Alliances - Page 66

December 20, 2015

Obama to welcome Indonesian leader to White House in October

President Barack Obama will welcome Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to the White House on October 26.

December 20, 2015

Amid ‘disaster of Biblical proportions,’ administration reportedly to accept 5,000 more refugees

In response to international calls to help ease the burden of the Syrian refugee crisis, the Obama administration reportedly is prepared to increase the number of refugees the U.S. resettles -- by roughly 5,000.

December 20, 2015

Saudi delegation reportedly buys out Four Seasons for DC visit

Sure, Donald Trump’s “really rich.” But the Saudi royal family is really, really, really rich.

December 20, 2015

Ambassador Kennedy used private email, watchdog says

Ambassador Caroline Kennedy and senior staff at the U.S. embassy in Japan used personal email accounts for official business, an internal watchdog report said Tuesday -- making Kennedy the latest Obama administration official to run afoul of email security guidelines.

December 20, 2015

McCain presses Pentagon on why ISIS member tied to capture of US hostage not extradited

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is demanding to know why a suspected ISIS member, who allegedly was "complicit" in the capture of American hostage Kayla Mueller, was handed over to Kurdish authorities instead of being extradited to the U.S. for trial.

December 20, 2015

Biden tries to reassure Japan after documents reveal US spying

Working to prevent tension with a treaty ally, Vice President Joe Biden reassured Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday that the U.S. limits its surveillance of friendly nations, after leaked documents showed U.S. spying on Japanese officials and companies.

December 20, 2015

State Dept, Pentagon push back on reports of US-trained fighters being abducted, killed in Syria

The State Department and Pentagon pushed back Friday on claims made by multiple media outlets that the leader of a U.S.-backed Syrian rebel group and as many as 60 other fighters under him were abducted and killed by al-Nusra, an Al Qaeda offshoot operating in that country.

December 20, 2015

Kerry: Captive Americans raised at all meetings with Iran

Secretary of State John Kerry says there was "not one meeting that took place" during the recent Iranian nuclear talks at which the U.S. didn't raise the issue of four Americans still held captive by Tehran.

December 20, 2015

Putin reportedly contacts Obama for second time in weeks about unity on global concerns

Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a congratulatory Fourth of July message to President Obama and expressed confidence that their respective countries can work together on global issues including terror threats, according to news agencies.

December 20, 2015

At G7 summit, Obama finds support, unity for trade deals, Russian sanctions

President Obama on Sunday talked in person with European allies on such key issues as pending U.S. trade deals, the growing Islamic State threat and Russian aggression, with the White House suggesting that forcing Russia to leave Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula is not a diplomatic objective.