Matthew Lee

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Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych, left, greets U.S. Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland, in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. Nuland and the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt, thinking their conversation about the Ukraine was secure and private, were caught disparaging the European Union in a phone call that was apparently bugged, and U.S. officials say they strongly suspect Russia of leaking the conversation. (AP Photo/Mykhailo Markiv, Pool)

National Security

US sees Russian hand in envoy’s bugged call

Matthew Lee · February 7, 2014 3:32 am

Diplomacy a contact sport in Kerry’s first year

Matthew Lee · February 4, 2014 9:40 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, poses with Swiss President Didier Burkhalter for photographers in Davos, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. Kerry is attending the annual World Economic Forum meeting in the Swiss Alps. (AP Photo/Gary Cameron, Pool)

Kerry defends US Mideast policy

Matthew Lee · January 24, 2014 5:15 pm

Iraqi Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, gestures as he speaks during a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. Iran's foreign minister is calling for all "foreign elements" to leave Syria so its people can decide their future themselves. Speaking on a panel discussion about the Middle East at the World Economic Forum, Javad Zarif said Iran also wants to see an end to foreign support for opponents of President Bashar Assad's government and a recognition by all sides that there can be no military solution to the conflict. He said Tehran hoped for a negotiated settlement. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Iran minister: foreign fighters should leave Syria

Matthew Lee · January 24, 2014 4:32 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, front left, arrives in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday Jan. 23, 2014, where he will attend the World Economic Forum annual meeting. The UN-backed international conference on the Syrian crisis will continue with separate talks between the rival delegations in Geneva, Switzerland, on upcoming Friday. (AP Photo / Gary Cameron, pool)

National Security

Kerry: Assad a ‘one-man super magnet’ for terror

Matthew Lee · January 23, 2014 7:43 pm

Kerry says peace talks ‘tough’ process

Matthew Lee · January 22, 2014 6:01 pm

Kerry, Indian diplomat meet after diplomatic row

Matthew Lee · January 22, 2014 5:06 pm

US slams Syrian diplomat for speech at peace talks

Matthew Lee · January 22, 2014 11:54 am

Kerry heads to Syria talks after Iran spat

Matthew Lee · January 21, 2014 10:43 am

US hails withdrawal of Iran invite to Syria meet

Matthew Lee · January 20, 2014 10:00 pm

Kerry to see Israeli envoys in push for peace deal

Matthew Lee · January 20, 2014 6:15 pm

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama shakes hands with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the end of their news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Five years after pledging to remake the U.S. relationship with the broader Middle East and improve America's image in the Muslim world, the Obama administration's regional strategy appears to have come unhinged. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Analysis: Obama’s grand plan for Mideast shrinks

Matthew Lee · January 11, 2014 4:47 pm