Clif Burns

Clif Burns

Compliance and Rejection Division

Last week DDTC posted a notice on its website warning license applicants that their license applications would be returned if the applicant’s name on the license application did not exactly match the name on the applicant’s registration. Unsure of your…

Welcome to Juba!

According to one website, accommodations in Juba, the regional capital of Southern Sudan, are “not for the faint-hearted.” Of the eleven “hotels” in Juba listed by the site , most are tent camps. Some huts are available if you want…

No Room at the Inn

Earlier this month, the Scandic Edderkoppen Hotel in Oslo, Norway, canceled reservations that had been made by a Cuban delegation to an Oslo travel fair. The hotel, a subsidiary of Hilton Hotel Corp., said that it was forced to do…

Tehran’s Tomcats

Back in the 1970s when the Shah was on his throne and Iran was our friend, the U.S. sold Iran a fleet of F-14 Tomcat fighter jets. Iran is still flying them and needs parts. In fact, F-14 parts were…

NRC Loosens Libya Controls

Six months after the State Department removed Libya from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission got around to changing its regulations to reflect this removal. In a Federal Register notice issued Friday the NRC amended…