John McCain, Barack Obama Debate War Policies
As they campaigned in battleground states and reached out to minority voters, the presidential candidates seemed eager to prove they are prepared to deal with the lagging economy and ready to handle challenging security issues as commander in chief. John McCain’s and Barack Obama’s general election campaigns seem to be ...
Rice Launches New Civilian Response Corps
Helping states emerge from conflicts, disasters, and political crises represents a complex international security challenge, says Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and America’s new Civilian Response Corps offers a new approach to stabilization and reconstruction efforts....
Rice Highlights “Sea Change” in Africa
There has been a “sea-change” in the way Africans approach their own challenges, in America’s approach to the region and in the way the world sees today’s Africa, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tells the seventh annual African Growth and Opportunity Act Forum....
United States Reducing Presence in Iraq, Bush Says
The United States and Iraq share the goal of improving security and strengthening the fledgling democracy to the point where U.S.-led coalition forces can leave the country, President Bush says. Afghanistan, Pakistan, Zimbabwe and Sudan’s Darfur region shared the spotlight in a July 15 White House press conference....
U.N. Security Council Fails to Pressure Zimbabwe’s Government
The Bush administration is disappointed the U.N. Security Council failed to adopt a resolution that would have condemned and sanctioned Zimbabwe’s leadership. The United States is continuing to talk with other nations on ways to apply pressure to Robert Mugabe’s regime and encourage the people of Zimbabwe, U.S. officials say....