April 9, 2014
9:02 am

US Secretary of State John Kerry testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, April 8, 2014. (AFP/Saul LOEB)

Kerry: Iran could produce nuclear bomb in two months

As sides meet in Vienna, top US diplomat says talks intended to push breakout time to six months or more

By Stuart Winer and AFP

April 9, 2014
1:05 am

Secretary of State Kerry testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 8, 2014, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to discuss his budget and the status of diplomatic hot spots. (photo credit: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Bipartisan critics pan Kerry on foreign policy

Senate Foreign Relations Committee takes top US diplomat to task over handling of Syria, Russia, Iran

By Donna Cassata

February 7, 2014
10:31 am

Iran sanctions bill sponsor Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) (photo credit: CC BY-Glyn Lowe Photoworks, flickr)

AIPAC backs off call for new Iran sanctions

Reversing course after White House pressure, lobby group says there should be no vote without bipartisan support

By JTA

January 24, 2014
12:58 am

Amid clashes with Iraqi security officials, unidentified gunmen patrol in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. (photo credit: AP)

US plans to train Iraqi troops in Jordan

Officials in Iraq have pleaded with the Obama administration for help in fighting a growing al-Qaeda threat

By Lolita C. Baldor and Bradley Klapper

December 19, 2013
3:47 am

Egyptian military helicopters fly overhead as soldiers stand guard at an entrance to Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra/File)

Senate bill would allow US to resume Egypt aid

New State Dept. travel alert warns that Americans are being arrested, deported for being near protests or taking pictures

By Bradley Klapper

November 30, 2013
4:16 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry, center, embraces EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, during a ceremony at the United Nations after an agreement was reached on Iran's nuclear program, in Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013. (Photo credit: AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini)

Proposed Senate bill would plug Iran deal loopholes

Sen. Corker’s bill seeks to set preconditions for final-status agreement, as well as reinforce 240-day deadline for talks

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

October 4, 2013
8:53 am

US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman briefs Congress, on Thursday, October 4, 2013. (photo credit: screen capture/YouTube)

State Department: Iran sanctions crippled by shutdown

Offices enforcing economic measures against Tehran ‘utterly depleted,’ US nuclear negotiator says in Senate briefing

By Lazar Berman

October 1, 2013
8:40 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and outgoing Ambassador Michael Oren meeting with members of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Monday evening, September 30, in Washington, DC. (photo credit: GPO/ Koby Gidon)

Netanyahu calls on senators to keep up pressure on Iran

Prime minister meets with Senate Foreign Affairs Committee after Obama talk; hosts farewell ceremony for Michael Oren

By Lazar Berman

September 4, 2013
10:32 pm

US Senator John McCain, center, listens as Senator Rand Paul speaks during a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill, on Wednesday (photo credit: AP/Susan Walsh)

Senate committee authorizes use of force in Syria

Resolution limits mission to 90 days, bans the use of troops on the ground; McCain votes ‘yes’; full Senate to vote next week; Kerry says Arab League offered to pay bill

By AP and Times of Israel staff

September 4, 2013
7:46 pm

Republican US Senator John McCain (photo credit: AP/Giuseppe Aresu/File)

McCain rejects weak Syria resolution

Without veteran Republican’s backing, Senate committee vote to authorize limited force may be postponed

By Bradley Klapper and Julie Pace

September 4, 2013
4:05 am

From left to right: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey, US Secretary of State John Kerry and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel answer questions at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Syria in Washington, DC (photo credit: AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Senate resolution sets deadline, bars ground forces in Syria

Kerry tells congressional committee Netanyahu can deal with any ‘misguided’ attack by Assad

By Yoel Goldman and AP

September 4, 2013
3:50 am

Republican Senator John McCain caught playing poker on his iPhone during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Syria, Tuesday on Capitol Hill (photo credit: @MeredithRoyster via Twitter)

McCain plays poker during Syria hearing

Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill couldn’t keep the longtime US senator’s attention

By AP

September 4, 2013
2:28 am

Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Republican Senator Marco Rubio, right, questions Secretary of State John Kerry during a hearing on President Barack Obama's request for congressional authorization for military intervention in Syria, on Tuesday (photo credit: AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Upcoming Syria vote may haunt White House hopefuls

At Senate hearing, Republicans Rand Paul and Marco Rubio hit hard at administration officials lobbying for US action

By Donna Cassata and Ken Thomas

August 30, 2013
8:05 am

Senate Foreign Relations chairman backs Syria strike

‘This is not a moment to look the other way, to blind ourselves to the horrifying images in Syria,’ says Sen. Robert Menendez

By Haviv Rettig Gur

July 15, 2013
9:50 am

People stand in line to go through passport control at Ben-Gurion International Airport in Israel, September 21, 2008. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

White House unsure plan to waive visas for Israelis will fly

Some lawmakers and administration officials concerned that Arab-Americans would still be barred from entering Israel

By Bradley Klapper and Matthew Lee

Topic: Senate Foreign Relations Committee