Tag: Foreign Relations Committee

President Barack Obama meets with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House silent on push to free Pakistani doctor who found bin Laden

Susan Crabtree · October 22, 2013 4:00 am

Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing entitled: Reversing Iran's Nuclear Program. Sherman told the committee that the Obama administration would support tougher economic pressure on Iran if the Islamic republic doesn't begin slowing the pace of its uranium enrichment activity and opening its stockpiles of nuclear material to greater inspection, and reassured its critics that the U.S. would not be played for "suckers" by the moderate tone of Iran's new leader. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

State Department asks Congress to halt further Iran sanctions

Steve Contorno · October 3, 2013 4:00 am

From left, Sen. Charles Schumer, D- N.Y., Ranking member Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., Caroline Kennedy of New York and committee chairman Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., arrive for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee nomination hearing on Kennedy to be Ambassador to Japan, on Capitol Hill on Thursday.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Caroline Kennedy ‘humbled’ to carry forward JFK’s legacy in Japan

Steve Contorno · September 19, 2013 4:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, on Thursday said he was "insulted" by Russian President Vladimir Putin's op-ed in the New York Times, and said he had "real doubts" about Russia's efforts to broker a diplomatic resolution to the Syria standoff.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Vladimir Putin op-ed rattles lawmakers

Susan Crabtree · September 12, 2013 4:00 am

President Barack Obama listens as Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the start of the G-20 Working Session at the Konstantin Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Pool)

Obama calling lawmakers from Russia to back Syria strike

Brian Hughes · September 5, 2013 4:00 am

Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the situation on Syria, Wednesday, September 4. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

Chuck Hagel: I don’t trust Syrian opposition

Joel Gehrke · September 4, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, arrives for a closed-door briefing for senators with Secretary of State John Kerry and intelligence officials, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 4, as President Barack Obama seeks congressional authorization for military intervention in Syria. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate committee approves resolution for military action in Syria

Sean Lengell · September 4, 2013 4:00 am

Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, right, appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to advance President Barack Obama's request for congressional authorization for military intervention in Syria. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

John Kerry: ‘Our intelligence community has scrubbed and rescrubbed the evidence’

Joel Gehrke · September 3, 2013 4:00 am

VIDEO: Joe Biden says North Korea is clear and present danger

Lisa Ruhl · July 18, 2013 4:00 am

Obama can’t shake an Egyptian case of deja vu

Obama can’t shake an Egyptian case of deja vu

Brian Hughes · July 2, 2013 4:00 am

New poll finds that young Americans don’t know that ‘Roe’ deals with abortion

Red Alert Politics

New poll finds that young Americans don’t know that ‘Roe’ deals with abortion

Katie LaPotin · January 22, 2013 7:10 pm