Read more State Department stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1577/state-department.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:01:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74227/clinton-i-didnt-want-the-job.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHillary Clinton accepted the Secretary of State job only because Barack Obama badgered her into it. In a glowing profile in Vogue , Clinton tells Jonathan Van Meter that she was “ stunned ” Obama wanted her. “I didn't want to do it. I just really had a lot of doubts, and I...http://www.newser.com/story/74227/clinton-i-didnt-want-the-job.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 15:48:10 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73414/tension-builds-between-hillary-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAsk Hillary Clinton or her staff about President Obama and they’ll praise him and tell you the relationship between the two really is strong. But the tensions between the State Department and White House are starting to show, writes Joe Klein . The president’s foreign policy hasn’t yet yielded results, and...http://www.newser.com/story/73414/tension-builds-between-hillary-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Nov 2009 18:50:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72961/clinton-talk-annoys-pakistani-women.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHillary Clinton was relaxed in her town hall-style address to professional Pakistani women today in Islamabad, discussing “habits of the heart,” like tolerance and compromise, and touting the female doctors sent on US aid missions to Pakistan. It was nice, she said with a chuckle, to not talk about security...http://www.newser.com/story/72961/clinton-talk-annoys-pakistani-women.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 12:20:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70985/travel-to-cuba-soars-under-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTravel between the US and Cuba has soared this year, thanks to the Obama administration. The president hasn’t officially changed any policies regarding Cuba, but permission to travel in or out is suddenly a lot easier to come by, applicants tell the Miami Herald . Joan Brown Campbell, Elian Gonzalez’s church...http://www.newser.com/story/70985/travel-to-cuba-soars-under-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Oct 2009 13:55:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70693/obama-cozies-up-to-dictators-for-unions-sake.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn his inaugural address Barack Obama pledged to "extend a hand" to America's foes—and he sure has, writes Daniel Henninger. Hillary Clinton is opening "direct dialogue" with the Burmese junta, John Kerry went to Syria, and the president himself has greeted Hugo Chávez and even reached out to Raúl...http://www.newser.com/story/70693/obama-cozies-up-to-dictators-for-unions-sake.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Oct 2009 7:10:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69941/zelaya-returns-to-honduras.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagManuel Zelaya is back in Honduras, the ousted president told a Honduran TV station today, prompting thousands of his supporters to gather outside the UN building in the capital to celebrate. “I am here for the restoration of democracy, to call for dialogue,” Zelaya declared. The US State Department confirmed...http://www.newser.com/story/69941/zelaya-returns-to-honduras.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 21 Sep 2009 14:14:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69784/clinton-torn-between-leading-and-blending-in.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHillary Clinton has impressed many in her 8 months as secretary of state but her own leadership aspirations are sometimes all too obvious, Glenn Kessler writes at the Washington Post . Clinton has forged close working relationships with other Cabinet members and made her desire to cooperate clear, Kessler writes, but...http://www.newser.com/story/69784/clinton-torn-between-leading-and-blending-in.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 19 Sep 2009 6:33:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69223/us-agrees-to-iran-talks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US has accepted an offer from Iran to hold direct talks on a range of issues, the New York Times reports, despite Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's insistence that the country's nuclear enrichment program will not be on the negotiating table. State Department officials say they will still press Iran on the...http://www.newser.com/story/69223/us-agrees-to-iran-talks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 12 Sep 2009 5:49:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67245/north-koreans-in-santa-fe-to-meet-gov-richardson.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo North Korean diplomats at the UN are traveling to Santa Fe to meet with Bill Richardson, the New Mexico governor and former UN ambassador, reports CNN. The meeting is taking place at Pyongyang's request, according to the governor's office, and will focus on clean energy technology. Richardson has visited...http://www.newser.com/story/67245/north-koreans-in-santa-fe-to-meet-gov-richardson.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Aug 2009 4:38:24 CDT