”Diplomats” News

Diplomats: US gave IAEA Iran intel

VIENNA, Austria - The U.S. has shared new intelligence with the International Atomic Energy Agency that it claims is evidence Iran was trying to make a nuclear weapon, diplomats said Thursday.
02 15 2008 5:05AM (...more)

Iran tests advanced centrifuges with gas: diplomats

VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has introduced small amounts ofuranium gas into advanced centrifuges it is testing at its mainnuclear complex, diplomats said, in a further step towardsgaining the means to develop atom bombs if it chooses.
02 14 2008 6:14PM (...more)

Diplomats: Iran processes uranium gas

VIENNA, Austria - Iran 's new generation of advanced centrifuges have begun processing small quantities of the gas that can be used to make the fissile core of nuclear warheads, diplomats told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
02 14 2008 10:08AM (...more)

U.N. Iran sanctions vote not ready yet: diplomats

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council willprobably not vote on a third sanctions resolution targeting Iran 's atomic program until after a key report by the U.N.nuclear watchdog is issued, diplomats said on Tuesday.
02 14 2008 3:51AM (...more)

Disagreements could delay Iran nuclear report: diplomats

VIENNA (AFP) - The UN's latest widely-awaited report on Iran 's nuclear programme could be delayed by disagreements between atomic watchdog chief Mohammed ElBaradei and his technical staff, diplomats said Monday.
02 12 2008 6:16AM (...more)

Former staffer slams diplomats in Iraq

WASHINGTON - A Republican Party activist and former top GOP congressional aide who worked at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad is harshly criticizing the U.S. diplomatic effort in Iraq , accusing American diplomats of gross and potentially criminal negligence and incompetence.
02 9 2008 1:31PM (...more)

Top diplomats visit Kandahar

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband flew to the former Taliban stronghold of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan on Thursday for a firsthand look at the front lines of the NATO -led fight against Afghan insurgents.
02 7 2008 7:49PM (...more)

Bush budget would add State Dept. diplomats

WASHINGTON - George W. Bush may be tagged the "undiplomatic" president in some circles, but his final budget offers a different picture, with a proposal to add nearly 1,100 diplomats to the 11,000 already at the State Department.
02 7 2008 12:04AM (...more)

Incidents of straying US diplomats

Incidents of U.S. diplomats straying from official foreign policy lines, prompting rebukes from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her top aides:
02 2 2008 1:24AM (...more)

US diplomats sometimes go off-message

WASHINGTON - More and more, top government diplomats are straying from official Bush foreign policy as the administration wanes, leaving Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice struggling to keep them in check.
02 2 2008 1:24AM (...more)