Tag: State Department

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

Petraeus: Trump showed ‘great grasp’ of foreign affairs

National Security

Petraeus: Trump showed ‘great grasp’ of foreign affairs

Sarah Bedford · November 28, 2016 9:11 pm

The EU concluded that Russian President Vladimir Putin has ramped up his country's propaganda efforts in the wake of the annexation of Crimea. (AP Photo/ Ivan Sekretarev)

State Department ducks condemnation of Russian propaganda

Joel Gehrke · November 28, 2016 8:49 pm

President-elect Trump is set to meet with retired Army Gen. David Petraeus at Trump Tower. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

National Security

Trump to meet with Petraeus amid secretary of state rumors

Sarah Bedford · November 28, 2016 2:56 pm

Report: Romney must apologize to Trump if he wants to be his secretary of state

Report: Romney must apologize to Trump if he wants to be his secretary of state

David Brown · November 25, 2016 4:58 pm

"I probably in all likelihood would support that because I think Romney would be a way better face to the world, representing our great country, than would Newt Gingrich, who's a bit of a demagogue, and [Rudy] Giuliani, whose character is an issue by most people," Brown said. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Democratic senator from Ohio could back Romney at State Department

Joel Gehrke · November 23, 2016 9:08 pm