Deb Riechmann

Read the latest stories and analysis from Deb Riechmann.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during the first day of the Loya Jirga in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. Karzai has told a gathering of elders that he supports signing a security deal with the United States if safety and security conditions are met. Karzai spoke as the 2,500-member national consultative council of Afghan elders known as the Loya Jirga started in Kabul on Thursday. The four-day meeting will discuss the bilateral security pact that defines the role of thousands of U.S. troops who will remain after the NATO combat mission ends in 2014. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

US wants Afghan pact signed before Afghan election

Deb Riechmann · November 21, 2013 10:49 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2013 file photo, Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington. Kerry says the U.S. and Afghanistan have reached an agreement on the final language of a bilateral security agreement. The agreement will govern the presence of U.S. forces in Afghanistan after the NATO combat mission ends next year. Kerry said Wednesday that he had spoken with Afghan President Hamid Karzai earlier in the day. The proposed agreement will be placed before a gathering of Afghan elders on Thursday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Kerry: US and Karzai agree on language for pact

Deb Riechmann · November 21, 2013 4:48 am

FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2013, photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, after he and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani spoke by telephone Friday, the first conversation between American and Iranian presidents in more than 30 years. Iran would get only minor relief from economic sanctions under an international proposal to prevent it from producing nuclear weapons, two Obama administration officials said Friday, Nov. 15, seeking to calm concerns in Israel and on Capitol Hill that the U.S. and its allies are giving away too much to Tehran.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

US officials: Nuke deal offers Iran minor relief

Deb Riechmann · November 15, 2013 10:23 pm

Nigerian soldiers ride on an armored personnel carrier during Eid al-Fitr celebrations in Maiduguri, Nigeria. (AP/Sunday Alamba)

2 Nigerian networks designated as terrorist groups

Associated Press, Deb Riechmann · November 13, 2013 10:32 pm

Japanese Ambassador to the United States His Excellency Kenichiro Sasae, left, watches as U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy drinks a cup of tea during a traditional tea ceremony at the Japanese Ambassador's residence in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. Kennedy, the new U.S. ambassador to Japan and daughter of slain President John F. Kennedy, leaves for Japan on Thursday to begin her work to strengthen the critical bond between the U.S. and the Asian nation. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Caroline Kennedy sworn in as ambassador to Japan

Deb Riechmann · November 13, 2013 2:02 am

Nigerian network to be designated terrorist group

Deb Riechmann · November 13, 2013 2:01 am

Demonstrators rally near the U.S. Capitol in Washington to demand that Congress investigate the National Security Agency's mass surveillance programs Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

National Security

NSA spying threatens to hamper US foreign policy

Deb Riechmann · October 27, 2013 3:45 am

FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 16, 2013, file photo, Egyptian army soldiers take their positions on top and next to their armored vehicles to guard an entrance of Tahrir Square, in Cairo. U.S. officials said Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013, that the Obama administration is poised to slash hundreds of millions of dollars in military and economic assistance to Egypt. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

US holds out possibility of restoring aid to Egypt

Deb Riechmann · October 10, 2013 1:27 pm

Egyptians crowd a market in Cairo last month. (AP/Khalil Hamra)

US cutting hundreds of millions in aid to Egypt

Deb Riechmann · October 9, 2013 4:00 am

FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2013, file photo, a Venezuelan airman, center, and Lebanese airport workers, right, unload aid supplies from a military plane at Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon. As the Syrian crisis rages and debate heats up over Syria's chemical weapons, U.S. officials are fighting a quieter battle: The delivery of nearly $1.3 billion in assistance in a war zone so chaotic that ambulances are used as target practice and aid is halted by armed men at random checkpoints.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

US faces tough challenges to deliver aid in Syria

Deb Riechmann · September 23, 2013 6:18 pm

Secretary of State John Kerry talks about Syria and chemical weapons ahead of next week's United Nations General Assembly at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. Kerry says the U.N. General Assembly needs to move swiftly to approve a U.S.-Russia deal to eliminate Syriaâs chemical weapons, saying that there is no time to argue with those who arenât convinced that Syrian President Bashar Assadâs regime carried out the Aug. 21 attack that killed hundreds. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Kerry: UN must pass resolution on Syrian weapons

Deb Riechmann · September 19, 2013 10:56 pm

Assad denies his forces conducted chemical attack

Associated Press, Deb Riechmann · September 19, 2013 12:00 am