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Bremer Hails Appointment Iraqi Cabinet Ministers
Thursday, 4 September 2003, 12:14 pm | US State Department
Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) Administrator L. Paul Bremer has hailed the appointment of Iraqi cabinet ministers by the Governing Council September 1 as "another step on the path to Iraqi sovereignty." More >>
U.S. Explores UN-Led Multinational Force In Iraq
Monday, 1 September 2003, 9:42 pm | US State Department
The United States is exploring with its colleagues in the United Nations Security Council the possibility of introducing a new U.N. resolution on Iraq, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage told representatives of U.S. regional news syndicates ... More >>
Concerned for Safety Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi
Monday, 1 September 2003, 9:39 pm | US State Department
The United States has learned that Burma's pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, is on a hunger strike to protest her illegal detention by that country's military regime, State Department Deputy Spokesman Philip Reeker said in a statement released ... More >>
U.S: Iran Must Satisfy IAEA's Nuclear Concerns
Friday, 29 August 2003, 10:00 pm | US State Department
The United States says no country should engage in nuclear cooperation with Iran until Iran has fully answered the questions of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) about its nuclear programs and fully addressed the concerns of the international ... More >>
U.S. Sentences Colombian Drug Lord to 30 Years
Friday, 29 August 2003, 9:59 pm | US State Department
Washington -- A federal judge in Miami, Florida, has sentenced Colombian drug lord Fabio Ochoa to more than 30 years (365 months) in prison on drug conspiracy and money-laundering charges, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced. More >>
Ex-Im Bank Approves $500m Support for Iraqi Bank
Friday, 29 August 2003, 9:58 pm | US State Department
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has approved a $500 million export insurance program to cover transactions with the new Trade Bank of Iraq. More >>
State Department Daily Briefing
Friday, 29 August 2003, 9:56 pm | US State Department
State Department Deputy Spokesman Philip Reeker conducted the department's daily press briefing August 28. Following is the State Department transcript: More >>
U.S. Admits Wider UN Role in Iraq Being Explored
Friday, 29 August 2003, 9:54 pm | US State Department
The United States is exploring with its colleagues in the United Nations Security Council the possibility of introducing a new U.N. resolution on Iraq, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage told representatives of U.S. regional news syndicates ... More >>
Congress: $1.4 Trillion Budget Gap Over 10 Years
Thursday, 28 August 2003, 11:07 pm | US State Department
Washington -- A congressional budget monitoring group is projecting U.S. federal government budget deficits totaling $1.4 trillion over the 10 years from 2004 through 2013. More >>
USTR's Allgeier Presses for Tough Reforms at WTO
Thursday, 28 August 2003, 11:05 pm | US State Department
The United States wants to achieve ambitious results in World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations and avoid turning the WTO into a two-tiered system, with different requirements for developed and developing countries, a top U.S. trade official says. More >>
NASA Culture Played Major Role Columbia Accident
Thursday, 28 August 2003, 11:04 pm | US State Department
The Columbia Accident Investigation Board has determined that physical and organizational causes played equal roles in the loss of the space shuttle Columbia and seven astronauts on February 1. More >>
U.S. State Department Noon Briefing
Wednesday, 27 August 2003, 9:07 pm | US State Department
Israel/Palestinians, Department, Mexico, Colombia, North Korea, Iran, Russia, India, Liberia, Libya, Iraq, Burma, Rwanda More >>
Talks Offer Nth Korea Important Opportunity
Tuesday, 26 August 2003, 10:03 pm | US State Department
Washington -- Upcoming multilateral talks in Beijing will give North Korea "an important opportunity ... to reassure its neighbors and the international community about its intentions and its role in the future," says a senior State Department ... More >>
Rice: US Will Not Shrink From Fight Against Terror
Tuesday, 26 August 2003, 9:27 pm | US State Department
Following recent terrorist attacks in Baghdad and Jerusalem, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice says "we cannot and will not shrink" from the fight against terrorism. More >>
Multilateral Talks Offer Nth Korea Opportunity
Monday, 25 August 2003, 10:08 am | US State Department
Washington -- Upcoming multilateral talks in Beijing will give North Korea "an important opportunity ... to reassure its neighbors and the international community about its intentions and its role in the future," says a senior State Department ... More >>
Middle East Terror "Has to End," Powell Says
Friday, 22 August 2003, 10:04 pm | US State Department
United Nations -- Secretary of State Colin Powell August 21 urged Arab nations and others to press radical groups to end the violence in the Middle East so that progress on the roadmap for peace between Israelis and Palestinians can proceed. More >>
U.S., 27 Other Nations Providing Troops to Iraq
Thursday, 21 August 2003, 9:51 pm | US State Department
Following is the official answer to a question taken at the August 20 regular State Department briefing; the answer was posted later in the day: More >>
U.S. Administrator Insists Iraq Not In Chaos
Thursday, 21 August 2003, 9:48 pm | US State Department
Washington -- The U.S. civil administrator in Iraq said August 20 that the bombing of the United Nations field headquarters the day before in Baghdad, an attack on the Jordanian embassy two weeks ago, and attacks on water and oil pipelines indicate ... More >>
Aerial Drug Interdiction Columbia Program Resumes
Wednesday, 20 August 2003, 11:35 pm | US State Department
The White House announced the resumption of U.S. support for a Colombian program to intercept aircraft used to transport illicit drugs. More >>
Ashcroft Says Patriot Act Is an Effective Tool
Wednesday, 20 August 2003, 11:33 pm | US State Department
The USA Patriot Act has proven to be an effective counterterrorism tool, says U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft, because it has given law enforcement and intelligence agencies the ability to integrate their activities. More >>
