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20 May 2013 | 11:35 am
A panel of defense leaders said to Congress on Wednesday that the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force is still a legal basis for war and will continue to be until hostility with al-Qaida ceases to exist. The … Read More...
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20 May 2013 | 11:05 am
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, United Nations Under-Secretary-General, addressed a lunchtime seminar at the U.N. on Wednesday about exploring avenues to address the stalemate in the Conference on Disarmament on. “The prolonged stalemate in the Conference on Disarmament is a cause for deep … Read More...
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20 May 2013 | 10:35 am
U.K. Foreign Minister David Hague urged Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian regime on Thursday to allow the U.N. chemical weapon investigation team to have unlimited access to Syria. Hague made the statement after hearing new reports alleging the use of chemical weapons … Read More...
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20 May 2013 | 10:05 am
The International Atomic Energy Agency announced on Wednesday that it was unsuccessful in its most recent efforts to negotiate with Iran about access to the country’s nuclear facilities. Herman Nackaerts, the deputy director general for safeguards for the IAEA, made … Read More...
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20 May 2013 | 9:35 am
Ambassador Rosemary DiCarlo, U.S. deputy permanent representative to the U.N., delivered a statement on Wednesday in the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, advocating a plan for Syria agreed upon in Geneva in June. DiCarlo said that the war in Syria, … Read More...
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20 May 2013 | 9:05 am
Ambassador Grace Asirwatham, the deputy director-general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, visited Croatia to inaugurate the 12th Regional Meeting of National Authorities in Eastern Europe on May 13 and 14. The OPCW is an intergovernmental organization … Read More...
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20 May 2013 | 8:35 am
The U.S. looks forward to learning more about a Japanese ambassador’s recent visit to North Korea, a State Department official said on Thursday. Glyn Davies, the State Department’s special representatives for North Korea policy, made the statement on Thursday in … Read More...
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20 May 2013 | 8:05 am
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Thursday that Turkey and the U.S. are on the same page in regards to the sensitive matter of chemical weapons in Syria. Erdoğan made the remarks during a press conference with U.S. … Read More...
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17 May 2013 | 11:35 am
If Iran’s government put the well being of its citizens before its nuclear program, Iranians would be much better off, a high-ranking State Department official said on Wednesday. Wendy Sherman, the State Department’s under secretary for political affairs, testified before … Read More...
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