Tag: State Department

A Russian soldier checks a burned medical tent after rebels launched a mortar shell at a field hospital in west Aleppo, Syria, Monday, Dec. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

National Security

Russia, US to negotiate rebel withdrawal from Aleppo

Joel Gehrke · December 5, 2016 7:27 pm

"We have not been contacted before any of these conversations," Kerry said. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Kerry: Trump team didn’t reach out before Taiwan call

Robert King · December 4, 2016 8:34 pm

Kerry lamented Friday that technology has allowed the quick spread of false information. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Kerry: People can’t tell ‘what’s real and what isn’t’

Joel Gehrke · December 2, 2016 8:23 pm

Now Trump is singing Romney’s praises

Now Trump is singing Romney’s praises

Anna Giaritelli · December 2, 2016 3:40 am

The State Department put on a good face Thursday when asked about reports that the United States has been excluded from secret negotiations over Syria between Russia and Turkey, a key NATO ally. (AP Photo)

National Security

State Dept. ‘welcomes’ report of secret Russia-Turkey talks on Syria

Joel Gehrke · December 1, 2016 10:31 pm

Senate Democrats rejected a personal call from Secretary of State John Kerry not to extend non-nuclear sanctions against Iran. (Mark Ralston/Pool Photo via AP)

National Security

Dems defy Kerry to back Iran sanctions renewal

Susan Crabtree · December 1, 2016 9:44 pm

China could use sanctions as bargaining chip over missile defenses. (Rick Bajornas/United Nations via AP)

National Security

State Dept. warns China not to undermine North Korea sanctions

Joel Gehrke · December 1, 2016 8:43 pm

The conviction against former CIA Director David Petraeus for sharing classified information with his biographer won't necessarily prevent his confirmation as secretary of state (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

National Security

GOP open to ‘risky proposition’ of putting Petraeus at State Dept.

Joel Gehrke · December 1, 2016 1:00 pm

Abdul Razak Ali Artan plowed his car into a group of pedestrians and began stabbing people with a butcher knife Monday before he was shot to death by a police officer. (Adam Cairns/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

State Dept. defends refugee vetting after Ohio State attack

Pete Kasperowicz · November 30, 2016 7:21 pm

Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani are two of the four finalists for the secretary of state job, transition officials said Wednesday. (AP Photo)

Trump’s State Department search down to four people

Sarah Bedford · November 30, 2016 4:17 pm

Early riders of the Trump Train don't want to let Mitt Romney onboard as secretary of state. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump, Romney talks baffle all: ‘Nobody has any idea’

W. James Antle III · November 29, 2016 5:01 am

Utah GOP Sen. Orrin Hatch is arguing that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney would be "loyal" if he is selected by President-elect Trump to serve as the next secretary of state despite critical statements Romney made in opposition to Trump during the presidential campaign. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

National Security

Hatch: Romney would be ‘loyal’ to Trump if named Secretary of State

Al Weaver · November 28, 2016 10:04 pm