News from Washington

GENERAL INFORMATION

There are many sources of news and information about international events as well as U.S. foreign policy. The news feeds from Voice of America Special English and America.gov cover a range of topics in foreign affairs as well as news from the United States. The White House and State Department news sources focus specifically on U.S. policy and the activities of President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Recent Highlights

• Robert Blake at the hearing of the Middle East and South Asia Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (PDF)

			Assistant Secretary of State Robert O. Blake

• Obama Calls for New Beginning in U.S.-Iranian Relations

• Analysis: Obama Offers New Approach to Counterterrorism