Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is trying to push the long-delayed pact across the finish line.
The United States is ready to take the steps necessary to achieve a comprehensive and operational new agreement on climate change.
Rejecting bipartisan criticism, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday detailed an administration human-rights approach that she called “pragmatic and agile.”
Leeland Eisenberg, convicted of taking six people hostage at one of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s New Hampshire campaign offices two years ago, is getting another chance at probation.
When the history of the Obama presidency is written, the day he decided on a troop surge may prove to be a turning point, a high-stakes gamble to turn around a losing war.
In response to requests from the U.S., the alliance said on Friday that it would contribute new forces to Afghanistan.
An organizer of a “town hall” session said there had been concerns about embarrassing guests and upstaging meetings with President Hu Jintao.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said she was “encouraged” by European responses and would offer allies clarifications on the 2011 target for troop withdrawals.
Administration officials testifying before a Senate panel on Thursday offered reassurances about the 2011 date.
Obama administration officials tried again on Thursday to reassure members of Congress anxious about the military buildup in Afghanistan, telling them repeatedly that American troops can begin to withdraw in July 2011. But the lawmakers seemed more interested in how long the withdrawal would take. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said July 2011 ''will be the beginning of a process, an inflection point, if you will, of transition for Afghan forces as they begin to assume greater responsibility ...
Senators of both parties expressed skepticism about President Obama’s plans for sending an additional 30,000 troops with a timeline for pulling them out.
The text of the prepared testimony of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Wednesday.