U.S. State Department

Miranda Kennedy -- The Indian attitude on climate change

In the five years I worked as a reporter in India, I sat through many uncomfortable silences during interviews about Pakistani terrorists, the pervasive caste system and Indian Muslims -- sensitive issues that, on the face of...

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Biden heads to Iowa for Democratic fundraiser

Vice President Joe Biden will speak Saturday night at the annual Jefferson Jackson dinner in Iowa. WASHINGTON (CNN)– Vice President Joe Biden will be in Iowa Saturday as a special guest at the Iowa Democratic Party's annual...

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Zhang Zuhua and Jiang Qisheng -- To help fix the climate, fix human rights in China

BEIJING -- On his trip to China last week, President Obama negotiated with our government on climate change and other issues such as economic recovery, currency regulation and denuclearization. He noted at his town hall meeting...

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Palin stirs feminist ambivalence

By Ellen Goodman - Washington Post Writers Group You have to hand it to Sarah Palin. Remember back in the 1990s when Hillary Clinton described herself as the Rorschach test for how people felt about the women’s movement? At the...

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2 schools to offer Mandarin Chinese

Two magnet schools in Montgomery will share a three-year grant from the U.S. State Department's Foreign Language Assistance Program to expand foreign language instruction at their schools, according to the school system.

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Americans Living Abroad will be Penalized by the Senate Version of Obama’s Health Care Bill

According to recent estimates by the U.S. State Department, there are 6.6 million Americans living overseas. Obama’s health care reform will tax them for not holding US health insurance the excise tax of $750 a year....

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Commentary: Obama and the politics of Afghanistan

By Carl Leubsdorf | The Dallas Morning News Political factors, as much as military ones, appear to be shaping President Barack Obama's long-pending decision on the next phase of the U.S. effort in Afghanistan. Repeated White...

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Barack Obama: the politics of hypocrisy and cynicism

It was supposed to be all about the end of politics as usual. But while President Barack Obama has been happy to bring about change while abroad by doing all he can to diminish the superpower status of the United States at home...

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Tough lessons

The BBC's Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen considers how the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians has taught US President Barack Obama hard and humiliating lessons. Failure to deliver On a hot day at Cairo University back...

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Obama's dinner for Manmohan Singh

The Obamas will be holding their first state dinner for visiting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, not in the White House's State Dining Room but under a white marquee erected on the South Lawn. Former president Bill...

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