Iran’s pick as U.N. ambassador blocked by U.S.
Move sets up confrontation with Tehran just as sides were making progress in nuclear talks.
American jailed in Yemen has disappeared, his lawyers say
Yemeni officials give contradictory accounts of Sharif Mobley’s whereabouts, attorneys say.
Deputy Secretary of State William Burns to retire in Oct.
Former ambassador to Jordan and Russia was a career diplomat and a force behind Iran nuclear talks.
U.S. reacted to 2012 bank cyberattack with appeal to allies
Multinational response to suspected Iranian attack, until now untold, reflects Obama’s difficult choices.
House votes to oppose Iran’s choice as U.N. ambassador
Administration will not say whether Obama will sign legislation, which could cause public spat with Tehran.
Inside the FBI’s secret relationship with JSOC
Little-known alliance allowed bureau agents to participate in hundreds of raids in Iraq and Afghanistan.
At Senate hearing, Kerry sharply defends Obama policy
Secretary of state verbally duels with critics over foreign crises from Syria to Iran to the Mideast peace talks.
Alan Gross, American held in Cuba, goes on hunger strike
Contractor tells legal team protest is a response to inaction by Washington and Havana for past four years.
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Revelations and reaction
The National Security Agency has been forced to respond to unprecedented disclosures about its surveillance programs. Those programs have been assailed as a violation of privacy rights by critics and defended as critical to U.S. national security by intelligence officials. Explore our coverage.
Fine Print: A fight over Apache helicopters
The Pentagon wants to move them out of the National Guard, but some lawmakers object.
General just home from war again comforting the wounded
Fort Hood’s commanding general visits those shot Wednesday, as he did when he was in Afghanistan, Iraq.
How the CIA used ‘Doctor Zhivago’ against Soviet Union
The spy agency labored long and hard to bring the novel’s humanistic message to the Russian people.
Military’s mental-health system struggles to meet demand
A nationwide shortage of psychiatrists and counselors and lack of good diagnostic tools add to challenges.
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