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Nicholas Kralev
Nicholas Kralev is The Washington Times' diplomatic correspondent. His travels around the world with four secretaries of state — Hillary Rodham Clinton, Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell and Madeleine Albright — as well as his other reporting overseas trips inspired his new weekly column, "On the Fly." He is a former writer for the weekend edition of the Financial Times and has a master's degree from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
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U.S. urges Zelaya to wait on Costa Rica talks
Nobel laureate to talk with coup leaders, ousted president
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
The Obama administration Tuesday for the first time urged ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya not to return to his country, asking him to wait until negotiations headed by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias have a chance to work.
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Costa Rica agrees to mediate Honduran crisis
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Costa Rican President Oscar Arias has agreed to mediate the escalating political crisis in Honduras and that the rivals for that country's leadership have agreed.
Ousted Honduran leader's plane barred
Monday, July 6, 2009
A weeklong crisis over who governs Honduras entered a new phase Sunday as the interim government agreed to negotiate with the Organization of American States (OAS) about the fate of exiled President Manuel Zelaya.
Clinton urged Obama to talk tough on Iran
Shift was a 'surprise'
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged President Obama for two days to toughen his language on Iran before he did so, and then was surprised when he condemned Iran's crackdown last week, administration officials say.
U.S. retains key air base used in Afghan operations
Kyrgyz OK won after deal on higher rent
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
The United States has secured the continued use of its last remaining air base in Central Asia that is key to supplying troops and military hardware for the fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
Iran being undercut on nukes, U.S. says
Opportunity for deal seen
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Stung by criticism that the U.S. has not condemned Iran's crackdown on demonstrators harshly enough, the Obama administration said Monday that the protests would weaken the current regime and might improve the chances of capping Iran's nuclear program.
Clinton undergoes surgery on broken elbow
No word yet on planned Europe trip
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton had successful surgery Friday to repair her broken right elbow, but decisions on resuming her full schedule and travel may take several days, her chief of staff said.
Clinton: Gay diplomats get key benefits
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton issued an order Thursday granting diplomatic passports, access to medical care and U.S. government jobs overseas to same-sex partners of American diplomats.
U.S. urges Twitter to stay up in Iran
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
State Department intervention helped prevent the social-networking Web site Twitter from conducting scheduled maintenance that would have shut down daytime service in post-election Iran on Tuesday, U.S. officials said.
Obama hails Netanyahu move
Openness to Palestinian state cited, terms notwithstanding
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
President Obama on Monday welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's acceptance of a future Palestinian state, saying it boosted prospects for new peace talks.