United States Department of State

...Internet access, other information technologies like Twitter." No doubt that's correct. And, just as likely, Mr. Obama is not aware that his State Department not only is doing next to nothing to support Internet freedom in countries such as...

In this article: Barack Obama, State Department, Twitter, China, Internet censorship, U.S., Appropriation, and Fiscal year

...Department of Homeland Security inspector general agreed this week to audit the program, which was already under high-level review at the State Department. The Obama administration should promptly eliminate the program. The Justice Department...

In this article: United States, State Department, International Olympic Committee, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security, Indonesia, Suicide, Recession, and Council on Foreign Relations

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former U.S. State Department official and his wife pleaded guilty on Friday to charges that they spied for almost three decades for the Communist-led Cuban government. Walter Kendall Myers had "top secret"...

In this article: Cuba, State Department, Washington, Thomson Reuters, Fidel Castro, U.S., Small business, David Kris, and Foreign Service Institute

...case of distrust," ElBaradei said. "And what we are really trying to do is replace distrust by a degree of trust." In Washington, State Department spokesman Robert Wood said the U.S. has not given up hope that Iran will accept and implement...

In this article: Iran, Uranium, Mohamed ElBaradei, Tehran, International Atomic Energy Agency, U.N., Robert Wood, Geneva, and Berlin

...seeks to turn around the eight-year war and improve the performance of the Karzai government while reining in a culture of corruption. The State Department aims to have 974 civilians in Afghanistan by the end of the year, up from 320 in...

In this article: Afghanistan, U.S., Thomson Reuters, Hamid Karzai, Barack Obama, Small business, Cholera, and NYSE

...Environmental Issues, Environmental Policy, Domestic Policy, Federal Executive Branch & Agency News, Foreign Policy & International Affairs U.S. Department of State Launches Second Annual ExchangesConnect Video Contest to Amplify U.S....

In this article: U.S. Department of State, U.S., and Hillary Rodham Clinton

...should continue in 2012, barring unforeseen events," DBEDT said. Slow going Total population 4.5% 56.21B 41.79B Source: State Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism Hawaii's economy, which has endured rising...

In this article: Hawaii, Unemployment, Inflation, State Department, Recession, and Labor Day

The US is opposed to the Palestinian plan to pursue unilateral statehood at the UN, a State Department official said Monday night. Senator Lieberman hopes US will veto unilateral PA moves "We support the creation of a Palestinian state,"...

In this article: Joseph Lieberman, Binyamin Netanyahu, United States, Israel, United Nations, State Department, Iran, Mahmoud Abbas, and Security Council

U.S. State Department Sells Out Honduran Democracy for Senate Confirmations In one of the lowest points in U.S. diplomatic history, the State Department announced a turnabout in its Honduran policy and stated it will recognize the results...

In this article: State Department, Democracy, Deforestation, Roberto Micheletti, Manuel Zelaya, U.S., and Papua

...to stop doing business in Iraq with companies affiliated with the controversial paramilitary contractor formerly known as Blackwater, the State Depart... Want to reply to a comment? Hint: Click "Reply" at the bottom of the comment; after...

In this article: Blackwater, State Department, Iraq, Tax, Iraq War, Dyncorp, and U.S.