December 29, 2016 Top Dems turn on Kerry over Israel speech Secretary of State John Kerry is facing fresh criticism over his blunt speech taking aim at the Israeli government, coming from not only congressional Republicans but also from senior members of his own party.
December 28, 2016 Alan Dershowitz: John Kerry's meaningless speech and tragic missed opportunity Secretary Kerry's speech Wednesday was as one-sided as the US abstention at the U.N. last week.
December 28, 2016 Netanyahu slams Kerry's speech defending UN vote as 'unbalanced' Israel fired back at Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasting Kerry’s lengthy televised rebuke of the Middle Eastern democracy.
December 28, 2016 Kerry rips ‘settler agenda’ in speech defending UN vote, Israeli PM fires back A defiant Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday defended the U.S. decision allowing the United Nations to condemn Israeli settlements, while lashing out at the so-called “settler agenda” which he claimed is hurting prospects for peace – in a wide-ranging speech that inflamed tensions with Israel and drew a swift rebuke from the prime minister.
December 28, 2016 Obama and Kerry's Middle East peace 'plan' is simply an act of moral cowardice With less than four weeks before he leaves office, Barack Obama finally worked with Israel’s enemies to pass a United Nations resolution hostile to Israel.
December 15, 2016 Evacuations begin in Aleppo as Kerry decries Assad regime's 'massacre' Embattled Syrian rebels losing their last territory they controlled in Aleppo watched medics start evacuating the wounded and people caught in the crossfire Thursday, as Secretary of State John Kerry described the Syrian government's actions as "nothing short of a massacre."
December 14, 2016 Is a costly UN computer mega-project turning around? The biggest high-tech fiasco in United Nations history -- the creation of a computerized management system known as Umoja -- is likely to cost another $104 million beyond its current $439 million budget before it is finished at the end of 2018 -- a full six years beyond its original completion date, according to the most recent estimates.
December 13, 2016 Why Rex Tillerson would be a disaster as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is a CEO, not an experienced diplomat. Moreover, he is simply too close to Russia and Vladimir Putin to be an effective or credible advocate for American interests around the world.
December 12, 2016 Trump says he'll make secretary of state pick Tuesday morning President-elect Donald Trump tweeted Monday evening that he would announce his nominee for the secretary of state position on Tuesday.
December 5, 2016 State Dept: No visas from fake American embassy in Ghana used to enter US None of the altered visas issued at a fake U.S. embassy in West Africa for seven years appears to have been used to enter the United States, the State Department said Monday.