By Ron Corben Bangkok 31 May 2008 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the Burmese military government's rejection of aid soon after the May second cyclone may have cost the lives of 'tens of thousands' of people. As Ron Corben reports from VOA's

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By Scott Stearns White House 29 February 2008 NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer says the trans-Atlantic alliance is winning the war in Afghanistan and is a force for peace in an independent Kosovo. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stear

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By Peter Heinlein United Nations 16 November 2006 Former South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon has arrived in New York to begin preparations for his new job as U.N. secretary-general. He takes over when Kofi Annan completes his 10 years in offic

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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 12 January 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says American troops could begin withdrawing from Iraq later this year if the revised Iraq war plan announced by President Bush this week succeeds in reducing violence i

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American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Recovers From Health Scare at Home From VOA Learning English, this is IN THE NEWS in Special English. American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is at home after a stay in a New York hospital, where she wa

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Americas New Secretary of State Talks Foreign Policy US Kerry From VOA Learning English, this is IN THE NEWS in Special English. Secretary of State John Kerry made it clear this week that American foreign policy decisions affect the lives of American

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By Challiss McDonough Cairo 18 April 2007 The U.S. secretary of defense has warned that the implosion of Iraq would have dire consequences for the entire Middle East. He spoke on a visit to Cairo, the second stop on his current Middle East tour. VOA

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says Americans should not fear China's growing economic clout, but rather see it as an opportunity that can benefit both China and the United States, if the two countries forge a successful strategic economic re

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Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell says he is backing Democrat Barack Obama for president. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports Powell made the announcement during a nationally broadcast television interview. Colin Powell, 10 Oct 2008 Powell says Ba

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John Kerry: First White, Male Secretary of State in 16 Years For the first time in almost a decade, members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee were using the term, mister, to address a prospective Secretary of State. And at least online, it's

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Hillary Clinton arrives Monday in Japan, the first of four stops in Asia - her first official foreign travel as secretary of state. She will also visit South Korea, Indonesia and China to build partnerships she says will transcend geographic and pol

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 21 October 2009 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says North Korea remains a real threat to security on the Korean peninsula and in the world. He is in South Korea, where he is urging Seoul to beef up its military to reflect it

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The Obama administration is hailing recent improvements in U.S. economic indicators, but says more must be done to put the United States on solid economic footing. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner proclaimed the risk of financial collapse to be o

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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The Department of Homeland Security is defending the Trump administration's tough stance on immigration. Kirstjen Nielsen says her agency is simply enforcing laws already on the books, and she is responding to critics who say

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 26 November 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is calling for a significant expansion in the budgets of government agencies that promote U.S. interests through diplomacy, foreign aid, information and other aspects of what

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By Ernest Leong Washington, D.C. 10 November 2006 watch Gates profile Robert Gates, President Bush's nominee to become the new U.S. Defense Secretary, is a former CIA Director with decades of experience in the national security field. He has also se

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By Stephanie Ho Beijing 15 May 2008 U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez is urging Chinese companies to step up their foreign direct investment in the United States. At the same time, he noted that the huge U.S. trade deficit with China is fuelin

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By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 05 November 2007 United States Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez is leading a trade mission of 22 American companies to Vietnam - the first since Vietnam joined the World Trade Organization. American businesses are eager

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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 03 March 2008 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is back in the Middle East this week, meeting with Israeli and Palestinian leaders in a bid to try and prevent Israeli-Palestinian peace talks from collapsing. VOA's Jim T

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By Michael Bowman Washington 01 November 2009 US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner - File Photo The Obama administration says the U.S. economy is rebounding from a painful recession and a severe financial crisis, but the recovery will be slow and unev

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