Topic: United Nations
Secretary of state-designate Hillary Clinton vowed Thursday to clear up the " fog" of the past eight years' US diplomacy after her nomination cleared a key hurdle in the Senate.In a 16-1 vote, the Senate foreign relations committee approved the New York ...
Bush leaves stricken Somalia no better than he found it and maybe worseThe Bush administration inherited a mess in strategic Somalia and may be leaving President-elect Barack Obama with a worse one.The explosion of piracy off Somalia's coast is an attention-grabbing product ...
Secretary of DefenseRobert GatesThe current secretary of Defense, who has reportedly been lobbying to keep the position, will likely be the one Republican-holdover in the Cabinet. Retiring Nebraska GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel is another possible choice.Secretary of StateJohn KerryThe Massachusetts senator was ...
Obama set to name former rival Bill Richardson as commerce secretaryPresident-elect Barack Obama has chosen New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson to be commerce secretary, adding a prominent Hispanic and one-time Democratic rival to his expanding Cabinet.Obama planned to announce the nomination after ...
Wide array of ex-officials call on incoming administration to revive relations with UNA wide array of former top U.S. officials urged President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday to make the United Nations a close partner in confronting global threats and environmental challenges.Former Secretaries ...
//www.enn.com/climate/article/38611">UN climate chief seeks Barack Obama input in December talksSource: AFPThe UN climate chief has said he was "very encouraged" by Barack Obama's stance on global warming, and said he hoped the US president-elect would join in key talks in December before ...
Whatever rationale the Bush administration cooks up for our soon-to-be-permanent presence in Iraq, chances are it won't compare to Nouri al-Maliki's. Maliki went on Iraqi TV today to say that the joint agreement reached today with President Bush actually means that the ...
AP INTERVIEW: U.N. Climate Chief Says Bush Shifts, Still Falls Short on Global WarmingThe Bush administration has made a "significant" shift on global warming, but still falls short on the "much more aggressive" policies needed to head off its damaging impact, the ...
Lineup for Sunday's News ShowsGuest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___ABC's "This Week" _ Sens. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.; Bob Dole and Donna Shalala, co-chairs of the President's Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors; Computers for ...
Embattled U.N. Weather Chief Wins Re-Election, Looks Beyond StormThe embattled chief of the U.N. weather agency was re-elected Wednesday and immediately pledged to deal with natural disasters, climate change and other issues now that he has imposed major reforms following an embezzlement ...
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