Secretary of State

GOP Continues Benghazi Probe, 2016 Elections Possibly At Stake

House Republicans insist the Obama administration is covering up information about last year’s deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, rejecting administration assurances to the contrary and stoking a controversy with implications for the 2016 presidential race.

2013/05/08

File photo of Hillary Clinton. (credit: NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

Gallup Poll: Hillary Clinton More Popular Than Obama, Biden, Kerry

Five years after a contentious primary battle, Hillary Clinton is decisively more popular than Barack Obama.

2013/04/24

John Kerry (Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for The Elton John AIDS Foundation)

Kerry Heads To East Asia, Seeks China’s Help With North Korea Tension

John Kerry had been secretary of state for little more than a week when North Korea tested a nuclear bomb.

2013/04/11

Violence, Massive Protests Worsen In West Bank Ahead Of Secretary Kerry Peace Talks

The violence comes ahead of a visit to the region this weekend by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who hopes to find a formula for restarting peace negotiations in the coming months. President Barack Obama has decided to make a new attempt to revive talks after largely ignoring the Israel-Palestinian issue during his first term.

2013/04/04

File photo of N.Y. Sen. Chuck Schumer. (credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

After More Carnival Incidents, Schumer Calls For Cruise Ship ‘Bill Of Rights’

New York Sen. Charles Schumer is calling on the cruise ship industry to adopt a “bill of rights” to guarantee passengers certain protections while aboard their ships.

2013/03/17

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is joining a bipartisan immigration reform group. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Condoleezza Rice Joins New Bipartisan Immigration Group

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is part of a new bipartisan group that will push for an overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws and a path to citizenship for estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States.

2013/02/08

Outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks to State Department employees in a lobby of the State Department on Feb. 1, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Quinnipiac Poll: Hillary Clinton ‘Easily The Most Popular Actor On The American Political Stage’

A new poll reveals that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is the most popular national figure among American voters.

2013/02/08

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., walks to the Senate chamber in the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 4, 2012 in Washington, D.C. (credit: Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)

Kerry Has ‘Big Heels to Fill’ at State Department

WASHINGTON — New Secretary of State John Kerry reported for duty Monday, acknowledging that as Hillary Rodham Clinton’s successor he has “big heels to fill” and promising to protect U.S. foreign service workers from terrorist […]

2013/02/04

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Clinton Out, Kerry In as Secretary of State

Hillary Rodham Clinton formally resigned Friday as America’s 67th secretary of state, capping a 4-year tenure in the office that saw her shatter previous records for the number of countries visited.

2013/02/01

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers her final speech as Secretary of State, at the Council on Foreign Relations, on Jan. 31, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Clinton: Benghazi Won’t Affect Whether I Run For President

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is leaving office with a slap at critics of the Obama administration’s handling of the September attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya. She told The Associated Press that critics of the administration’s handling of the attack don’t live in an “evidence-based world” and their refusal to “accept the facts” is unfortunate and regrettable for the political system.

2013/02/01