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Iraq's New Chapter

President Obama affirmed that the United States will remain Iraq's friend and partner.

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Al-Qaida After Bin Laden

New terrorist threats will require innovative strategies, creative diplomacy, and even stronger partnerships.

A Somali government policeman stands by a still burning car shortly after it exploded in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, December 6, 2011.

Playing With Lives In Somalia

Militants fighting to overthrow the Transitional Federal Government in Somalia have caused untold hardship in that troubled land.

Manssor Arbabsiar is shown in this courtroom sketch during an appearance in a Manhattan courtroom  in New York, New York on October 11, 2011.

UN Deplores Plot Against Saudi Ambassador

UN General Assembly adopted a resolution deploring the disrupted plot to assassinate the Saudi Ambassador to the U.S.

Clinton On Manila Declaration

The U.S.-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty is the foundation for the bilateral relationship.

Mali Khan Designated Terrorist

The State Department added Mali Khan to the Specially Designated Nationals List.

U.S. - Pakistan Relations Matter

"The relationship between our two countries is so important, it is worth getting right. "

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Afghanistan and Pakistan, October 27, 2011.

Three Track U.S. Policy In Afghanistan, Pakistan

The United States' policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan has yielded a number of successes.

A team of 13 U.S. Marine Corps trainers assigned to the Iraqi Marine Training Team 03 depart the Iraqi city of Umm Qasr in this handout photograph taken on October 14, 2011 and obtained on October 21, 2011.

U.S. Combat Troops To Leave Iraq

President Barack Obama has announced that all U.S. combat troops will leave Iraq by the end of 2011.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai looks at U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talk during a joint news conference after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Kabul October 20, 2011

Clinton Visits Afghanistan

"We are focused on the shared goal of a stable, sovereign, independent and prosperous Afghanistan."

Kenyan security forces search at a village near near Liboi, Kenya's border town with Somalia, October 15, 2011.

Somali Insurgents Threaten Regional Stability

The campaign by insurgents to topple the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia is now threatening its neighbors.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton smiles at a town hall discussion in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Oct 22, 2011.

America's Pacific Century

The future of politics will be decided in Asia.

Manssor Arbabsiar, the dual Iranian American national tasked with arranging the assassination of a Saudi diplomat on U.S. soil.

Responding To The Iranian Regime's Malfeasance

The murder-for-hire plot by Iran adds a new dimension to Iranian misbehavior.

Μανσούρ Αρμπαμπσιάρ

Iranian Terror Plot Foiled

U.S. law enforcement and intelligence officials foiled a scheme to assassinate Saudi Ambassador Adel al-Jubier, for $1.5 million.

Residents gather at the scene of a suicide attack along a street in Somalia's capital Mogadishu October 4, 2011.

Murder In Mogadishu

The United States strongly condemns the vicious attack, the latest in a serious of actions victimizing the Somali people.

IED, or Improvised Explosive Device

Abu Ghazala Designated Terrorist

Muhammad Hisham Muhammad Isma'il Abu Ghazala has demonstrated his commitment to violence.

Progress And Challenges In Combatting Terrorist Financing

The United States has developed a whole-of-government approach to cutting off terrorist financing.

The Future Of the U.S. - India Partnership

"A strong U.S-India partnership benefits not only our two countries, but the entire world."

U.S. - Ukraine Sign Agreement To Secure Vulnerable Nuclear Materials

"We are providing Ukraine with financial and technical assistance to modernize its civil nuclear research facilities."

Launch Of Counterterrorism Forum

The world, said Secretary Clinton, needs a dedicated global venue to regularly convene counterterrorism policy makers.

Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speak at a news conference at AUSMIN 2011 in San Francisco, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011.

U.S. - Australia Alliance

"For over sixty years now, each new global challenge has brought with it a new cause for cooperation with Australia."


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