Tag: State Department

Caroline Kennedy confirmed as ambassador to Japan

Caroline Kennedy confirmed as ambassador to Japan

Washington Examiner · October 17, 2013 2:43 am

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., hopes to convert Democratic frustration with President Obama's negotiating position regarding Iran into a congressional resolution that would prevent the White House team from easing sanctions on the Islamic regime.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Marco Rubio moves to bar President Obama from easing Iran sanctions

Joel Gehrke · October 16, 2013 4:00 am

State Dept.: $130M For New Embassy in … Mauritania

Jeryl Bier · October 10, 2013 4:14 pm

In this Friday, Aug. 16 file photo, Egyptian army soldiers take their positions on top and next to their armored vehicles to guard an entrance of Tahrir Square in Cairo. U.S. officials said today that the Obama administration is poised to slash hundreds of millions of dollars in military and economic assistance to Egypt. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

US scales back aid to Egypt

Susan Crabtree · October 9, 2013 4:00 am

In this Friday, Aug. 16, 2013 photo, Egyptian army soldiers take their positions on top and next to their armored vehicles to guard an entrance of Tahrir square, in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's capital has long been proud of its nickname, "Mother of the World" _ a city of 18 million, buzzing and lively, fun-loving and never sleeping. But Cairo's spirit has been deeply wounded 32 months of turmoil, bloodshed, two "revolutions," and a military coup. Cairenes now talk of a new callousness and edginess, suspicion of outsiders, bitter divisions between Islamists _ all fueling a longing for normalcy. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

White House denies reports US halting military aid to Egypt

Susan Crabtree · October 8, 2013 4:00 am

State Dept. Awards $5M Contract for Crystal Stem and Barware For Embassies

Jeryl Bier · October 7, 2013 3:12 pm

State Department executive says Obama’s position on Iranian nuclear program is negotiable

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State Department executive says Obama’s position on Iranian nuclear program is negotiable

Joel Gehrke · October 3, 2013 4:00 am

Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing entitled: Reversing Iran's Nuclear Program. Sherman told the committee that the Obama administration would support tougher economic pressure on Iran if the Islamic republic doesn't begin slowing the pace of its uranium enrichment activity and opening its stockpiles of nuclear material to greater inspection, and reassured its critics that the U.S. would not be played for "suckers" by the moderate tone of Iran's new leader. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

State Department asks Congress to halt further Iran sanctions

Steve Contorno · October 3, 2013 4:00 am

The business manager of the embassy of the United States in Venezuela, Kelly Keiderling, talks during a press conference in Caracas Tuesday. Keiderling assured Tuesday that "all accusations of sabotage" are false. (JUAN BARRETO/AFP/Getty Images)

White House defends diplomats expelled by Venezuela

Meghashyam Mali · October 2, 2013 4:00 am

President Barack Obama prepares to make a statement on the ongoing budget battle from the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 30, 2013. Obama is ramping up pressure on Republicans to avoid a post-midnight government shutdown. He says a shutdown would hurt the economy and hundreds of thousands of government workers. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

White House: Obama’s Asia trip still on despite shutdown

Susan Crabtree · September 30, 2013 4:00 am

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright told NPR Thursday that the U.S.'s actions during the Kosovo crisis was illegal according to international law but still the right thing to do. (AP/Seth Wenig)

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Madeline Albright on Kosovo: ‘What we did there was not legal, but it was right’

Sean Higgins · September 26, 2013 4:00 am

The board's most prominent report was its recent evaluation of the attack on the U.S. diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya, in which four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stephens were murdered. (AP/Mohammad Hannon)

State Department inspector general: Review board missed many security-related incidents

Ethan Barton · September 26, 2013 4:00 am