The US State Department has demanded that Hezbollah withdraw its fighters from Syria immediately.
The gifts were reported in an annual filing by the US state department's protocol office.
The US State Department says the Syrian government cut communications in a sign of its desperation.
From 2003 to 2004 Patterson served as Deputy Inspector General of the US State Department.
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The US state department said that the changes threaten to undermine democratic governance in the country.
The US state department said it was working with Mexican authorities to investigate the incident.
The US State Department also issued a statement on Monday criticising the Israeli move.
But overall it cannot be what the Foreign Office and the US State Department were hoping for.
The CIA declined to comment on the New York Times report, as did the US state department.
The US state department said it was not "in a position to confirm his actions or whereabouts".
The US state department said such "extreme rhetoric" was not unusual, but said the US was well protected.
Bristow said an element of the night vision kit had required an export agreement with the US State Department.
These days, the US State Department lists Gulbuddin Hekmatyar as an international terrorist.
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He was arrested 2002, after publishing an online feature entitled What Is Democracy? from the US State Department's website.
The US state department has said a planned visit to North Korea by Google chairman Eric Schmidt is unhelpful.
By now, just about everyone including the US State Department (and Madonna) has scorned Russia for its actions.
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The US State Department has also refused to comment on the reported attacks.
And originally, I think the US State Department was coming in as a quick fix in trying to do it.
But the US State Department classified the MKO as a "terrorist" group in 1997, and the NCR likewise in 1999.
The US State Department also added three North Korean officials it said had links to the communist country's proliferation activities.
Meanwhile, the US State Department said that efforts were continuing to put together a "friends of Syria" group of countries.
On Tuesday, the US state department said it was ordering all non-emergency US government staff and their families to evacuate Egypt.
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Some are speculating that Wang Lijun was seeking asylum, although the US state department said it could not comment on that issue.
US-based mapmaker Rand McNally, for example, changes national borders only when the US State Department recognises a change, although it will shade areas under dispute.
The US state department condemned the attacks in Damascus but said they must not deter the Arab League observers from doing their work.
On May 24 the US state department identified the Ofer Brothers Group among seven companies that allegedly violated the Iran Sanctions Act.
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Receiving a fellowship from the US state department, he attended Columbia University law school and was hired by a New York-based law firm.
When the UK sends an extradition request to the US, it is received by the US State Department via the British Embassy in Washington.
Still, there are some additional things travellers can do to stay safe when visiting the island nation, according to the US State Department.
The US state department says the delegation will also see Alan Gross, a US contractor whose arrest in Cuba in 2009 stalled diplomatic efforts.
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