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Washington: Noting that the Indo-US nuclear deal was a major step forward in strengthening relationship between the two countries, US Vice President Joe Biden today termed "meteoric" the rise of India as a global leader. Full Article at Zee News
Washington: President Barack Obama has no plans to join a global treaty banning landmines because a policy review found the United States could not meet its security commitments without them, the State Department said on Tuesday. Full Article at Zee News
US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon (L) waits as US ambassador to Honduras, Hugo Llorens, speaks during a press conference at the US embassy in Tegucigalpa, on October 29, 2009. View Photo »
You know, it's interesting, Brit, when the president or the State Department announced that they were going to change their policy about an anti-missile defense in Europe, the thought was, ‘Well, down the line the Russians are going to come along and they're going to go -- they're going to come with us ...
BAGHDAD -- Amira Edan, the director of Iraq's National Museum, says that soon she will no longer have to worry so much that the famous institution remains closed to the public for fear of violence. People will just be able to Google it. Full Article at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Republicans probe scientists' e-mail WASHINGTON - Congressional Republicans are investigating e-mail messages stolen from a British climate-change research center that they say show scientists trying to suppress data that doesn't support human-caused... Full Article at Philadelphia Inquirer
U.S. will not sign land-mine treaty WASHINGTON - State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said yesterday that the Obama administration had decided not to sign an international convention banning land mines. Full Article at Philadelphia Inquirer
US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon (L), senior adviser on Latin America, Dan Restrepo (C) and US ambassador in Honduras Hugo Llorens (R) leave the Brazilian Embassy after a meeting with deposed president Manuel... View Photo »
The final decision was made by the president. This is his event; he's the host. We were told that at the end of the day, after taking into account the National Security Council, the State Department and other agencies, that it was his decision
The expected attendees at the State Dinner: The president and first lady Michelle Obama Montek Singh Ahluwalia, deputy chairman of the Planning Commission of the Republic of India, Indian delegation Joseph R. Biden, Jr. , vice president of the United... Full Article at Detroit News Online
The Obama Administration announced late today that it will not sign an international convention banning land mines but would send observers to a review conference on the treaty in Cartagena, Colombia. Full Article at MyDD
The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States government, similar to foreign ministries, foreign offices, ministries of external relations, etc. in other countries. Full Article
Daniel Fried, US State Department's top official for European relations as well as US President Barack Obama's special envoy to oversee the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, speaks to the media during his press conference at a hotel in Lisbon, Portugal, Friday , June 19, 200...
View Photo »Daniel Fried, US State Department's top official for European relations as well as US President Barack Obama's special envoy to oversee the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, speaks to the media during his press conference at a hotel in Lisbon, Portugal, Friday, June 19, 2009...
View Photo »Daniel Fried, US State Department's top official for European relations as well as US President Barack Obama's special envoy to oversee the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, speaks to the media during his press conference at Hungary's American Embassy in Budapest, Hungary, T...
View Photo »Daniel Fried, US State Department's top official for European relations as well as US President Barack Obama's special envoy to oversee the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, speaks to the media during his press conference at Hungary's American Embassy in Budapest, Hungary, T...
View Photo »Daniel Fried, US State Department's top official for European relations as well as US President Barack Obama's special envoy to oversee the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, is seen during his press conference at Hungary's American Embassy in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, Jun...
View Photo »Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman speaks at the US State Department after meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on June 17, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »US President Barack Obama impersonator Indonesian Ilham Anas (R) welcomes US Ambassador Cameron Hume (L) at the film premier of the documentary 'Amerikaku?' meaning, my America, at a movie house in Jakarta on May 19, 2009.
View Photo »US President Barack Obama impersonator Indonesian Ilham Anas (R) welcomes US Ambassador Cameron Hume (L) at the film premier of the documentary 'Amerikaku?' meaning, my America, at a movie house in Jakarta on May 19, 2009.
View Photo »US President Barack Obama impersonator Indonesian Ilham Anas (R) welcomes guests at the film premier of the documentary 'Amerikaku?' meaning, my America, at a movie house in Jakarta on May 19, 2009.
View Photo »US President Barack Obama impersonator Indonesian Ilham Anas (R) welcomes guests at the film premier of the documentary 'Amerikaku?' meaning, my America, at a movie house in Jakarta on May 19, 2009.
View Photo »US President Barack Obama impersonator Indonesian Ilham Anas (R) welcomes guests at the film premiere of the documentary 'Amerikaku?' (My America) at a movie house in Jakarta on May 19, 2009.
View Photo »US President Barack Obama impersonator Indonesian Ilham Anas (R) welcomes US Ambassador Cameron Hume (L) at the film premiere of the documentary 'Amerikaku?' (My America) at a movie house in Jakarta on May 19, 2009.
View Photo »US President Barack Obama impersonator Indonesian Ilham Anas (C) welcomes guests at the film premiere of the documentary 'Amerikaku?' (My America) at a movie house in Jakarta on May 19, 2009.
View Photo »US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton(2nd-L), US Secretry of Defense Robert Gates(3rd-L)and members of the US delegation sit across from Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith(C-Right), Australian Minister for Defence Joel Fitzgibbon(4th-R) and the Australian delegation during...
View Photo »US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton(L), US Secretry of Defense Robert Gates(2nd-L)and members of the US delegation sit across from Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith(2nd-R), Australian Minister for Defence Joel Fitzgibbon(3rd-R) and the Australian delegation during a mee...
