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July 19, 2025

State Department

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US pays $2M a month to protect Pompeo, aide from Iran threat

March 15, 2022 Matthew Lee, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The State Department says it’s paying more than $2 million per month to provide 24-hour security to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a former top aide, both of whom face […]

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US draws down Ukraine embassy presence as war fears mount

January 23, 2022 Matthew Lee, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The State Department on Sunday ordered the families of all American personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine to leave the country amid heightened fears of a Russian invasion. The department told […]

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State Dept. spokesman tests positive for COVID-19 after UNGA

September 27, 2021 Matthew Lee, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — State Department spokesman Ned Price has tested positive for COVID-19 and will be self-quarantining for the next 10 days. Price, who is vaccinated, said he tested positive for coronavirus on Monday morning […]

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US agencies scrub websites to protect Afghans left behind

August 18, 2021 Matthew Lee, Ashraf Khalil and Gary Fields, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Multiple federal agencies that operated in Afghanistan and worked with Afghan citizens have been hastily purging their websites, removing articles and photos that could endanger the Afghan civilians who interacted with them […]

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US, Russia hold ‘professional’ arms talks despite tensions

July 28, 2021 Matthew Lee and Robert Burns, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senior diplomats from the United States and Russia held what the State Department described as “substantive and professional” talks on arms control and other strategic issues on Wednesday despite myriad other differences […]

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Biden administration invites UN’s racism and human rights envoys to visit

July 14, 2021 Matthew Lee, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden administration is formally inviting United Nations racism and human rights envoys to visit the United States amid a contentious ongoing domestic debate over the treatment of minorities in America. The […]

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US warns that Islamic State extremists still a world threat

June 28, 2021 Matthew Lee, Associated Press

ROME — As the U.S. works on its military withdrawal from Afghanistan, members of the global coalition fighting the Islamic State group met Monday to chart future steps against the extremist group. The meeting came […]

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Senate confirms Antony Blinken as 71st secretary of state

January 26, 2021 Matthew Lee, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Antony Blinken as America’s top diplomat, tasked with carrying out President Joe Biden’s commitment to reverse the Trump administration’s “America First” doctrine that some say weakened international […]

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Pompeo, Vatican butt heads on China after tensions spill out

October 2, 2020 Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

ROME — The U.S. and the Vatican butted heads over China on Thursday as the Holy See chafed at U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s public call to take a harsher stance against Chinese restrictions […]

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Pompeo, on first day at U.S. State Department, promises new ‘swagger’

May 2, 2018 North State Journal Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, arriving for his first day at the State Department, said on Tuesday he would help the U.S. diplomatic corps in “getting back our swagger” but offered few […]

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