April 7, 2017 Harf: Questions remain after US launches airstrikes in Syria Marie Harf, a former State Department spokesman during the Obama administration, said Friday President Trump’s response to Syria’s use of chemical weapons was “great,” but there are still a lot of unanswered questions.
April 7, 2017 Tillerson says Russia either complicit or incompetent in Syria chemical weapons deal Secretary of State Rex Tillerson charged Thursday that Russia was either complicit or incompetent in its role overseeing Syria’s supposed removal of chemical weapons, on the heels of a U.S. strike on an Assad airfield in response to a deadly chemical attack.
March 30, 2017 Hillary Clinton aides had access to State Dept. after she left, says key lawmaker When Hillary Clinton resigned as Secretary of State in 2013, she negotiated continuing access to classified and top-secret documents for herself and six staffers under the designation "research assistants," according to a powerful senator who notes that Clinton was later deemed "extremely careless" with such information.
March 29, 2017 State Department employee charged with misleading FBI in China spy probe A veteran State Department employee has been charged with making false statements to the FBI about gifts she had received from Chinese intelligence agents, the Justice Department announced.
March 21, 2017 Tillerson reportedly to skip NATO meeting, visit with Russia in April Secretary of State Rex Tillerson plans to skip a semiannual meeting of NATO foreign ministers in April and will reportedly stay behind to meet with China President Xi Jinping and will go to Russia later in the month.
March 20, 2017 New Zealand reportedly expels US diplomat over unspecified incident New Zealand reportedly expelled a U.S. diplomat after the embassy refused to waive diplomatic immunity during a police investigation.
March 17, 2017 Chinese aircraft carrier prepares to set sail ahead of Tillerson arrival, US officials say The Pentagon is seeing evidence a Chinese aircraft carrier is making preparations to get underway, days before Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is set to arrive in Beijing.
February 19, 2017 Netanyahu rebuffed secret peace offer, ex-US officials claim Israel's prime minister turned down a regional peace initiative last year that was brokered by then-American Secretary of State John Kerry, former U.S. officials confirmed Sunday, in apparent contradiction to his stated goal of involving regional Arab powers in resolving Israel's conflict with the Palestinians.