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December 20, 2015

Nuke deal elusive as Iran digs in heels over ‘inalienable’ enrichment rights

Secretary of State John Kerry spent hours locked behind closed doors with Iran’s foreign minister early Friday as both sides rushed to reach a final nuclear agreement that sources say is becoming increasingly elusive as a result of Tehran’s intransigence.

December 20, 2015

Kerry to join Iran nuclear talks in Vienna, says negotiators not looking for an extension on deadline

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says negotiators in high-level talks with Iran to prevent the country from reaching the capability to produce atomic weapons "are not talking about an extension" as a deadline approaches.

December 20, 2015

Obama condemns Jerusalem attack as 'horrific'

President Barack Obama on Tuesday strongly condemned the attack at an Israeli synagogue that killed four people, including three U.S. citizens. He called the attacks "horrific" and without justification

December 20, 2015

Kerry heading to Europe for Iran talks

Just back from a whirlwind 10-day trip to Asia, the Middle East and Europe, Secretary of State John Kerry is heading across the Atlantic again for nuclear talks with Iran as a November 24 deadline for a deal looms.

December 20, 2015

Clinton leaks memoir chapter that unloads on critics of her Benghazi response

Hillary Clinton, in an intentionally leaked chapter of her highly anticipated memoir -- coinciding with a flurry of activity surrounding the book release and her potential 2016 candidacy -- unloads on critics of the administration's response to the Benghazi terror attack.

December 20, 2015

NSA leaker Edward Snowden says he'd like to come home; Kerry tells him to 'man up'

Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday called National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden a fugitive and challenged him to "man up and come back to the United States." Snowden says in an interview that he would like to go home.

December 20, 2015

Kerry says US to start $5B anti-terrorist fund

Secretary of State John Kerry says the United States will begin a $5 billion "terrorism partnership fund" to help other countries push back against radical extremists.

December 20, 2015

Hillary Clinton proud of diplomatic accomplishments

Hillary Rodham Clinton writes in new excerpts from her upcoming book that she wishes she could go back and reconsider some of her past decisions but she is "proud of what we accomplished" during her time as secretary of state.

December 20, 2015

US suspends $3.5M in military aid to Thailand

The State Department says it has suspended $3.5 million in military aid to Thailand.

December 20, 2015

Kerry agrees to testify on Benghazi attack

Secretary of State John Kerry is willing to testify before the House Oversight panel investigating the deadly 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, an appearance that should make subsequent testimony before a newly formed select committee unnecessary, the State Department said Friday.