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Topic: Wendy Sherman

May 17, 2013
4:19 am

The Bushehr nuclear facility in Iran (photo credit: AP/Mehr News Agency/Majid Asgaripour/File)

On Iran, the world’s efforts sadly ‘have not been successful’

As Tehran gets set to chair the very disarmament forum it flouts, and former Obama officials suggest a bomb may not be preventable, signs are that diplomacy has run out of steam

By Haviv Rettig Gur

May 16, 2013
3:28 am

Alleged victim of a chemical weapons attack on Homs, December 23, 2012 (photo credit: screen capture/YouTube)

Chemical weapons used in Syria at least twice, US official says

Amid calls for increased Western intervention, under secretary of state says intelligence ‘not all one needs’ to justify action

By Times of Israel staff

May 15, 2013
7:23 pm

Wendy Sherman (photo credit: CC-BY dbking, Flickr)

US explores new ways to press Iran on nuke program

State Department’s nuclear negotiator with Tehran presents Congress with new range of options to deter Islamic Republic

March 3, 2013
1:03 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on March 3, 2013. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu calls for unity in the face of dangers

Prime minister ties external threats to need for broad coalition at home

By Stuart Winer

February 28, 2013
11:37 pm

Senator Lindsey Graham, R-SC, speaks in December during a Capitol Hill news conference in Washington, D.C. (photo credit: AP/Ann Heisenfelt)

Resolution would promise US aid if Israel forced to hit Iran

If passed by Senate, non-binding motion would pledge military, economic assistance to Jewish state in war of self-defense

By Ilan Ben Zion

February 28, 2013
9:55 pm

President Shimon Peres meets with US under secretary of state for political affairs Wendy Sherman on Thursday, Feb. 28 (photo credit: Yosef Avi Yair Engel)

US’s top Iran negotiator updates Peres on latest talks

Welcoming Wendy Sherman, president says he’s ‘convinced Obama is determined to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapon,’ congratulates Hagel on confirmation

By Ilan Ben Zion

August 23, 2012
9:49 pm

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov (photo credit: AP/Mikhail Metzel

Russia: We have Syrian guarantees on chemical arms

The potential use of non-conventional weapons in Syria puts Russia, the Syrian regime’s steadfast ally, in a rare point of agreement with the US

By Lynn Berry

July 15, 2012
7:50 pm

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Shimon Peres speak about the Middle East at the Brookings Institution's 12th anniversary in Washington in June (photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/Flash90)

The unspoken secret at the heart of US-Israel coordination on Iran

Hillary Clinton’s visit is the latest in a series of top-level contacts aimed at thwarting Tehran’s nukes. But even the closest partnership has its limits

By David Horovitz

May 25, 2012
10:02 am

Top US nuclear negotiator to visit Israel

Fresh from failed Baghdad talks, Wendy Sherman to affirm ‘unshakable commitment’ of Washington

By Joshua Davidovich

April 17, 2012
6:51 pm

The EU-sual suspects

Wonder who’s been giving Iran those ‘freebies’ Netanyahu has been talking about? Look no further than the EU’s Catherine Ashton

By Lenny Ben-David