Federal judge rules Rice, other US officials must testify in AIPAC espionage case
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other senior administration officials must testify about whether they shared classified national defense information with two American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) lobbyists, a federal judge ruled [opinion,...
United States of America v. Steven J. Rosen, and Keith Weissman, US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, November 2, 2007 [ruling that US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other senior administration officials must testify whether they...
Sponsors of US House Armenian genocide resolution urge vote delay
Representatives in the US House of Representatives have asked Speaker Nancy Pelosi to delay a vote on a resolution labeling as genocide the World War I-era killings of over one million Armenians by Turkish soldiers...
Iraq PM shielding officials from corruption probes: US congressman
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has ordered that his approval be obtained before any government minister or official from the president's office be charged with corruption, the chair of the US House Committee on Oversight...
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee in testimony on US Middle East policy Wednesday that House members should discontinue an effort to pass a resolution condemning the World War-I era mass...
Rice admits shortcomings in US Arar rendition, but offers no apology
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice testified Wednesday in front of the House Foreign Affairs Committee that the rendition of Canadian citizen Maher Arar was not "handled...
Rice flags rights concerns after meeting with Russian activists
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Russian human rights activists at the US ambassador's residence in Moscow Saturday to address growing concerns regarding freedom of speech, independence of the judiciary and conditions in the Caucasus region. Alexander...
Russia president threatens to withdraw from nuclear missile treaty with US
Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened to withdraw Russia from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty Friday unless the treaty is expanded to include neighboring countries such as China, India and Pakistan. The treaty, signed...
Iraq government probe concludes 'deliberate murder' in Blackwater incident
Blackwater USA private security guards deliberately shot Iraqi civilians during a September shooting incident , a spokesman for Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki said Sunday after the Iraqi government concluded an investigation into...
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Friday responded to growing concerns over the conduct of Blackwater security escorts working for the State Department in Iraq by directing that all Blackwater USA [corporate website; JURIST news...