View Photo »US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton confers with the Foreign Minister of Morocco, Taieb Fassi Fihri, at the US State Department on April 8, 2009, in Washington, DC.
View Photo »US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton shakes hands with the Foreign Minister of Morocco, Taieb Fassi Fihri, at the US State Department on April 8, 2009, in Washington, DC.
View Photo »US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and the Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith (L) deliver brief remarks to the media April 8, 2009 at the US State Department in Washington, DC.
View Photo »US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and the Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith (L) deliver brief remarks to the media April 8, 2009 at the US State Department in Washington, DC.
View Photo »US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and the Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith (L) deliver brief remarks to the media April 8, 2009 at the US State Department in Washington, DC.
View Photo »US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton walks with Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (L), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Africa March 19, 2009 at the US State Department in Washington, DC.
View Photo »US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talks with Palestinian students at the English Access Microscholarship program in the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 4, 2009.
View Photo »US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talks with Palestinian students at the English Access Microscholarship program in the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 4, 2009.
View Photo »US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talks with Palestinian students at the English Access Microscholarship program in the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 4, 2009.
View Photo »The new US envoy for North Korea, Stephen Bosworth (C) is escorted on arrival with members of his delegation in Beijing on March 3, 2009.
View Photo »Daniel Fried, US State Department's top official for European relations as well as US President Barack Obama's special envoy to oversee the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, speaks to the media during his press conference at a hotel in Lisbon, Portugal, Friday, June 19, 2009...
View Photo »This ceremony is the culmination of the dedication of dozens of Americans and Sierra Leoneans, including President Ernest Bai Koroma, U.S. State Department and Peace Corps officials and many former Peace Corps volunteers who continue to serve the people of Sierra Leone long after their return to the Uni...
I’ve always had the gift of gab ... Whether you’re walking through the White House or the State Department, the setting can be quite intimidating.
The Indiana State Department of Agriculture would like to reiterate that people cannot get the flu from eating pork or pork products. Pork is safe to eat
A senior State Department official said the US had 'grown comfortable' thinking about Japan as a constant in US relations in Asia. It no longer is, he said, adding that 'the hardest thing right now is not China, it's Japan'.
of the district [lower] court’s order compelling the government to grant security clearances to [private] counsel [for Horn and the defendants in the case — a former CIA station chief and a former State Department chief of mission]. …
And to be fair to [Mrs] Clinton and to the State Department I think the trip was - other than that one comment - the trip was largely a success. Quite frankly, I don't think that comment was an error or a mistake.
a little-publicized October 2 resolution in which [Hillary] Clinton’s own State Department joined Islamic nations in adopting language all-too-friendly to censoring speech that some religions and races find offensive.
US State Department officials did not respond to requests to explain the Guantánamo Bay prisoner release program
It's a licensed labor camp from the Michigan State Department of Agriculture. Froehlich Farms in Berrien Center was also fined. They […] cited me for not having a fly-tight lid on garbage cans [in the living quarters]
There he was arrested on September 24 at a motel room for allegedly listening to a police scanner and relaying information on Twitter to help protesters avoid heavily-armed cops -- an activity the State Department lauded when it happened in Iran [...] If Madison were an Iranian using Twitter to coordina...
Belgium, Germany and other European countries have been criticized by the U.S. State Department for labeling Scientology as a cult or sect and enacting laws to restrict its operations.
I think their parents chose this to help them get jobs potentially in the State Department or in other national security fields, and also in business. But this will give them hopefully an advantage when they're looking for a job, when they're going to college
Only one policy option has been ruled out: dissolving USAID and moving development work to the State Department. 'There will be no merger,' Slaughter said. 'Secretary Clinton has made clear she wants a strong AID, a well-resourced AID, [and] wants diplomacy and development well-integrated'
Slaughter indicated ... that the State Department and USAID need to strengthen their partnerships with different multilateral institutions, but also different U.S. agencies and departments, military and civilian - but not replicate their existing strengths.
will result in institutional changes at the State Department and USAID, Slaughter answered simply, 'Yes.'
We are particularly concerned by reports that the State Department and USAID are being 'extremely cautious' in their funding decisions, have stopped funding projects, and have approved no new strategy for promoting civil society and the rule of law.
The US State Department report should dispel any doubts that serious abuses were committed during the conflict's final months ... Given Sri Lanka's complete failure to investigate possible war crimes, the only hope for justice is an independent international investigation.
The U.S. State Department report should dispel any doubts that serious abuses were committed during the conflict's final months ... Given Sri Lanka's complete failure to investigate possible war crimes, the only hope for justice is an independent, international investigation.
Concerned governments should use the US State Department report as a clarion call for an international investigation
There are every week high-level meetings here at the State Department and at the White House, as the president and his national security team review how to best implement the strategy and Richard Holbrooke is in every one of these meetings
Like many, we wonder what happened to Mr Obama's special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, who established a bureaucratic fiefdom at the State Department but has been neither seen nor heard from during this critical period
There's an inordinate fear of the disease and an inordinate fear of the vaccine ... We feel comfortable with the Centers for Disease Control and the Indiana State Department of Health's position that the vaccine is safe. We've vaccinated individuals at the hospital with both forms and not heard of any s...
We're very pleased ... This is a big deal. The State Department is going to employ the technology worldwide.
During the past four weeks, the Hawaii State Department of Education has been working diligently to prepare students, parents, employees and the community for the upcoming furlough days
the State Department cut in pro-democracy funding for Iran is part and parcel of a very deliberate policy by President Obama to diminish the role of human rights and democracy as goals of U.S. foreign policy.
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