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March 26, 2010
Obama, Medvedev Agree On Landmark Nuclear Arms Reduction Pact

The White House has announced that Washington and Moscow have reached agreement on a landmark nuclear arms reduction pact. U.S. President Barack Obama said he will meet Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Prague on April 8 to sign the new treaty.
March 25, 2010
Pakistan Hails U.S. 'Partnership'

Visiting Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi emerged from the first of two days of strategic talks with U.S. officials to say the two countries' relationship is now a full partnership.
March 24, 2010
U.S.-Pakistan Talks Target Skepticism

For years, the United States and Pakistan have had a rocky relationship that's left each country leery of the other. Now the U.S. administration is reaching out to Pakistan, aware that its war in Afghanistan relies on mutual trust.
March 22, 2010
Clinton Says Iran Sanctions 'Will Bite'

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told an influential pro-Israel lobbying group in Washington that she's optimistic the UN Security Council will approve sanctions against Iran that will be strong enough to make it finally disclose the scope of its nuclear program.
February 03, 2010
U.S. Top Brass Urges Repeal Of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Admiral Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, urged Congress today to repeal the current policy of silence on gays in the military, known as "don't ask, don't tell," calling it a matter of integrity.
January 28, 2010
Obama Says War In Iraq Ending

President Barack Obama says the war in Iraq is ending and all U.S. troops in the country will be returning to America.
January 22, 2010
U.S. Rights Body Challenges Moldovan PM

Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat has appeared before the Helsinki Commission, a U.S. agency that monitors human rights worldwide, during his first visit to Washington as premier. Filat discussed the challenge of establishing what he called "a state of law" in his country after a decade of Communist Party rule.
January 21, 2010
Clinton Urges Chinese Google Probe

The United States' top diplomat, Hillary Clinton, has offered a strong defense of Internet freedom and challenged some governments' efforts to censor the web. The speech follows Internet giant Google's recent threat to pull out of the potentially lucrative Chinese market over alleged cyberspying. Clinton also touted the Internet as "a source of tremendous progress in China."
January 07, 2010
Eide Warns Of 'Negative Trends' In Afghanistan

Outgoing UN envoy to Afghanistan Kai Eide has told the UN Security Council that many of the problems that country faced years ago remain, boosting resentment of the foreign presence in the country.
January 04, 2010
Clinton: Al-Qaeda In Yemen 'Global' Threat

(INTRO) U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today spoke publicly for the first time about the attempted bombing of a U.S. airplane on December 25, saying the international community will bring pressure on the Yemeni government to do more to defeat the group responsible, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. RFE/RL's Andrew F. Tully has the story
December 15, 2009
Clinton Touts 'Principled Pragmatism' On Human Rights

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said today that the administration of President Barack Obama will continue to pursue the American goal of universal human rights through what she called "principled pragmatism." In a speech on human rights in the 21st century, Clinton said the United States' goal is to make human rights a human reality.
December 11, 2009
Convincing For Some, Rehash Of Old Arguments For Others

Some observers have called U.S. President Barack Obama's Nobel acceptance speech on December 10 a moral explanation for why he is escalating the conflict, while others have dismissed it as another American leader justifying his case for war.
December 09, 2009
Petraeus: Afghan Progress Will Be Slower

Senior U.S. military officers and diplomats spent a second day on Capitol Hill today telling Congress how they view the war in Afghanistan, now that President Barack Obama has announced that he's sending 30,000 more troops to the fight.
December 09, 2009
WHO Announces 'Very Good News' On Cures

For the past 15 years, the UN's World Health Organization (WHO) has been focusing on tuberculosis, or TB, with a goal of curing people already infected and eventually eradicating the disease. The organization says new data shows it has exceeded that goal.
December 08, 2009
Obama, Turkish PM Agree To Tackle Iran

U.S. President Barack Obama says he and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan have agreed that one of the most important issues the two NATO allies need to resolve is Iran's nuclear program.
December 03, 2009
Poverty On The Rise In Ex-Communist Countries

Countries that were once in the Soviet Union's sphere of influence have been quick to embrace free-market economies in the two decades since the end of the Cold War. As a result, their middle classes have grown. But that growth has made them vulnerability to recession, and the current global downturn has hit these countries particularly hard, according to a new report from the World Bank.
December 01, 2009
Obama Adds Troops, Plots Afghan Exit

In an eagerly awaited address, President Barack Obama has announced that he's committing 30,000 fresh U.S. troops to the war in Afghanistan. He described efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan as in "America's vital interest," and said an Afghan exit would begin in about 18 months.
November 30, 2009
Obama Briefing NATO Allies, Congress On Afghan Strategy

On December 1, U.S. President Barack Obama will announce his new strategy for the Afghan war in a speech at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York. But before he's told the American people, Obama has begun briefing NATO allies and key members of Congress.
November 24, 2009
Obama Hails A 'Defining Partnership' Of 21st Century

U.S. President Barack Obama is following through on the efforts of George W. Bush to establish broad, friendly relations with India. Today he met for nearly two hours with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House before hosting Singh at the first state dinner of Obama’s presidency.
November 19, 2009
U.S. Faces Tough Decisions After Iran Rejects Nuclear Plan

Iran has rejected a UN-proposed deal under which it would export its lightly enriched uranium for further enrichment. What options does that now leave for the United States?

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