrorism, and is ministered by the Bureau of Diplomatic Security and its diplomatic security service, she noted.
But in his first nine months in office, Tillerson turned down repeated and sometimes urgent requests from the department's security staff to brief him, according to several former top officials in the Bureau of Diplomatic Security. Finally, Miller, the acting assistant secretary for diplomatic security, was forced to cite the law's requirement that he be allowed to speak to Tillerson.
State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security gave Lagos, Nigeria's largest city, a crime rating of "critical." And in the northeast, Nigerian security forces are fighting off the deadly Boko Haram insurgency.
Kostov also met with Assistant Secretary of State and Director of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security A Gregory Starr as well as top officials of the Secret Service.
Last week, the PNP also received bomb-detonating robots, six Ford Ranger pickup trucks and other explosive and ordnance disposal equipment from the US Bureau of Diplomatic Security Office of Anti-Terrorism Assistance.
The United States Department of State Bureau of Diplomatic Security (OSAC) has circulated private memos about the incidents to international companies in Qatar.
The Department of Veterans Affairs requested 305 and the State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security asked for 256.

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