Tag: State Department

Secretary of State John Kerry famously asked, âHow can you ask a man to be the last one to die for a mistake?,â during a congressional hearing in 1971. (AP File)

Beltway Confidential

Rand Paul to John Kerry: ‘How can you ask a man to be the first one to die from a mistake?’

Joel Gehrke · September 1, 2013 4:00 am

Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime is calling the Obama administration's decision to wait for congressional authorization before taking military action a "retreat." (AP Photo/Syrian Presidency via Facebook)

John Kerry: The more Assad ‘crows’ the better case we have

Susan Crabtree · September 1, 2013 4:00 am

State Department Spox Calls North Korea the ‘DPRK’

Ethan Epstein · August 30, 2013 7:03 pm

Tom Steyer, a billionaire investor from San Francisco, is waging a war against the Keystone XL pipeline. (AP File)

Is stopping Keystone a San Francisco hedge-fund billionaire’s shrewd investment?

Ron Arnold · August 30, 2013 4:00 am

Friday is the fifth anniversary of the Keystone XL project application for approval from the U.S. government to build a pipeline to carry Canadian oil south through the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas to refineries in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP/Sue Ogrocki)

Energy and Environment

Senators demand Obama approve delayed Keystone XL pipeline

David M. Drucker · August 29, 2013 4:00 am

Special Envoy to Visit North Korea

Special Envoy to Visit North Korea

Daniel Halper · August 27, 2013 9:04 pm

By some accounts, President Obama was prepared in 2011 to sign off on the Keystone XL pipeline. (AP File)

Energy and Environment

Examiner Editorial: Obama tries to run out clock on Keystone

Washington Examiner · August 27, 2013 4:00 am

Protestors against the Keystone Pipeline rally outside the State Department in Washington, Monday, Aug. 12. (AP/Susan Walsh)

Obama masterfully playing slow-down game on Keystone

Sean Higgins · August 27, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama makes his key Middle East speech at Cairo University June 4, 2009 in Cairo, Egypt. In his speech, President Obama called for a "new beginning between the United States and Muslims", declaring that "this cycle of suspicion and discord must end." (Photo by Getty Images)

Obama shapes foreign policy from an American cocoon

Michael Barone · August 25, 2013 4:00 am

Columns of smoke rising from heavy shelling in the Jobar neighborhood in west Damascus, Syria. (AP/Hassan Ammar)

Beltway Confidential

State Department: Syria crossed red line ‘a couple of months ago’

Joel Gehrke · August 23, 2013 4:00 am

State Department Begins Work on New $178M Embassy Complex in Benin

Jeryl Bier · August 21, 2013 5:46 pm

Supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi gather at the Fateh Mosque in Ramses Square for midday prayer in Cairo, Egypt. (Ed Giles/Getty Images)

Obama’s focus on the ‘Middle East peace process’ can be costly for all concerned

Rachel Ehrenfeld · August 20, 2013 4:00 am