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Government

Aug. 12, 2006

9th Circuit Says U.S. Should Have Defended Its Diplomat

The U.S. Department of State should not have ditched a senior foreign service officer when he got into a car accident in Russia and was sued by an injured passenger in the other car, a federal appellate court held Thursday.

By Itir Yakar
     
Daily Journal Staff Writer
     
The U.S. Department of State should not have ditched a senior foreign service officer when he got into a car accident in Russia and was sued by an injured passenger in the other car, a federal appellate court held Thursday.
      A unanimous panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit of Appeals found that because the ...

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