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Topic: US State Department

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February 26, 2013
1:48 am

Thousands of Palestinians attend the funeral of Arafat Jaradat in the West Bank village of Si'ir, near Hebron on Monday, February 25 (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

US urges restraint in wake of Palestinian prisoner’s death

‘We expect all parties to consider the results of the autopsy calmly and without inflammatory rhetoric,’ says State Department official

By Ron Friedman

February 24, 2013
6:15 am

Syrian civilians searching through the debris of destroyed buildings in the aftermath of a strike by Syrian government forces, in the neighborhood of Jabal Bedro, Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday Feb. 19 (photo credit: AP/Aleppo Media Center)

US sharply condemns Syrian army attacks on Aleppo

‘The Assad regime has no legitimacy and remains in power only through brute force,’ says State Department spokeswoman; Kerry embarks on nine-country tour

By Times of Israel staff

February 24, 2013
1:12 am

The Oscar-nominated documentary "Liberators" falsely claimed a battalion of African-American soldiers had helped to free the Buchenwald concentration camp. (US Army, US Defense Visual Information Center, Image #HD-SN-99-02764, Wikimedia Commons)

Ceremony marks 20 years since Oscar-nominated sham

As Hollywood gathers for its glitziest moment, it’s worth recalling the Academy’s embrace of a Holocaust documentary exposed as a lie

By Mark Schulte

February 19, 2013
10:44 pm

John Kerry addresses constituents in Boston, Massachusetts, on Thursday, January 31. (photo credit: AP/Winslow Townson)

Kerry to bypass Israel in first Middle East trip

Newly instated US secretary of state to visit key American regional allies, but will wait to accompany Obama to Jerusalem

By AP and Ilan Ben Zion

February 6, 2013
2:39 am

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu attends a press conference in Davos, Switzerland, last month (photo credit: AP/Michel Euler)

US condemns Turkey’s ‘inflammatory comments’ on Syria

Washington says FM Davutoglu’s call for Syria to retaliate for alleged Israeli airstrike doesn’t help resolve civil war

By Ilan Ben Zion

February 4, 2013
9:23 pm

Kerry to focus on securing foreign missions

New secretary of state speaks to Netanyahu, Abbas; says he has ‘big heels to fill being the first man in eight years in post

January 30, 2013
1:26 am

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., emerges after a unanimous vote by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approving him to become America's next top diplomat on Tuesday, Jan. 29 (photo credit: AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate confirms Kerry as secretary of state

Former presidential candidate voted in 94-3, may be sworn in as early as Wednesday

By Donna Cassata

January 28, 2013
4:43 am

US President Barack Obama, center, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speak with ”60 Minutes” correspondent Steve Kroft, left, at the White House on Friday (photo credit: AP/CBS)

Obama praises Clinton on her way out of Cabinet

Joint interview fuels speculation that the former first lady will run for top job in 2016

January 26, 2013
6:39 am

US State Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland (photo credit: US Department of State)

State Dept.: US to renew push for peace following elections

Spokesperson calls Israel ‘democratic beacon,’ refuses to comment on specifics of outcome of last Tuesday’s vote

By Ron Friedman

January 25, 2013
10:15 pm

Illustrative photo of a nuclear material sign (photo credit:Flickr/bburky CC: BY SA 2.0)

Washington exasperated with Iranian evasiveness

US says Tehran keeps coming up with ‘new preconditions, new dates’ for nuke talks; Prosor lashes out at Ahmadinejad

By AP and Times of Israel staff

January 23, 2013
2:46 pm

A Russian woman holds her baby while leaving passport control zone just after their arrival from Beirut in Moscow Domodedovo airport, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia: No plan for massive evacuation from Syria

State Department says overnight evacuation of Russian citizens ‘speaks to the continued deterioration of the security situation’

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV

January 20, 2013
8:12 am

This file photo, released by Statoil via NTB scanpix, shows the Ain Amenas gas field in Algeria, where Islamist militants raided and took hostages Wednesday. British Prime Minister David Cameron said Algerian forces are “still pursuing terrorists” and looking for hostages at an oil installation in the Sahara desert. Cameron told lawmakers Friday that Algerian troops were still engaged in an operation to secure a “large and complex site.” (AP Photo/Kjetil Alsvik, Statoil via NTB scanpix, File)

US warns Americans of travel dangers in Algeria

Advisory comes after deadly standoff between Algerian special forces and Islamist extremists

January 18, 2013
10:58 pm

The Ain Amenas gas field in Algeria, where Islamist militants raided and took hostages Wednesday January 16, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Kjetil Alsvik, Statoil via NTB scanpix)

US tries to secure release of Americans held in Algeria

As third day of Sahara standoff ends, Washington presses Algerian gov’t to ensure hostages aren’t sacrificed in rescue attempt

By Bradley Klapper

January 18, 2013
4:54 am

The Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Morsi gives an interview to Lebanese Al-Quds TV, in October 2010 (image capture MEMRI video)

New clips show Morsi in 2010 calling Obama a liar, urging Jew-hatred

US says Egyptian president’s subsequent pledge rejecting discrimination and incitement to violence is an important, but inadequate, first step

By Ron Friedman and AP

January 17, 2013
9:45 pm

US says Morsi backtrack on anti-Semitic remarks inadequate

State Department calls statement repudiating discrimination important first step, but wants greater proof of tolerance

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