Secretary Clinton Agrees to Meet Deposed Honduran Leader
Washington Post - 26th Feb 2010
Secretary of State :
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham
Clinton has agreed to meet with ousted Honduran president
Manuel Zelaya, as U.S. and other
Diplomats intensify their efforts to solve a crisis that has turned into a showdown with coup leaders and threatens to produce more bloodshed.
The meeting could take place as early as today, according to a senior administration official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
Zelaya told reporters he was flying to
Washington last night from
Central America.
The talks...
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Faces Abortion Lecture at Congressional Hearing
Washington,
DC (LifeNews.com) -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified
before a Congressional committee on Thursday where two Pro-Life members
of Congress presented her with a long lecture on Abortion and how
it hurts women. Clinton appeared before the House Foreign Affairs
Committee to talk about the International Affairs Budget.
Congressmen
Chris Smith, a New Jersey Republican, and Jeff Fortenberry, a Nebraska
Republican, both addressed Pro-Life issues during the...
Deal or no deal in Honduras
Last Friday an agreement was reached between the de facto regime in Honduras , which took power in a Military Coup on 28 June, and the elected president Manuel Zelaya, for the restoration of Democracy there.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton , in announcing what she called a historic agreement , said: "I cannot think of another example of a country in Latin America that ... overcame such a crisis through negotiation and dialogue." Hopefully this will turn out to be true.
But the ink...
Spoiling Manuel Zelaya's homecoming
Manuel Zelaya at the Brazilian Embassy in Honduras, 21 September 2009. Photograph: Orlando Sierra/AFP/Getty Images
Now that Manuel Zelaya has returned to Honduras , the coup government " after first denying that he was there " has unleashed a wave of repression to prevent people from gathering support for their elected president.
This is how US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described the first phase of this new repression Monday night in a press conference: "I think that the...
Hillary Clinton and Madeleine Albright Dine Together: A 'Women Secretary of State Club'?
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her former counterpart Madeleine Albright had a two-hour dinner in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night. The two dined at downtown hotspot Bibiana Osteria-Enoteca .
At a quiet corner table, the only two Democratic female secretaries of state were seen talking throughout the entire meal. Both women seemingly came straight from work, wearing business suits to dinner.
The reason for the dinner and topics of conversation between the two women are unknown....
Secretary Clinton Set to Travel to Chile Tuesday
-->
ABC's Kirit Radia reports: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is scheduled to visit Chile on Tuesday, part of a five country swing through Latin America that was planned well before Saturday's massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake. The tremor occurred about 321 km from the capital of Santiago, but was strong enough to knock out power and sway tall buildings there. The city's airport closed as a result. So far the State Department has not announced any changes to Clinton's travel...
Clinton: U.S. committed to Mideast peace
Washington, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- The United States is "deeply committed" to a Middle East peace plan, starting with renewed Israeli-Palestinian talks, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said.
"(We) have made clear many times, the President (Barack Obama) and I are deeply committed to a comprehensive peace beginning with a relaunch of meaningful negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians as soon as possible," Clinton said Friday in a joint media availability with Israeli Defense...
Jerusalem's plan 'provocative': Washington
Washington (AFP) - The Obama Administration Thursday criticised Israel's "provocative" plans to renovate two deeply contested holy sites in the occupied West Bank. "We have asked both parties to refrain from provocative and unilateral actions that undermine efforts to resume negotiations to end the conflict," said US State Department spokesman PJ Crowley. "We have raised this directly with the Israeli government." The criticism came just a day after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed...
If you are commenting as a guest, enter your personal information in the form provided. Don't worry, your privacy is safe.
You can also login to your account or use one of the following methods: