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(Newser) - President Obama addressed the Turkish parliament today, and used the opportunity to extend an olive branch to the Muslim world, the New York Times reports. “The United States is not, and will never be, at war with Islam,” said Obama. “America’s relationship with the Muslim world... More »

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Barack Obama • Islam • Turkey • diplomacy • European Union • Muslims • foreign policy • Armenia • Armenian genocide • President Obama

Lugar to Obama: Reach Out and Touch Cuba

Senator slams embargo, calls for policy shift, new envoy

Apr 2, 09 8:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - As members of Congress move to rethink US-Cuban relations, Sen. Richard Lugar is urging President Obama to take firm action, including initiating direct talks, the Washington Post reports. The Indiana Republican says the US embargo on the country “undermines our broader security and political interests in the Western Hemisphere,... More »

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diplomacy • Cuba • Richard Lugar • Cuban embargo • Organization of American States • President Obama • letter • special envoy

ANALYSIS

 In the Shadows, 
 Hillary's Power Grows 

Retiring secretary of state has won Obama's admiration

Apr 2, 09 6:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton has kept a low profile at the G20 summit, ceding the spotlight to Barack Obama and Tim Geithner, and when she and the president travel to NATO summit and EU meetings over the next few days she may not utter a single word in public. But while the... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • diplomacy • State Department • secretary of State • G20 • Obama administration • Obama Cabinet

Obama, S. Korea Prez Warn North Over Missile Launch

He and Lee will have 'united' response if Pyongyang fires rocket

Apr 2, 09 5:55 AM CDT
(AP) - Barack Obama and South Korean counterpart Lee Myung-bak agreed today on the need for a "stern, united" international response if North Korea goes ahead with a planned rocket launch. The two presidents met before today's round of talks at the G20 summit in London. Yesterday Obama told Chinese president... More »

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Barack Obama • North Korea • diplomacy • South Korea • rocket launchers • ballistic missile program • Lee Myung-bak • G20

(AP) - President Obama and Michelle Obama visited Buckingham Palace for a private meeting with Queen Elizabeth II, the AP reports. They brought gifts, ABC News reports: a personalized iPod and a rare songbook signed by the legendary American composer Richard Rodgers. Several thousand well-wishers crowded the traffic circle in front... More »

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Barack Obama • diplomacy • United Kingdom • Queen Elizabeth II • Britain • Royal Family

 Obama, Medvedev Agree 
 to New Nuclear Arms Talks 

President will visit Moscow in July

Apr 1, 09 7:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev pledged to "move beyond Cold War mentalities" at their first ever meeting, at the American ambassador's residence in London. The two presidents agreed to negotiate a new weapons treaty that would see both countries reduce their nuclear stockpiles—the first such... More »

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nuclear proliferation • Russia • Barack Obama • diplomacy • nuclear weapons • Cold War • WMD • Dmitry Medvedev • nuclear arsenal

OPINION

 Medvedev: 
 Obama and I 
 Must Work 
 Together 

Russian president praises and needles US in op-ed

Mar 31, 09 7:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Relations between the US and Russia were testy, to say the least, by the end of 2008—a condition for which Dmitry Medvedev, not surprisingly, blames Washington. In a needling op-ed for the Washington Post, the Russian president writes that the proposed missile defense system and support for Georgia and... More »

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Russia • Barack Obama • diplomacy • Kremlin • Dmitry Medvedev • G20

 Hillary: 'Who Painted It?' 
 Monsignor: 'God!' 

Hillary  at 'miraculous' Mexican image of Mary

Mar 29, 09 5:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton invoked a higher power on a recent diplomatic trip to Mexico City, the Catholic News Agency reports. Making a surprise detour to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the US secretary of state asked who painted a famous image that Catholics say was made by the Virgin... More »

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Hillary Clinton • diplomacy • Mexico • Virgin Mary • miracle

 Prez Offers Iran 'New Beginning' 

Obama reaches out with unprecedented video greeting to the people of Iran

Mar 20, 09 3:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama has offered Iran a fresh start in relations with the US in an unprecedented video message to the Iranian people and leadership, reports the BBC. The president, in a message released to mark the start of Iranian New Year and distributed to news outlets across the region, said... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • diplomacy • Obama administration • President Obama

(Newser) - El Salvador and Costa Rica have decided to end decades-long diplomatic freezes with Cuba, the BBC reports. They were the last Central American countries still shunning the island. For El Salvador’s newly elected president, Mauricio Funes, normalizing relations is a simple matter of fulfilling a campaign promise. It’s... More »

