Home » Topics » Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

Clinton sees ‘constructive’ talks with Russia

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that the United States held “constructive” talks with Russia but urged more action after days of feuding over the bloodshed in Syria. Clinton, who on Tuesday accused Russia of fueling the violence by sending attack helicopters to Syria, said that Deputy…

India assures U.S. of economic vigor

India insisted that its economy would regain vigor and satisfy foreign investors as it fended off US accusations of a worsening business climate ahead of high-level talks. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday holds an annual dialogue on the shape of the growing relationship, fresh after clearing a main…

Sec. Clinton delivers message for LGBT pride month

In honor of Pride month, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has recorded a video message about the ways in which the United States is working to ensure the rights of LGBT people both here at home and in the nation’s policies abroad. The former First Lady and U.S. Senator (D-NY)…

Court orders Clinton to decide about removing MEK from terrorism list

WASHINGTON — A US appeals court on Friday ordered Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to decide within four months whether to remove an Iranian dissident group from a terror blacklist. The People’s Mujahedeen of Iran, also known as the Mujahedeen-e Khalq (MEK), had asked the court to issue a ruling…

Secretary Clinton claims U.S. credit for hacking Al-Qaeda’s Yemeni websites

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said US experts scored a cyberwarfare coup by hacking into websites run by Al-Qaeda’s Yemeni branch and changing the message to undermine their propaganda. In a speech in Tampa, Florida late Wednesday, Clinton said the success was staged by the State Department’s new Center for…

Sri Lanka faces impatience in U.S.

WASHINGTON — Sri Lanka is looking to ease growing friction with the United States, but it faces exasperation from policymakers who see little progress on concerns three years after a bloody civil war ended. Foreign Minister Gamini Lakshman Peiris meets Friday with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after a week…

Row over dissident threatens broader China-U.S. ties

WASHINGTON — The diplomatic row over Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng could hurt Sino-US efforts to cooperate on Iran, Syria and key economic issues but both sides want to contain the fallout, experts said. The dispute has sent a cloud over the annual Strategic and Economic Dialogue that Treasury Secretary Timothy…

Jason Segel says Hillary won’t work with him…yet

Actor and filmmaker Jason Segel said that he has tried to get Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to appear in a film with him, but the former First Lady has declined…for now. Politico reports that Segel made the revealed last week on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” that he asked…

Clinton heads to China as dissident case looms

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is heading to China as US officials raced to find a solution to a sensitive row over a top dissident reportedly holed up at the US embassy in Beijing. Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner had long planned to go to Beijing for…

U.S. urges tough UN sanctions, arms embargo on Syria: Clinton

PARIS — World powers should push for tough United Nations sanctions against Syria in order to force Bashar al-Assad’s regime to comply with a UN peace plan, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday. “We need to start moving very vigorously in the Security Council for a Chapter Seven sanctions…

Page 1 of 212
>