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2010-11-30T13:56:20Z

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Travel advice: Help for Americans living abroad

2010-11-04T14:47:14Z

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Internationalism Run Amok

2010-09-12T01:19:28Z

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Obama export control reform plan faces some bumps

2010-07-16T14:00:16Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's ambitious plan to liberalize Cold War-era restrictions on weapons and high-technology exports is moving closer to reality, but some lawmakers are balking at several elements.

Representative Donald Manzullo, whose Ill...

US lawmakers seek to strip extremists of citizenship

2010-06-12T17:31:14Z

US lawmakers unveiled legislation Thursday to strip Americans thought to have joined extremist groups like Al-Qaeda of their citizenship, saying it would make it easier to try or assassinate them.

"Those who join such groups join our enemy and should no longer be entitled to the rights and privileges of American citizens. That's the bottom line," said Independent Senator Joe ...

Clinton, Bahrain prince discuss Middle East

2010-04-16T11:37:04Z

The tense post-election climate in Iran and the Middle East peace process topped talks Friday between US diplomacy chief Hillary Clinton and Bahrain's crown prince, the The White House Thursday named veteran Middle East envoy Dennis Ross to a key job overseeing policy in a vast region encompassing the Middle East, the Gulf, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Former Rice aide protested interrogation methods, to testify at Senate hearing

As a member of Condoleezza Rice's inner circle at the State Department, Philip Zelikow argued within the Bush administration that simulated drowning and other extreme interrogation tech...

New Environment Initiatives Face Hurdles

2010-11-03T09:03:12Z

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Hillary Clinton: Who Painted Our Lady of Guadalupe?

2010-10-21T09:28:49Z

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US asks for non-proliferation vow on Pakistani nuclear guru

2010-06-26T02:43:51Z

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President Barack Obama wants assurances from Pakistan that freed nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan will not be involved in any proliferation activities, the White House said Friday.

Secretary of St...

Misty-eyed Rice bids farewell to State Department

2010-12-14T07:38:17Z

A smiling but moist-eyed Condoleezza Rice bid farewell Friday to hundreds of applauding and cheering State Department colleagues who worked under her during her four years as US secretary of state.

"You will always be in my thoughts, my prayers and my heart," Rice, her voice choked w...

Obama should boost US anti-terror aid: official

2010-04-16T15:27:13Z

President-elect Barack Obama should boost support to developing nations to aid their efforts against global extremism, the State Department's anti-terror coordinator said Tuesday.

"The single most tactical advice would be developing our partner nations' and our friends' counter-terrorism capability, from terrorist financing to crisis resolution to ...

Obama adviser once critical of Clinton is back

2010-04-16T14:05:41Z

Obama adviser who called Clinton a 'monster' working on State Department transition team

An adviser to Barack Obama's presidential campaign who was forced to resign earlier this year after calling Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton a "monster" is now working on the transition ...

US agencies monitoring India attacks

2010-06-25T23:56:20Z

US officials unaware of any US casualties in Mumbai terrorist attacks

The Bush administration is continuing to monitor a series of coordinated terrorist attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai but said it was not aware of any American casualties, despite reports that Westerners were targeted.

The White House and 19 people named Wednesday to help Obama's transition

President-elect Obama's transition team Wednesday announced 19 people to help oversee the effort.

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Treasury Department agency-review team leads:

_ Michael Warren, chief operating officer of St...

A look at Obama transition team leaders

2010-06-26T00:18:09Z

Obama taps professors, academics and former White House veterans to help oversee transition

Some members of President-elect Obama's transition team:

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SETH D. HARRIS

A New York Law School professor, Harris has ties to organized labor and will be responsible fo...

Duo heading State transition seasoned vets

2010-06-26T00:18:17Z

Duo heading Obama's transition at State Department seasoned in politics and foreign policy

To lead his transition at the State Department, President-elect Obama chose one former official with years of foreign policy experience and another with deep ties to Democratic politics.

Wendy R. Sherman was counselor of the State Depa...

The Fight of My Life

2010-10-26T21:06:51Z

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State Department investigating Iraqi oil contracts

2010-04-16T16:37:23Z

State Department investigating whether employees helped Western companies with Iraqi oil deals

The State Department's inspector general is investigating Iraqi oil contracts after four Democratic senators complained that department employees may have encouraged lucrative oil deals between Iraq and several Western companies.

Any backstage med...

Planning faulted, again

2010-04-16T17:01:21Z

Report says U.S. embassies not prepared for new travel rules set for January launch

A U.S. program granting special travel status to the residents of 27 nations will end in January for security reasons, and a new federal report says American embassies in those nations are on track to be overwhelmed with visa applications.

Contrary to their past experiences, visitors from those countries will be subject to electronic screening by the President Bush, Federal Employees Receive Predictable but Pricey Gifts From Around the World

What, oh what, to give the leader of the free world?

From the looks of an official record of gifts to President Bush last year, it's clear the average pen set and card won't do.

Try an $11,000 Cartier Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gestures while speaking to the 2010 Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Mid-Year Conference, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010, at the State Department in ...

US South Korea Japan

2010-12-06T21:30:32Z

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a news conference, with Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara and South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan, not shown, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010, at the State Department in Washington. (AP...

US Koreaa

2010-12-06T14:14:27Z

State Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton greets South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan at the State Department in Washington, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

US Japan

2010-12-06T14:14:26Z

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton shakes hands with Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara at the State Department in Washington, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

US SKorea Japan

2010-12-06T14:14:22Z

State Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, flanked by South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan, right, and Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara, delivers her statement before the start of a trilateral meeting at the State Department in Was...