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02 October 2007 -- The United States said Tuesday it has approved a draft six-nation accord under which North Korea will declare and disable its nuclear programs by the end of the year in exchange for aid and diplomatic benefits. China is expected to release the document within the next day or two.

U.S. officials say the latest round of six-party talks, which ended Sunday in Beijing, was not originally intended to produce a document.    » read more »

Washington, D.C. -- September 21, 2007 -- Freedom House, together with six of the U.S.’s most prominent human rights organizations, issued a letter today to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, urging her to strongly oppose a bid by Kazakhstan to chair the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in 2009.    » read more »

September 20, 2007 -- After the State Department failed to meet a deadline for providing documents and making witnesses available, Chairman Waxman issued four subpoenas, including one for documents and three for depositions of State Department officials, regarding the Committee's investigation into corruption in Iraq.

Source: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

August 20, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, D.C.– U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Barack Obama (D-IL) and today sent the following letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, requesting that she immediately urge her French counterparts to examine the extradition case of Hans Peterson and advise the U.S. Embassy in Paris of the importance of this case.    » read more »

Ex-Oriole great to visit China as new U.S. sports envoy

13 August 2007 -- Washington -- Baseball Hall of Fame player Cal Ripken Jr. is taking his talents teaching kids the fundamentals of the sport to a higher level as a new U.S. State Department public diplomacy sports envoy.

Ripken’s first assignment will be visiting China October 28-November 6 to train Chinese youngsters in the Asian country’s budding baseball program.    » read more »

13 August 2007 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has named retired baseball great Cal Ripken Jr. to be a U.S. public diplomacy special envoy. Ripken, inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame last month, will begin the non-paying diplomatic role with a trip to China in October. VOA's David Gollust reports from the State Department.

Ripken, best known for playing in an all-time record 2,600 and 32 consecutive regular season games, has devoted himself to promoting youth baseball since his retirement from the major leagues in 2001.    » read more »

27 June 2007 -- The head of Turkey's armed forces has again stressed the need for a cross-border operation against Kurdish guerrillas based in Iraq.

But General Yasar Buyukanit said Wednesday that the Turkish government would have to set guidelines for such an incursion.

He called for a cross-border operation in April to attack Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, fighters who Turkey says are launching attacks on Turkey from Iraq.

Earlier this month, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the U.S. wants Kurdish guerrillas to stop operating out of northern Iraq.    » read more »

Press Secretary of State Rice for update on overdue reforms

June 14, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, DC – Three Senate chairmen today asked the State Department for an update on its efforts to reform its methods for receiving and managing international aid following domestic disasters. In a joint letter, Senators Joseph R. Biden, Jr., D-Del., Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., requested that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice provide a status report addressing ten specific concerns no later than June 28, 2007.    » read more »

June 13, 2007 -- Washington, DC – Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE) sent a letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today after repeated attempts to secure the appearance of the United States Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee via video conference. Even though Ambassador Crocker has repeatedly conducted interviews with various news outlets, the State Department has refused to make available or assist the Committee with securing his testimony.    » read more »

Secretary deplores repression in Venezuela, Cuba

05 June 2007 -- Washington – The Panama Canal, now being widened to make the waterway even more competitive in the global market, is a prime example “of how friendly states can make potential sources of conflict a source of cooperation,” according to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.    » read more »

15 May 2007 -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has called for Iran to release an Iranian-American academic accused of "crimes against national security."

Ms. Rice told reporters in Moscow that the detainment of scholar Haleh Esfandiari "underscores the nature of the Iranian regime." She said Ms. Esfandiari ought to be released immediately.

Earlier Tuesday, a spokesman for Iran's judiciary, Ali Reza Jamshidi, said Ms. Esfandiari has been detained under the authority of the Intelligence Ministry.    » read more »

14 May 2007 -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is expected to arrive in Moscow Monday for two days of talks with Russian leaders on issues including Kosovo and U.S. plans for a missile defense system in Eastern Europe.

Moscow and Washington are behind two competing proposals before the United Nations Security Council for the future of Kosovo.

The United States backs plans for internationally supervised independence for the ethnic Albanian majority province of Serbia, while Moscow is calling for more talks.    » read more »

May 11, 2007 -- SUBJECT: Unexpected Urgent Refugee and Migration Needs Related to Somalia, Sudan, Chad, Other Parts of Africa, and the West Bank and Gaza

By the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including sections 2 and 4(a)(1) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (the "Act"), as amended (22 U.S.C. 2601 and 2603) and section 301 of title 3, United States Code:    » read more »

07 May 2007 -- The U.S. State Department said Monday Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit Moscow next week for talks on problem issues including Kosovo and U.S. missile defense plans for central Europe. She will meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and perhaps also President Vladimir Putin. VOA's David Gollust reports from the State Department.

Rice's visit comes amid conflict between the two powers on several issues, though U.S. officials say tensions are by no means comparable to those of the Cold War era.    » read more »

05 May 2007 -- An international conference on Iraq ended Friday without top-level meetings between the United States and Iran.

Iraqi officials had hoped senior diplomats from Iran and the U.S. would meet on the sidelines of the conference. There was instead an ambassador-level meeting.

The White House said Friday the U.S. ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker met for a few minutes with an Iranian deputy foreign minister Abbas Araghchi.    » read more »