U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

Obama administration to tighten pressure on Iran, aide says

2013-05-15 16:22:00

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration said Wednesday that it would add more sanctions on Iran in an effort to dissuade Tehran from continuing its nuclear program, but stopped short of backing tough new penalties that lawmakers are considering....

Congress speaks with a loud, muddled voice on Syria

2013-05-11 19:28:00

WASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein made headlines recently by demanding a forceful U.S. response to Syria's use of chemical weapons against its population. Less noticed was that the California Democrat wasn't urging deeper military involvement...

Rand Paul accuses Hillary Clinton of 'dereliction of duty' on Libya

2013-05-11 06:00:00

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Sen. Rand Paul sharply attacked former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, declaring that her actions in the months leading up to the killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya last year were "inexcusable, it was a dereliction of...

McManus: Obama plays for time to avoid 'red line'

2013-05-01 00:00:00

Barack Obama really, really does not want to get tangled up in Syria. For almost a year, Obama's secretaries of State — first Hillary Rodham Clinton, now John Kerry — have pressed the president for more aid to the insurgents who are fighting...

The Week Ahead: Mysterious death, diplomacy and a foregone vote

2013-04-08 01:00:00

Unearthing the mystery of Pablo Neruda’s death Monday, April 8: Did famed Chilean poet Pablo Neruda die of cancer or was he poisoned? The remains of the Nobel Prize laureate will be exhumed Monday from his Isla Negra grave on the Chilean coast...

Could Iran's presidential politicking open door to nuclear deal?

2013-04-24 04:00:00

�Thirty years of punishing sanctions have failed to curb Iran’s rogue behavior. Perhaps, a growing chorus of diplomats and security experts suggest, it is time for the United States to change tactics. With a presidential election in the Islamic...

Secretary of State John Kerry urges against new Iran sanctions

2013-04-18 16:50:00

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John F. Kerry implored Congress on Thursday not to impose tough new sanctions on Iran, warning that such a move could disrupt diplomacy over Tehran's disputed nuclear program at a delicate moment. Appearing before...

Another reason for U.S. to act on Syria: Sending message to Iran

2013-04-15 08:18:00

In my Sunday column, I argued that�events are pushing President Obama toward a bigger role in aiding rebel forces in Syria’s civil war -- not direct military intervention, perhaps, but certainly more direct�help for the insurgents. Yes, I wrote, it&...

McManus: Inching closer to entanglement in Syria

2013-04-14 00:00:00

The White House finally made it official last week: Yes, the civil war in Syria is a slippery slope, and yes, we're on it. Nobody in the Obama administration actually used those words, of course. But if you paid attention to what officials said, it...

Kerry in show of unity with Afghanistan's Karzai

2013-03-25 13:02:00

KABUL – Secretary of State John Kerry joined Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday for a public show of unity, declaring that the two allies “are on the same page” despite weeks of unprecedented friction. Kerry, who has played a...

United Arab Emirates reaches deal to buy unarmed Predator drones

2013-02-22 12:47:00

California-based General Atomics Aeronautical System Inc. said Friday it has struck a deal to sell unarmed Predator drones to the United Arab Emirates military. The agreement would mark the first time a non-NATO country has obtained the American-made...

U.S. reconstruction effort in Afghan provinces is unfinished work

2013-04-06 19:46:00

CHARIKAR, Afghanistan — At the doorstep of the U.S.-funded schoolhouse in this mountain-fringed northern town, Ghulam Nabi crouched in the mud and scooped up two rocks. He needed them, the school engineer explained, to scare off the building's...

U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman and Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financing David Cohen testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington.

2013-05-15 00:00:00

The U.S. ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as the acting assistant secretary of State for Near East affairs, Elizabeth Jones, looks on.

2013-04-11 00:00:00

U.S. Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C.

2013-01-25 04:45:00