Tag: State Department

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Emails: Clinton tried to export fracking at State

Kyle Feldscher · May 24, 2016 3:50 pm

"It was a restraint on normality," Secretary of State John Kerry said about the weapons ban, noting the U.S. does not embargo countries with which it has normalized relations. (Nyein Chan Naing/Pool Photo via AP)

National Security

Kerry: Lifting Vietnam arms embargo not about China

Nicole Duran · May 24, 2016 1:31 pm

Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday that the U.S. and Vietnam are at a point of "demarcation" in their relationship. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Kerry: U.S.-Vietnam have transformed their relationship

Nicole Duran · May 24, 2016 1:00 pm

State Department spokesman Mark Toner Toner said there was a marked "deterioration" of the cessation of hostilities agreement over the weekend. (SANA via AP)

National Security

State admits: Syria cease-fire at risk of ‘complete breakdown’

Pete Kasperowicz · May 23, 2016 6:51 pm

A Romanian hacker who claimed to have accessed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private server will plead guilty in a court hearing Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

‘Guccifer,’ accused Clinton hacker, to plead guilty

Sarah Bedford · May 23, 2016 5:22 pm

"It's hard for leaders to compete with this incredible crashing crescendo of noise that is out there," Kerry said. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Kerry: ‘Crescendo of noise’ in media complicating his work

Pete Kasperowicz · May 20, 2016 5:25 pm

"He just thought his job was to show the facts and let the viewers draw their own conclusions," said Secretary of State John Kerry about the late CBS correspondent Morley Safer. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

John Kerry misses Morley Safer’s ‘gravelly voice’

Anna Giaritelli · May 20, 2016 2:03 am

An official said the U.S. and other countries have ceased various kinds of cooperation with Russia, in the hopes of pressuring Russia to abandon Crimes. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

National Security

U.S. ‘continuing to talk’ to Russia two years after Crimea annexation

Pete Kasperowicz · May 19, 2016 10:12 pm

The designation prohibits anyone from "knowingly providing, or attempting or conspiring to provide, material support or resources to, or engaging in transactions with, these organizations," according to the State Department. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File)

National Security

U.S. deems three Islamic State branches terrorist groups

Nicole Duran · May 19, 2016 7:59 pm

Jordan fears Hillary Clinton probe will end like IRS investigation

Sarah Bedford · May 19, 2016 4:01 am

"We've seen those reports about this social media crackdown," State Department spokesman John Kirby said. "As we've said before, we support freedom of expression and freedom of information all around the world." (Graeme Jennings/Examiner File)

State Dept. ‘concerned’ about arrest of women in Iran

Pete Kasperowicz · May 16, 2016 7:46 pm

Blumenthal: Benghazi Probe ‘Belongs to the Past’

Jenna Lifhits · May 13, 2016 11:01 am