By David Gollust State Department 22 February 2008 The United States Friday called on Turkey to limit the scope of its ground incursion in northern Iraq and bring it to an early conclusion. The operation is apparently the biggest of several recent Tu...
By David Gollust State Department 19 February 2008 The Bush administration said Tuesday it hopes to see a moderate consensus emerge in Pakistan after parliamentary elections that will continue reforms and combat extremism and terror. Pakistani voter...
Rice Urges Compromise Following One-Day Trip to Nairobi By Scott Bobb Nairobi 18 February 2008 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Monday urged the parties in Kenya's reconciliation talks to compromise and share power. The U.S. official met Keny...
By David Gollust Washington 13 February 2008 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Wednesday said she hopes Serbia will accept a resolution of Kosovo's status and move forward to fuller integration with Europe. Kosovo, a Serbian province administe...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 11 February 2008 Rebels in Chad are urging European countries to refrain from sending peacekeepers to the country's border with Sudan, saying the force will not be neutral. Meanwhile, opposition leaders in the capital N'Djamen...
By Sonja Pace London 08 February 2008 There has been no shortage of dire predictions recently of the potentially disastrous consequences if NATO does not pull together to put more troops and equipment on the ground in Afghanistan. Senior U.S. officia...
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 06 February 2008 A key U.S. State Department official has renewed his call to North Korea to account for all its nuclear activities. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill issued his appeal as he briefed membe...
By Sonja Pace London 06 February 2008 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warns that the military fight in Afghanistan will be long, hard and a real test for NATO. She was speaking in London, where she held meetings with British leaders, as VOA'...
By Scott Stearns White House 01 February 2008 President Bush says U.S. Senators must move quickly to approve a $146 billion economic stimulus plan already passed by the House of Representatives. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, th...
By Scott Stearns White House 05 January 2008 President Bush travels to the Middle East in the coming week in hopes of urging U.S. allies in the region to support Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has the sto...