* 2012 – The Independent State of Azawad is declared.

Women of the Right: Comparisons and Interplay Across Borders ( Penn State University Press ; 2012 ) 312 pages ; scholarly essays giving a global perspective on women in right-wing politics.

In 2012, former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger addressed the U. S. policy on East Pakistan, as " Gun boat diplomacy ".

In 2012 it was announced that the US State Department would start flame trolling Jihads as part of Operation Viral Peace

Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2012.

The 2012 Swiss Federal Council, the seven-member collective Head of State of the Switzerland | Swiss Confederation ( the Federal Chancellor of Switzerland | Federal Chancellor is also depicted, at the right )

In August 2012, the United States State Department's counter-terrorism coordinator Daniel Benjamin warned that Hezbollah may attack Europe at any time without any warning.

The State of Israel has a population of approximately 7, 848, 800 inhabitants as of 2012.

In 2012 during his final State of the State address, Lynch proposed doubling the tax credit citing it's success in creating jobs, and slammed lawmakers for slashing funding to the states Community College system to fund a 10 cent reduction in the Tobacco tax.

On the 13th of January 2012, the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the US will exchange ambassadors with Burma, after a landmark Burmese political prisoner amnesty .< ref > British Broadcasting Corporation ( BBC )– US to exchange ambassadors with Burma, < http :// www. bbc. co. uk / news / world-asia-16554415 >.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced plans in the spring of 2012 for a “ targeted easing ” of sanctions to allow American dollars to enter the country, but companies could not move ahead until the sanctions were formally suspended.

" A Quiet Opening: North Koreans in a Changing Media Environment " a study commissioned by the U. S. State Department and conducted by Intermedia and released May 10, 2012 shows that despite extremely strict regulations and draconian penalties North Koreans, particularly elite elements, have increasing access to news and other media outside the state-controlled media authorized by the government.

* Dineutron: The dineutron, containing two neutrons was unambiguously observed in the decay of beryllium-16, in 2012 by researchers at Michigan State University .< ref > It is not a bound particle, but had been proposed as an extremely short-lived state produced by nuclear reactions involving tritium.

* Open Skies Treaty Fact Sheet published by the United States Department of State Bureau of Arms Control on March 23, 2012, last accessed on April 9, 2012.

In April 2012 a multinational team of researchers from the University of Southern California, Delft University of Technology, the Iowa State University of Science and Technology, and the University of California, Santa Barbara, constructed a two-qubit quantum computer on a crystal of diamond doped with some manner of impurity, that can easily be scaled up in size and functionality at room temperature.

In August 2012, the California State Assembly approved a bill to prohibit children and teenagers from undergoing conversion therapy, which Governor Jerry Brown signed into law on September 29, 2012.

* Rooney, Emily, " State Street Outsourcing ", Greater Boston, WGBH-TV Boston, Thursday, July 19, 2012

On the Theatrical Aesthetics of the French Surrealism, Moscow, Russian State University for the Humanities, 2012, ISBN 975-5-7281-1146-7.

* David Fiske, Solomon Northup: His Life Before and After Slavery ( 2012 ), a book about Northup's life during his years in New York State.

The Bill was introduced in Rajya Sabha on 29 March 2012 by V. Narayanasamy, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs.

In May 2012, a Belarusian production directed by Anastasia Grinenko ( Belarus ), with choreography by Paul Emerson ( USA ) and Dmitry Yakubovich ( Belarus ) opened at the Belarus State Musical Theatre.

* State of the World 2012: Moving Toward Sustainable Prosperity

Former Republican Representative Virgil Goode ( VA-5 ) was nominated at the convention in Nashville, Tennessee on April 22, 2012.

In 2010, former Republican Representative Virgil Goode ( VA-5 ), later the 2012 nominee for president, accepted an appointment to the National Executive Committee of the Constitution Party.

Recent bilateral activities between the United States and North Korea have included an April 2011 visit by former President Jimmy Carter, a July 2011 meeting between U. S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy Stephen Bosworth and North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Gye Gwan, and a February 2012 bilateral meeting in Beijing that resulted in an agreement to halt uranium enrichment in exchange for U. S. food aid ( which has now been cancelled due to North Korea's April 2012 long-range missile test ).

* Errol " Romo " Romero, former Iberia Parish Police Juror ( 1968-1980 ), Iberia Parish Sheriff ( 1980-1996 ), State Representative, District 48 ( 1996-2008 ), Iberia Parish President ( 2012 – present )

Dennis A. Cardoza ( born March 31, 1959 ) was the U. S. Representative for, serving from 2003 to 2012.

His opponent in the 2012 Republican Primary was U. S. Representative Connie Mack IV.

Jay Robert Inslee ( born February 9, 1951 ) is an American politician who was the United States Representative for from 1999 to 2012.

As of April 2012, there were 41 voting Representatives and 1 non-voting member listed on Chair Representative Joseph Crowley's roster.

His nephew, the eighth Baron, was an Irish Representative Peer from 1891 to 1894. the titles are held by the latter's great-great-grandson, the twelfth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2012.

Tchiaberashvili was Georgia's permanent representative to the Council of Europe from 2005 to 2010 and ambassador to the Swiss Confederation and Principality of Liechtenstein, and Permanent Representative to the United Nations office and other international organizations in Geneva from 2010 to 2012.

Bolded names signify a Representative who has announced their retirement at the end of the 112th Congress or was defeated in their 2012 primary.

On February 22, 2012, Representative Sullivan at a town hall meeting in Bixby, said shooting senators would be the only way to pass the Ryan Budget: " You know but other than me going over there with a gun and holding it to their head and maybe killing a couple of them.

On June 26, 2012, Representative Sullivan was defeated in the Republican primary election by Jim Bridenstine.

On 6 March 2012, former U. S. Representative Joseph Cao organized a Vietnamese-American lobbying effort for Que, Nguyen Van Ly, Dieu Cay, and other Vietnamese political prisoners, calling on the administration of President Barack Obama and the U. S. Congress to take a stronger stand on their behalf.

Hart sought to return to the Pennsylvania Senate in a 2012 special election, but lost the Republican primary to state Representative Randy Vulakovich.

Thaddeus George " Thad " McCotter ( born August 22, 1965 ) is a former U. S. Representative from, serving from 2003 to 2012.

In 2012 Maloney joined forces with Republican Representative Marsha Blackburn in a letter to Google questioning how the company ’ s advertising practices addresses human trafficking.

Donald Milford Payne ( July 16, 1934 – March 6, 2012 ) was the U. S. Representative for, serving from 1989 until his death.

Geoffrey C. " Geoff " Davis ( born October 26, 1958 ) is a former U. S. Representative for, serving from 2005 to 2012.

His first cousin, Janna Little Ryan, is married to House Budget Committee Chairman and Republican U. S. Representative Paul Ryan, named for US Vice President by Mitt Romney as his 2012 running mate.

He was the 2010 Democratic nominee for U. S. Representative from, running against Republican incumbent Steve LaTourette, and is currently the 2012 Democratic nominee for the Ohio Supreme Court.

* Rhode Island State Representative Daniel P. Gordon Jr. sponsored historic NDAA bill in 2012.

U. S. Representative Ron Paul ( Texas ), the most visible member of the caucus, ran for U. S. President in 1988 on the ticket of the Libertarian Party, sought the Republican Party nomination for U. S. President in 2008 and 2012.