News on Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic president to visit Obama Monday

2010-07-09T07:45:09Z

Obama to host Dominican Republic President Leonal Fernandez at the White House on Monday

President Barack Obama will meet with the president of the Dominican Republic at the White House on Monday.

The White House says Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will travel to Haiti and the Dominican Republic later this week before heading to a Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago.

Clinton is due to arrive in Haiti on Thursday, and go to the Dominican Repu...

Dominican Republic US Pilots

2010-12-20T14:32:39Z

U.S. cargo pilot Christopher Schmidt, right, of Maryville, Tennessee, and his mother Debbie Schmidt listen to his Dominican lawyer Miguel Valerio during...

Dominican Republic Drug War

2010-12-16T14:32:21Z

In this photo taken Thursday Dec. 2, 2010, US cargo pilots Kevin Kuranz, right, of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and Christopher Schmidt, second right, of Maryville,

Mosque Divided Democrats

2010-08-19T00:16:03Z

FILE- In this July 3, 2009 file photo, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, speaks to gathered faculty at Santo Domingo Autonomous University, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Gillibrand has issued...

Dominican Republic Haiti Earthquake

2010-08-08T23:30:18Z

In this photo taken July 31, 2010, Haitian children beg in the streets of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. More Haitian children are begging on the streets of the Dominican Republic, a sign that the economic gulf between the neighboring nations has grown wider since the Jan. 12 earthquake. (AP Photo/Manuel Diaz)

Dominican Republic Haiti Reconstruction Summit

2010-06-12T21:38:12Z

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, left talks with Haiti's Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive, during a meeting of the Interim Haiti Reconstruction Commission, which both men co-chair, in