Department Of State

Latest Stories

U.S. efforts on Web said frustrating to al Qaeda

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, California Republican (The Washington Times)

Clinton aide pressed about Iranian dissident camp

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Zardari

Pakistan’s Zardari to attend NATO summit in Chicago

By Shaun Waterman and Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks May 8, 2012, during a joint press conference with Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna in New Delhi. (Associated Press)

Lawyer: Clinton to decide Iranian exiles’ fate after they move

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Embassy Row: The Chen saga

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

**FILE** Demonstrators outside the White House march in November with a replica of a pipeline during a protest of the planned Keystone XL pipeline that would bring tar sands oil from Canada to Texas. (Associated Press)

Obama to get do-over on Keystone pipeline

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Blind dissident lawyer Chen Guangcheng meets with wife Yuan Weijing, daughter Chen Kesi and son Chen Kerui at a hospital in Beijing on Wednesday, May 2, 2012. Gary Locke, U.S. ambassador to China, is at Mr. Chen's side, as is language attache James Brown (center background). (U.S. Embassy, Beijing, via Associated Press)

PRUDEN: Nary kiss nor hug for the blind activist in China

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

Blind activist lawyer Chen Guangcheng (right), accompanied by Gary Locke, U.S. ambassador to China, makes a phone call on the way to a hospital in Beijing on Wednesday, May 2, 2012. (AP Photo/U.S. Embassy Beijing Press Office)

White House defends handling of Chen’s case

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Embassy Row: Chinese puzzle

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

WADDINGTON: No death camps for Iranian dissidents

By Lord David Waddington

**FILE** A U.S. Predator drone flies over southern Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

Pakistani drone critic granted visa for U.S. conference

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir reviews an honor guard with Chinese President Hu Jintao during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The Obama administration has been working closely with Beijing to try to prevent a full-fledged war between Sudan and South Sudan, where bombs dropped overnight heightened tensions. (Associated Press)

Bombs on Sudanese border stoke war talk

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

**FILE** Afghan farmers work in an opium poppy field in Nawa district of Helmand province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 25, 2009. (Associated Press)

Doubts of victory surface in war on Afghan poppy crops

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Inside Politics: Obama campaign releases Spanish-language TV ads

By THE WASHINGTON TIJMES

Embassy Row: Is Jerusalem in Israel?

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

Saeed

Lead terrorist in Pakistan taunts U.S. for $10M reward

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Embassy Row: Marbury v. Madison redux

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Mohammad Saeed attends a ceremony in Islamabad, Pakistan, in April 2011. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

U.S. offers bounties for terrorist leaders in Pakistan

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

**FILE** Michael McFaul testifies on Oct. 12, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on his nomination as U.S. ambassador to Moscow. (Associated Press)

State Dept. plays down envoy’s insinuations about Russian press tapping phone

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Embassy Row: Clinton too busy

By James Morrison - The Washington Times