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Barack O'Clock: Bilateral Meetings at the U.N.
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyIt's a day of head-to-head meetings for the prez on Friday, Sept. 24. He'll be pow-wowing with various heads of state in and around the U.N. General Assembly before heading back to D.C. in the evening. Here's what's on deck: 11:15 a.m. -- The president holds a bilateral meeting with President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. 12:15p.m. -- Holds a bilateral meeting with President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón of Colombia at the Waldorf Astoria. 1:00 p.m. -- Attends working luncheon with ASEAN leaders at the United Nations Building. 3:15 p.m. -- Attends ministerial ...
Clinton's Visit to Vietnam Highlights Warmer Ties
By Jonathan Adams - AOL News(July 23) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton discussed military cooperation with Vietnam in Hanoi today, in the latest sign that relations between one-time bitter enemies are warming. The two countries are forging better ties, pushed in part by mutual concerns over China's expansionism in the South China Sea, as well as a desire to expand trade and investment. But Clinton also raised concerns about human rights in Vietnam, highlighting the sharp differences that remain between Washington and Hanoi's autocratic, communist-party-controlled state, which sharply limits ...
Hillary Clinton Ratchets Up Pressure on North Korea's Nuclear Ambitions
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyHillary Clinton's tour through Asia continued Thursday as she sought to win friends and influence people on the subject of North Korea's rapidly developing nuclear plans. The Secretary of State's most recent remarks on the subject came as she addressed a security forum convened by the Association of South East Asian Nations. She called on ASEAN members to turn up the pressure on North Korea to de-nuclearize by enforcing U.N. sanctions against the state. In return for shelving its nuclear ambitions, Clinton has offered energy and economic help that North Korea needs. North Korea's nuclear ...
Hillary Clinton in Thailand: 'The United States Is Back!'
By Bonnie Goldstein - Politics DailySecretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Phuket, Thailand, to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit Wednesday. The association promotes economic and cultural development, as well as regional peace and stability. ...
Hillary in Asia: Step it Up!
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailySecretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Asia this week on a high-profile trip to meet with a host of regional leaders as well as governing and trade bodies. One such body is ASEAN, the regional economic forum whose members include Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Burma. Eager to establish itself as the Asian version of the EU (I guess they're trying to get Anwar Ibrahim to play Berlusconi's Lothario role -- yowch), ASEAN has taken steps to establish its legitimacy, including the development of a human rights charter that is unfortunately but ...
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