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By Scott Stearns White House 14 October 2006 George W. Bush U.S. President George Bush wants strong United Nations action against North Korea following the country's reported nuclear test. Opposition Democrats say the president has not done enough t
By Paula Wolfson Washington 16 April 2006 A top Republican in the U.S. Senate says the Bush administration should hold direct talks with Iran on Tehran's nuclear ambitions. Senate Foreign Relactions C
President Bush wants to amend the U.S. Constitution to prohibit gay marriage. Senators are expected to begin debate on the proposed amendment in the coming week. --------------------------------------
By Deborah Block 27 March 2007 (From left) Democratic Senators Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden after Iraq vote The Democratic-led Senate for the first time has signaled its support for a timetable for a U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq. The Se
By Scott Stearns White House 27 January 2006 President Bush says he expects a full investigation into last year's assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Pressure from the United
By David Gollust Washington 27 September 2006 Condoleezza Rice Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she supports European Union chief diplomat Javier Solana in his nuclear talks with Iran, though asserting that the process is not open-ended. Sol
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says Russia remains open to foreign investment and any attempt to pull the country back into the Cold War is a direct threat to its modernization program. The statement follows sharp criticism by U.S. Secretary
By Teri Schultz Brussels 24 January 2007 The United Nations new secretary general, Ban Ki-Moon, is on his first foreign trip since taking the post. Speaking in Brussels after meeting European Union officials, he showed support for a campaign to ban t
By Kurt Achin Seoul 29 June 2006 North Korean Kim Young Nam, right, speaks at press conference as Kim's South Korean sister Kim Young-ja, left, sits during the separated Family Reunion Meeting at Kumgangsan Hotel in Diamond Mountain, North Korea, Ju
At her Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday, Secretary of State-designate Hillary Clinton expressed support for the Chinese-led six-party negotiations aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear program. But she told the Senate Foreign Relations Committ
By Kent Klein Washington 07 June 2008 Senator Hillary Clinton has abandoned her quest to become the first woman elected President of the United States. VOA's Kent Klein reports from Washington, where Clinton called on an enthusiastic crowd of suppor
By David Gollust Washington 12 January 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Thursday expressed strong U.S. support for the European move to take the issue of Iran's nuclear program to the U.N. Sec
By Scott Stearns White House 13 April 2007 President Bush is backing the embattled head of the World Bank, Paul Wolfowitz, who is under pressure to resign for increasing the salary of a former employee who was his girlfriend. VOA White House Correspo
By Scott Stearns White House 07 December 2006 British Prime Minister Tony Blair will return to the Middle East in hopes of reviving talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports Prime Ministe
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 16 May 2006 Patrons at El Portal restaurant watch President Bush deliver his immigration speech Monday The U.S. Senate is supporting President Bush's call for a comprehens
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 10 May 2006 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, shakes hands with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, right, after Ahmadinekad arrived at the Presid