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diplomacy • Cuba • Costa Rica • El Salvador

(AP) - President Barack Obama has tapped Dan Rooney, the owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, to be US ambassador to Ireland. Rooney, 76, is a lifelong Republican who endorsed Obama during Pennsylvania's contentious Democratic primary and campaigned for him ahead of the general election. A good year continues for Rooney, whose team... More »

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diplomacy • Pittsburgh Steelers • Pennsylvania • Ireland • ambassador • Obama administration • President Obama • Dan Rooney

 Brit Pol Lashes 
 'Unreachable' 
 Obama Team 

'You have a bunch of people who haven't been in government before,' official gripes

Mar 11, 09 4:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - A British government official has ripped Barack Obama's "unreachable" team as leaders scramble to make arrangements with the White House to organize next month's G20 summit in London, reports the Independent. "There is nobody there. You cannot believe how difficult it is," said the Cabinet secretary. "... More »

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Barack Obama • diplomacy • London • Gordon Brown • Britain • protocol • G20

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton had some serious business in Turkey today, but a stop at a talk show revealed a gushier side, Reuters reports. When asked about the "last" time she fell in love, she proved her diplomatic mettle. “It was so long ago, with my husband,” she said,... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Turkey • diplomacy • secretary of State • Bill Clinton • love • Obama administration • television interview

(AP) - Talks are underway between two US representatives and Syrian officials in Damascus, Hillary Clinton said today. The officials arrived in the capital today and sat down with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem. Jeffrey Feltman, the top State Department envoy on the Mideast, said the conversation was "very constructive,"... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Turkey • Middle East • Syria • diplomacy • Obama administration

(Newser) - Apparently, admiration for Michelle Obama is not universal. In a column that might just qualify as a snit, Sarah Vine of the London Times takes the first lady to task for an "uncharacteristic lapse of judgment." The awful offense? Michelle gave toy models of Marine One to the... More »

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diplomacy • Michelle Obama • Gordon Brown • Britain • gift • first lady • Sarah Brown

Israel May Strike Iran Over Nukes: Think Tank

Israeli military will strike Iran if it gets too close to nuclear breakthrough

Mar 5, 09 5:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Israel is seriously thinking about launching a military strike against Iran to keep it from becoming a nuclear power, says a new report from a Washington think tank. What's more, the timetable for such a strike is moving up because of Iran's progress on the nuclear front and its possible... More »

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Iran • Israel • diplomacy • nuclear weapons • sanctions • airstrike • Obama administration

analysis

Cuba Sackings May Be
Olive Branch to US

Castro replaced 'pugnacious' minister with diplomat

Mar 5, 09 2:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Raul Castro’s overhaul of Cuban ministers may be meant to ease tensions with the US under President Obama, writes Tim Padgett in Time. Cuba’s president replaced a “pugnacious” former foreign minister who had close ties to Fidel with a longtime UN ambassador—and the move occurred the... More »

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

 US: Iran Has Enough 
 Uranium for a Bomb 

Iran's step forward worries Mullen, many others

Mar 1, 09 10:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Iran has enriched enough uranium to make a nuclear bomb, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Mike Mullen told State of the Union today. "Iran having nuclear weapons, is a very very bad outcome—for the region and for the world," Mullen said. A recent report by the IAEA... More »

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Iran • diplomacy • Joint Chiefs of Staff • IAEA • Adm. Mike Mullen • nuclear enrichment • enriched uranium

OPINION

Obama a Spineless Leader Thus Far: Krauthammer

While Russia and Iran make threats, president fails to show spine

Feb 20, 09 7:01 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama has faced a spate of little challenges thus far from Russia, Iran, and Pakistan—and flunked them all, writes Charles Krauthammer. While Putin compounds his military strength and Ahmadinejad insults America, the new president has exhibited "utter passivity" on the world stage. In just one month, says... More »

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Russia • Barack Obama • Joe Biden • NATO • diplomacy • Obama administration • Manas Air Base

Clinton Warns North Korea, Names Special Envoy

Special envoy for North Korea named

Feb 20, 09 6:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton warned an increasingly belligerent North Korea to cease its "provocative and unhelpful" threats toward the South today, the AP reports. In a Seoul press conference, the secretary of state named former US ambassador to South Korea Stephen Bosworth as special envoy for North Korea and said he... More »

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Hillary Clinton • North Korea • diplomacy • South Korea • Asia • Kim Jong Il • special envoy

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