U.S. President Barack Obama said halting the nuclear weapons threat from Iran would reduce the need for a planned missile defense shield in Eastern Europe. But Mr. Obama denied he has told Russia he will rethink the missile shield program if Moscow...
It has been more than two weeks since Israel launched massive air strikes and then a ground offensive against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip and all the while, Hamas continued to fire rockets into southern Israel. The Palestinian death toll from...
U.S. President George Bush and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev say they are united in trying to convince Iran to stop enriching uranium, but remain divided over American plans for a missile defense system in Eastern Europe. VOA White House Corresp...
This is Morning Edition from NPR news. Im Steven Inskeep, as we reported on this program medicaid has become the single biggest budget item for most states. Nearly all of them are trying to limit the growth of the health program for the poor and no...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 17 February 2007 Condoleezza Rice and her host Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni shake hands in their press conference before their meeting US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has begun a new peace mission to the Midd...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 05 July 2006 U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says the fact that North Korea's launch of a new long-range missile failed does not diminish the threat posed by the country's missile program. The secretary spoke Wednesday,...