Tag: State Department

State Dept. Condemns Cuba’s ‘Harassment’ and ‘Arbitrary Detention’ of Activists

Daniel Halper · December 31, 2014 5:01 pm

Energy and Environment

Keystone XL set for January hearing

Zack Colman · December 30, 2014 11:52 pm

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Feds gave $450,000 for defunct women’s cricket in Afghanistan

Sean Higgins · December 29, 2014 8:29 pm

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.,Â said Saturday that taking action on legislation tightening sanctions on Iran will be one of the first actions of Congress when Republicans take over the Senate next month.Â (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)

National Security

Lindsey Graham: Iran sanctions bill coming in January

Zack Colman · December 27, 2014 9:52 pm

An American classic car passes next to the building of the US Interests Section in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014. President Obama announced the re-establishment of diplomatic relations as well as an easing in economic and travel restrictions on Cuba Wednesday, declaring an end to America's "outdated approach" to the island in a historic shift that aims to bring an end to a half-century of Cold War enmity. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)

National Security

US diplomatic mission to become Cuban embassy

Zack Colman · December 27, 2014 9:26 pm

A United States citizen who had been detained in Timor-Leste for nearly two months was freed Thursday by a district court in the Southeast Asian country, the State Department said. (AP/Courtesy Bernadette Kero)

National Security

Jailed US veterinarian freed in East Timor

Zack Colman · December 25, 2014 9:22 pm

State Department discipline policies may allow bias, misconduct to continue

Sarah Bedford · December 25, 2014 10:00 am

U.S. military guards move a detainee on September 16, 2010 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (Photo by John Moore/Getty images)

National Security

Guantanamo Bay envoy Sloan steps down

Kelly Cohen · December 23, 2014 5:33 pm

State Dept: U.S. Nukes Down 85%, From 31,255 to 4,804

Jeryl Bier · December 19, 2014 2:01 pm

Rubio pledges to block Cuban embassy funding, ambassador

Susan Ferrechio · December 17, 2014 7:22 pm

In this July 28, 2014, Deputy National Security Adviser Tony Blinken speaks at the White House in Washington. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. is blocking the confirmation of President Barack Obama's nominee to be America's second-highest ranked diplomat. McCain says Tony Blinken, Obama's deputy national security adviser, is "totally unqualified" to serve as Secretary of State John Kerry's understudy. McCain also criticizing Blinken Thursday for comments he made more than two years ago touting Iraq's security, prosperity and democracy. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

National Security

Senate confirms new State Department No. 2

Sean Lengell · December 17, 2014 12:21 am

Senate set to confirm State, ICE nominees

Sean Lengell · December 16, 2014 5:38 pm