Word: sifting
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Such incidents "put in jeopardy American diplomatic missions all over the world," complained Perry Shankle, a former president of the American Foreign Service Association. Meanwhile, the U.S. vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution censuring Washington for allowing soldiers to sift through the Nicaraguan Ambassador's residence in Panama City on Dec. 29. The U.S.'s chief U.N. delegate, Thomas Pickering, called the action an "honest mistake." Perhaps. But one might think that the U.S., whose embassies in Tehran and Islamabad have been sacked, would take more care to avoid such a mistake...