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diplomacy stories: 168 news summaries

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 A Frosty Merkel Arrives in DC 

Economy, Afghanistan cloud chancellor's talks with Obama

Jun 25, 09 7:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Angela Merkel arrives in Washington today for a two-day visit, where the German chancellor will hold talks with President Obama before a rare joint press conference in the Rose Garden. Yet despite the smiles, the two leaders have a strained if not frosty relationship, with both sides carping about economic... More »

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Barack Obama • NATO • diplomacy • Angela Merkel • Germany • Rose Garden • monetary policy • Chancellor of Germany • Stanley McChrystal

US Sending Ambassador to Syria After 4-Year Absence

Obama aims to boost US presence after 4-year absence

Jun 24, 09 2:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - An American ambassador will soon be on the road to Damascus for the first time since early 2005, the Washington Post reports. The Obama administration plans to send an envoy to Syria as part of efforts to reengage with the influential Arab country. The move, which follows recent high-level diplomatic... More »

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Syria • diplomacy • diplomat • ambassador

OPINION

 Fix Iraq to Fix the Region 

A 'decent and stable' country could set an example

Jun 7, 09 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Many in the Middle East demanded action after President Obama’s Cairo speech, but the action that’s crucial right now is the Iraq peace process, writes Thomas Friedman in the New York Times. Hillary Clinton must lead us in an effort to establish a “decent and stable political... More »

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Hillary Clinton • diplomacy • Iraq pullout • Thomas Friedman • Iraq war • Iraq exit strategy • President Obama

(Newser) - The day after its defiant second test of a nuclear device, North Korea allowed its two American prisoners, Current TV journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, to call home. It was such an unusual act for the repressive state, that experts think it may be a signal that North Korea... More »

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North Korea • diplomacy • Euna Lee • Laura Ling

OPINION

Ambassadors: Rich People in Useless Jobs

If posts are just plums for political donors,
why have them?

May 29, 09 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama opted for politics as usual in his ambassador appointments yesterday, writes David Rothkopf for ForeignPolicy. Like recent predecessors, Obama turned to deep-pocketed campaign donors; hence Japan, the world’s second-largest economy, will deal with a tech lawyer whose sole qualification seems to have been his ability to raise... More »

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Barack Obama • diplomacy • Japan • France • State Department • ambassador • political appointee • President Obama

US Plans Giant New
Embassy in Pakistan

$1B project planned to boost US diplomats in region

May 28, 09 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US is planning to invest $1 billion in building a bigger diplomatic presence in Pakistan and Afghanistan, including a huge new embassy in Islamabad, McClatchy reports. The Obama administration is seeking $736 million from Congress for the embassy and permanent housing for American officials in Pakistan’s capital—further... More »

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Afghanistan • Pakistan • diplomacy • embassy • Obama administration

Partners of
Gay, Lesbian Diplomats Win Full Benefits

Clinton memo skirts Defense of Marriage Act

May 24, 09 5:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The State Department will offer same-sex partners of American diplomats all the benefits given to married spouses, reports the New York Times. An internal memo from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addressed to a gay and lesbian Foreign Service organization outlined the changes, which would ensure diplomatic passports, access... More »

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Hillary Clinton • diplomacy • State Department • same-sex couples

(AP) - Vice President Joe Biden visited Lebanon today to reinforce US support for the government ahead of key parliamentary elections. The vote in two weeks could see a pro-Western majority ousted by a coalition led by the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah. Biden is the highest-ranking US official to visit Lebanon in... More »

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Joe Biden • Lebanon • diplomacy • Hezbollah • Obama administration

US Reporters Languish in North Korea

Regime shuts out diplomats, refuses dialog with Washington

May 11, 09 7:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - While media and diplomatic pressure on Iran seems to have won the release of Roxana Saberi, two other reporters held captive in North Korea for nearly two months are receiving far less attention, the Wall Street Journal reports. The plight of Euna Lee and Laura Ling has been overshadowed by... More »

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North Korea • diplomacy • Pyongyang • arrest • journalist • Kim Jong Il • Euna Lee • Laura Ling

OPINION

 Diplomatic  
 Obama Our 
 Own Spock 

Cool-headed 'cultural translator' appeals to Star Trek generation

May 7, 09 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - With the release of Star Trek tomorrow, we’ll be seeing a lot of Spock again—but we’ve been watching his earthly counterpart all year. President Obama is our own version of the charismatic half-Vulcan, writes Jeff Greenwald for Salon. His cool head and appealing intellect tie him to... More »

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Barack Obama • diplomacy • Star Trek • Spock • cultural diplomacy • President Obama • intellectual

