Bradley Klapper

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, centre, talks with Afghanistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs chief of protocol Ambassador Hamid Siddiq, as Kerry arrives at Kabul International airport in Kabul, Friday July 11, 2014. Kerry is expected to meet with Afghanistan's President Kharzai as well as both candidates in Afghanistan's recent presidential election. (AP Photo/Jim Bourg, Pool)

National Security

US struggles to resolve Afghan election crisis

Bradley Klapper · July 11, 2014 8:08 pm

Kerry arrives in Afghanistan to meet candidates

Bradley Klapper · July 11, 2014 4:10 am

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with China's President Xi Jinping, right, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Thursday, July 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Jim Bourg, Pool)

National Security

Kerry: Crisis in Israel, Gaza, needs de-escalation

Bradley Klapper · July 10, 2014 12:08 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center, talks with retired Chinese basketball star Yao Ming, left, about his efforts against international wildlife trafficking as the two participate in an event about combating trade of animal remains, during the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Jim Bourg, Pool)

Energy and Environment

Rejected! Yao Ming says no to wildlife trafficking

Bradley Klapper · July 9, 2014 10:34 am

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, third right, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, second right, and U.S. Ambassador to China Max Baucus, second left, tour the Badaling section of the Great Wall of China with Chen Fei, left, deputy director of the Badaling Great Wall Special District, and Guo Jiaqiang, right, deputy director of the Badaling Foreign Affairs Office, in Beijing, July 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Jim Bourg, Pool)

US, China vow to improve cooperation

Bradley Klapper · July 9, 2014 8:46 am

Secretary of State John Kerry greets media representatives flying aboard his plane bound for diplomatic talks in China while flying from Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Monday, July 7, 2014. Kerry is heading to Beijing to participate in the sixth round of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue. (AP Photo/Jim Bourg, Pool)

National Security

Kerry: Afghan power grab would mean US aid cutoff

Bradley Klapper · July 8, 2014 3:09 am

Senate confirms new US ambassadors to Iraq, Egypt

Bradley Klapper · June 26, 2014 6:58 pm

House panel pokes China with new embassy address

Bradley Klapper · June 24, 2014 8:02 pm

Peace Corps could get limited abortion coverage

Bradley Klapper · June 24, 2014 4:35 pm

Senate panel OKs $48.3 billion State Dep’t budget

Bradley Klapper · June 19, 2014 4:03 pm

FILE - This Sept. 12, 2012 file photo shows a man walking through a room in the gutted U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. The State Department promised Wednesday to cooperate with the House special committee looking into the deadly 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, expressing hope the new investigation is conducted in a fairer and more bipartisan manner than previous Republican-led probes. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Alaguri, File)

State Dep’t vows to work with House Benghazi probe

Bradley Klapper · June 18, 2014 8:52 pm

Reid: US forces have no role in Iraq’s civil war

Bradley Klapper · June 18, 2014 2:09 pm