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  • September 2008

    • Rice Set for Historic Meet With Gadhafi

      Voice of America  |  Sep 3, 08 3:13 AM CDT

      Rice Set for Historic Meet With Gadhafi

      (Newser) - Condoleezza Rice will become  first US secretary of state to visit Libya since the Eisenhower administration when she meets Friday with leader Moammar Gadhafi, reports the Voice of America. The meeting demonstrates the radical improvement in relations between the two nations since Gadhafi turned away from terrorism and scrapped Libya's weapons of mass destruction program in 2003. More »

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      Condoleezza Rice  • Darfur  • State Department  • Libya  • Human Rights Watch  • Moammar Gadhafi  • Lockerbie  • Pan Am  • Dwight Eisenhower  • David Welch

  • August 2008

    • Bush Ordered Troop Surge Over Internal Opposition

      New York Times  |  Aug 31, 08 10:46 AM CDT

      Bush Ordered Troop Surge Over Internal Opposition

      (Newser) - President Bush’s 2007 addition of 20,000 troops in Iraq helped stabilize the country—but advisers didn’t support the idea until the situation there looked like “civil war,” in the CIA’s words. Instead, the Pentagon wanted to shift responsibilities to Iraqi troops; the State Department wanted to focus fighting elsewhere; and the US Iraq ambassador said a troop surge would hurt conditions there, the New York Times reports. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Iraq war  • US military  • Pentagon  • troop surge  • State Department

    • Putin: US Sparked Georgia War

      CNN  |  Aug 29, 08 4:26 AM CDT

      Putin: US Sparked Georgia War

      (Newser) - Invoking the era of Cold War conspiracies, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has accused the US of sparking conflict in Georgia to give John McCain a campaign boost. “They need a small victorious war,” the told CNN. He insisted the US encouraged Georgia to attack their two breakaway regions earlier this month, forcing Russia to intervene. The White House called the accusations “absurd." More »

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      John McCain  • George W. Bush  • Russia  • Georgia  • Vladimir Putin  • State Department  • Dmitry Medvedev  • South Ossetia  • Abkhazia  • David Miliband  • Shanghai Cooperation Organization

    • On Land and Sea, Passport Info in the Cards

      Miami Herald  |  Aug 18, 08 3:25 PM CDT

      On Land and Sea, Passport Info in the Cards

      (Newser) - Starting this month, US residents have the option to use a wallet-size passport card instead of the traditional booklet when crossing land and sea borders, the Miami Herald reports. The cards, which aren't accepted for air travel, cost less than standard passports and speed the border-crossing process. The State Department expects to issue as many as 1 million by the end of the year. More »

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      State Department  • passport

    • Russia Opens Second Front in Georgia

      Associated Press  |  Aug 11, 08 11:57 AM CDT

      Russia Opens Second Front in Georgia

      (AP) - Russia opened a second front of fighting in Georgia today, sending armored vehicles beyond two breakaway provinces and seizing a military base and police stations in the country's west, officials told the AP. Meanwhile, the US State Department evacuated more than 170 American civilians to Armenia. The new forays into Georgia appeared to show Russian determination to subdue Georgia, which has been pressing for NATO membership More »

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      Russia  • Georgia  • State Department  • South Ossetia  • invasion

  • July 2008

    • US Expands Visa Program for Iraqis Tenfold

      New York Times  |  Jul 25, 08 7:57 AM CDT

      US Expands Visa Program for Iraqis Tenfold

      (Newser) - The US embassy in Baghdad announced a major expansion of its visa program for Iraqi employees of the American government, raising tenforld the number of work permits it currently offers. The move is the latest step by the Bush administration to answer criticism that it has neglected the Iraqis, particularly translators and supervisors, whose lives have been endangered because of their association with the US, the New York Times reports. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • State Department  • visa  • Iraqi refugees  • US embassy in Baghdad  • translation

    • Gov't Workers Peeked at Celeb Passport Data

      Washington Post  |  Jul 4, 08 7:45 AM CDT

      Gov't Workers Peeked at Celeb Passport Data

      (Newser) - Government employees have been taking unauthorized peeks at electronic passport records of celebrities, says a State Department report that suggests the travel data of 127 million Americans is at risk. One high-profile person's records were opened 356 times by more than six dozen people, the Washington Post reports. Five contractors have been fired and dozens are being probed. More »

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      celebrity  • State Department  • Joe Biden  • passport

    • White House in Loop on Troubling Iraq Oil Deal

      New York Times  |  Jul 3, 08 3:04 AM CDT

      White House in Loop on Troubling Iraq Oil Deal

      (Newser) - The State Department was fully aware that a Texas firm linked to President Bush planned to sign a controversial Kurdistan oil deal that undermined the Iraqi government, reports the New York Times . Documents released by a congressional committee yesterday reveal that Hunt Oil—run by a close associate of the president—kept the administration up to date on its plans, which some US officials appeared to welcome. More »

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      Iraq  • State Department  • Kurdistan  • House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform  • Iraq oil  • Hunt Oil

    • Mandela Finally Removed From US Terror List

      CNN  |  Jul 2, 08 4:52 AM CDT

      Mandela Finally Removed From US Terror List

      (Newser) - Former South African President Nelson Mandela is finally being removed from US terrorism watch lists , CNN reports. The 90-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate was designated a terrorist because he battled against the old apartheid regime in South Africa. His name was never officially removed from the US lists until a new bill was signed into law yesterday by President Bush. More »

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      terrorism  • State Department  • South Africa  • John Kerry  • Nobel Peace Prize  • Nelson Mandela  • apartheid  • African National Congress

  • May 2008

    • US Axes Fulbrights for 8 Palestinians

      New York Times  |  May 30, 08 6:17 AM CDT

      US Axes Fulbrights for 8 Palestinians

      (Newser) - Eight Palestinians have had their Fulbright scholarships taken away because Israel won't grant them visas to leave the Gaza Strip, reports the New York Times. Israel has isolated Gaza since Hamas took control of the territory last year. The State Department has allocated the prestigious scholarships to students the West Bank instead, to avoid losing them, the AP reports, and the Gaza students have been advised to apply again next year. More »

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      Israel  • Hamas  • Gaza  • State Department  • university  • Palestinians  • scholarship  • scholar

    • US Bounty Program Fails to Rein In Terrorists

      Washington Post  |  May 17, 08 1:17 PM CDT

      US Bounty Program Fails to Rein In Terrorists

      (Newser) - Money may be the root of all evil, but the almighty dollar is doing a poor job to stop it: Washington’s efforts to catch terror suspects using steep bounties is largely a bust, the Washington Post reports. “The program could use some rejuvenation,” said one ex-official. “You can’t just put a price on someone’s head and expect something to happen.” More »

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      al-Qaeda  • Osama bin Laden  • State Department  • counterterrorism  • Ayman al Zawahiri

  • April 2008
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