Condoleezza Rice Appears on “The Tonight Show”
ABC News’ Kirit Radia reports: In her first television appearance since leaving Foggy Bottom, Condoleezza Rice appeared on "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno this evening. The former secretary of state chose to withhold judgment on the job her successor has done, siding with former… Read More »
EmailDiplomat and Aid Group Sound the Alarm on Darfur Camp Situation
ABC News’ Kirit Radia reports: A top U.S. diplomat who traveled to Darfur last week is warning of a critical shortage of aid in refugee camps there. Alberto Fernandez, the top U.S. diplomat in Khartoum, traveled to El Fasher in North Darfur and to the… Read More »
North Korea Tells U.S.: Detained Americans Will Be ‘Well Treated’
ABC News’ Kirit Radia reports: The United States has released few details about its sensitive diplomatic efforts to gain the release of two American journalists detained by North Korea last week after they approached the border from China. But today, the State Department said it… Read More »
Russian Planes Overfly US Carrier
ABC News’ Luis Martinez reports: A Defense official confirms that twice this week several Russian aircraft overflew the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis and another US Navy vessel that were participating in military exercises in international waters off the coast of South Korea. The… Read More »
Gates Emotional Description of Dover Visit
ABC News’ Luis Martinez reports: Defense Secretary Robert Gates grew emotional this afternoon as he recounted a visit Monday night to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to attend the return of the remains of four servicemen killed this weekend in Afghanistan. He grew misty… Read More »
Top Israeli Security Official Says He Can’t Get a U.S. Visa
ABC News’ Kirit Radia reports: The man expected to be Israel’s national security adviser, Uzi Arad, says he can’t get a U.S. visa because he’s been erroneously tied to a Pentagon spy case involving former official Lawrence Franklin and two pro-Israel lobbyists. Franklin was sentenced… Read More »
Obama: Decriminalize Homosexuality Worldwide
ABC News’ Kirit Radia reports: The Obama administration said today it will sign on to a United Nations declaration calling for the decriminalization of homosexuality around the world. The move is a reversal of the position taken by the Bush administration, which refused to sign… Read More »
A Darker Shade of Green? Perhaps not
ABC News’ Kirit Radia reports: There was a sober tint, not seen in years, to this year’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in Washington, D.C. when Irish leaders came to mark the day with at the White House. Amid Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s shamrock lapel… Read More »
North Korea Rejects US Food Aid, Kicks Out US NGOs
ABC News’ Kirit Radia Reports: North Korea has informed the United States it no longer wishes to receive American food assistance, the State Department said today. "North Korea has informed the United States that it does not wish to receive additional U.S. food assistance at… Read More »
DOD Sexual Assault Report
ABC News’ Luis Martinez reports: The Pentagon’s annual report on sexual assault shows a sharp 8 percent increase overall in reports of sexual assault over last year’s survey, but data compiled for the report show an even sharper 26 percent increase specifically in Iraq and… Read More »