ANALYSIS

 A Doubting 
 Washington 
 Greets Karzai 

Afghan president has 'plateaued,' diplomats say

May 6, 09 7:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nearly eight years after the fall of the Taliban, Hamid Karzai comes to the White House today to meet an administration distinctly unimpressed with his governance of Afghanistan. In interviews with two dozen Washington officials, the Washington Post finds anger and frustration with a president overseeing a weak and corrupt... More »

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Afghanistan • Barack Obama • Taliban • diplomacy • Hamid Karzai • corruption • Afghanistan war

US Wants Informal Chat
on Cuba Ties

Casual discussions could pave road to 'open relationship'

Apr 27, 09 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US is inching toward loosening relations with Cuba on the heels of President Obama’s Latin American trip, the New York Times reports. Cuban diplomats are set to meet informally with US officials to “test the waters,” an administration official said, mulling future talks over migration, drug... More »

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Latin America • diplomacy • Cuba • United States • Raul Castro • Obama administration • President Obama

OPINION

Obama's Apologies Create a Sorry Situation: Rove

No reason for contrition in GOP pundit's mind

Apr 23, 09 8:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama has finished his "international confession tour," and Karl Rove can’t figure out what it was supposed to accomplish. After his public apologies on two continents, "our adversaries rejoiced," Rove writes in the Wall Street Journal. David Axelrod swears this will yield “... More »

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Barack Obama • Latin America • Karl Rove • diplomacy • Europe • France • foreign policy • apology • Obama administration

Fidel: Raul's Overture Was 'Misinterpreted'

Ex-prez puts a chill
on warming relations between US, Cuba

Apr 22, 09 7:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - What President Obama took to be a historic overture from Cuba was actually just a misunderstanding, according to Fidel Castro. The former president—apparently enraged by suggestions that Cuba make concessions in return for improved US-Cuban relations—wrote in his online column that Obama "misinterpreted" his brother Raul's statement... More »

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diplomacy • Fidel Castro • Cuba • Raul Castro • Cuban embargo • President Obama

Chavez Reappoints
Ambassador to US

Venezuelan president looks to better relationship with Obama

Apr 19, 09 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has reappointed an ambassador to the US, reports the Wall Street Journal. Pending approval from Washington, the post will be the first exchange of diplomats between the two countries since Venezuela ejected its American ambassador last year in solidarity with Bolivia. The move is yet another... More »

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Barack Obama • diplomacy • Venezuela • Hugo Chávez • Summit of the Americas

OPINION

 Old-School 
 Diplomacy 
 Sinks in 
 'Age of Pirates'  

US faces leaders not 'ready' or 'able' to talk things out

Apr 15, 09 8:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration wants to talk to countries like Afghanistan and North Korea—but you can’t make a deal with leaders who aren’t ready or able to make one, Thomas Friedman writes in the New York Times. The US is trying to employ classic diplomacy in an “... More »

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Afghanistan • Iran • North Korea • Pakistan • diplomacy • Thomas Friedman • Obama administration

US May Drop Nuclear Condition for Iran Talks

Country may be allowed to continue enriching uranium after talks begin

Apr 14, 09 1:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration is considering dropping the long-standing US insistence that Iran shut down its nuclear facilities before talks begin, insiders tell the New York Times. The proposal—which represents a major policy shift—would allow Iran to continue enriching uranium for a period during talks, possibly in return for... More »

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Iran • diplomacy • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • International Atomic Energy Agency • enriched uranium • nuclear facilities • Obama administration

interview

 Defiant 
 Ahmadinejad 
 Blasts US, UN 

In lengthy interview, Iranian Prez gives his opinions on Obama, Iraq, Europe

Apr 12, 09 10:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - The diminutive leader of Iran has a big ego and is a big talker: in a lengthy interview with Der Spiegel, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad talked a lot—about his feelings for President Obama, his beef with Iraq, and other international issues—but in the end, avoided answering many of the... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • Iran • Barack Obama • United Nations • diplomacy • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • foreign policy • interview

OPINION

 Obama Speaks 
 Softly, Carries 
 ... You Know 
 the Rest 

President trades macho for cool

Apr 8, 09 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama didn't swagger through his European road trip, but that doesn't mean he isn't ready to play hardball. "If George W. Bush was a cowboy, Obama is a group hug," writes Kathleen Parker in the Washington Post. The contrast between Obama, who's still establishing his presidential... More »

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nuclear proliferation • Barack Obama • North Korea • diplomacy • Kim Jong Il • Obama administration • Kathleen Parker • President Obama

 Iran to Obama: Let's Talk 


Apr 8, 09 8:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today that he’d welcome talks with the US, if Barack Obama’s overtures are sincere, the AP reports. “The Iranian nation welcomes a hand extended to it should it really and truly be based on honesty, justice and respect,” the Iranian president said in... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • diplomacy • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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