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Palestinian sought

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:37:17 GMT

The United States State Department is offering a reward of up to US$5 million ($6.8 million) for a Palestinian bomb-maker suspected of once targeting commercial airliners and of aiding the Iraq insurgency.
Source: New Zealand Herald

US welcomes Israeli settlement moratorium

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:13:17 GMT

At the State Department, the administration's special envoy for Mideast peace, former Sen. George Mitchell, told a news conference that the Israeli decision could mark a step toward restarting peace talks.
Source: Bradenton Herald

4 More Deaths Attributed To H1N1

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:12:52 GMT

OKLAHOMA CITY -- State health officials said four more people have died from complications of the H1N1 virus. The Oklahoma State Department of Health reported the deaths Tuesday.
Source: KOCO Oklahoma City

US Expresses Support for Honduran Election

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:03:02 GMT

The United States says it supports Sunday’s presidential election in Honduras as an “essential” part of a solution to that country’s ongoing political crisis.
Source: Soldier of Fortune

Leahy Blasts Pres. Obama on Refusal to Sign Landmine Ban Treaty

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:38:46 GMT

U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy is blasting Pres. Barack Obama's decision to refuse to sign a 10-year-old international treaty banning land mines.
Source: Seven Days

Knives and Forks

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:31:33 GMT

As I write this blog President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are hosting their first state dinner in honor of the visiting prime minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh.
Source: Boundless Line

The Ambiguity Of An Obama Foreign Policy

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:37:27 GMT

(CBS) Christopher Badeaux is Senior Editor of The New Ledger.
Source: CBS News

Indian PM warns Pakistan on terrorism

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:34:11 GMT

Indian PM warns Pakistan on terrorism By FOSTER KLUG Associated Press Writer Manuel Balce Ceneta Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, make a toast with India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, bottom left,...
Source: KansasCity.com

Quoted in 'At Iraqi Museum, Google Chief Announces Plan to Put Artifacts Online'

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:10:27 GMT

said in The New York Times:

is part of an effort spearheaded by the State Department to bring technology to Iraq. We thought, what better way to do that than bring Eric Schmidt here.

Quoted in 'Hostility between British and American military leaders revealed'

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:02:13 GMT

said in The Telegraph:

I spent a significant amount of my time ‘consenting and evading’ US orders… Things got sticky…when I refused to conduct offensive operations against [al-Sadr’s] Mahdi Army as directed [by the US]. This resulted in the UK being demarched by the US, by [Paul] Bremer [the US proconsul in Iraq] through State [the US State Department] to the UK Ambassador in Washington.

Matthew Hoh, former US State Department Official who resigned from post in Afghanistan

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:40:07 GMT

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Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:49:56 GMT

(L-R) Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya's delegate, Mayra Mejia, US ambassador in Honduras, Hugo Llorens, US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Thomas Shannon, senior adviser on Latin America, Dan Restrepo, US State Depar...

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Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:44:01 GMT

(L-R) Ousted President Manuel Zelaya's delegate, Mayra Mejia, US ambassador in Honduras, Hugo Llorens, US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Thomas Shannon, senior adviser on Latin America, Dan Restrepo, US State Department rep...