Tag Archives: Secretary of State

• News

  Secretary of State John Kerry to speak at UVa.

  That speech is scheduled for Wednesday, February 20.
• News

  Clinton’s farewell day marred by embassy bombing

  A final meeting with the president. A farewell address to the State Department staff. A terrorist attack at the U.S. Embassy in Turkey.
• Politics

  Kerry nomination confirmed by committee

  The Senate Foreign Relations Committee Tuesday confirmed Sen. John Kerry as secretary of state. The panel approved the nomination unanimously, by a voice vote.
• News / Politics

  Anything but fond farewell so far for Clinton as top U.S. diplomat

  The end of 2012 was set to be Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s farewell tour as the top U.S. diplomat. But things clearly changed.
• Politics

  Obama nominates John Kerry to be secretary of state

  Sen. John Kerry, the former presidential candidate who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is Barak Obama’s choice to be the next secretary of state, the president announced Friday.
• News / Politics

  Susan Rice at center of political storm over Benghazi

  Some Senate Republicans said they could not support Rice if Obama nominated her to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state.
• News

  Sec of State: Attacks on Libyan consulate were ‘terror attacks’

  “What happened in Benghazi was a terrorist attack and we will not rest until we have tracked down and brought to justice the terrorists who murdered four Americans.”
• News

  As Bill speaks, Hillary Clinton is half a world away

  Hillary Clinton will be in East Timor when Bill Clinton speaks at the Democratic convention