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President Barack Obama is acting within the law in ordering U.S. military attacks against Libya, a top State Department lawyer told a Senate panel sharply divided over the commander in chief's authority in the 3-month-old conflict.
HEADLINE: Adviser: Obama acting lawfully on Libya
CAPTION: President Barack Obama is acting within the law in ordering U.S. military attacks against Libya, a top State Department lawyer told a Senate panel sharply divided over the...
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New York dignitaries pay tribute to late Nobel laureate at memorial
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Nobel laureate Toni Morrison were among the speakers at a tribute in New York to Maya Angelou, the author, poet and stage performer who died earlier this year.
The event, held on...
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First US-India education summit gets underway
1. Zoom out of stage as United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is introduced and walks to the podium
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State:
"Because for those of you who are watching the great rise of...
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USA: GAY US AMBASSADOR TO LUXEMBOURG SWORN IN
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Following a two year delay James Hormel was sworn in on Tuesday as United States Ambassador to Luxembourg.
With Secretary of State Madeleine Albright presiding, Hormel became the nation's first openly gay ambassador.
The...
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US GOVT RELEASES SATELLITE IMAGES OF SYRIAN MILITARY MOVEMENT
The US Government on Saturday released a still image that it says may show where a mass grave was dug in Houla, Syria.
US ambassador to Syria Robert Ford posted the photo on his Facebook page, State Department spokesperson Mark Toner...
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US official says NKorea cooperating on disabling nuclear facilities
1. Mid of South Korean airplane on tarmac
2. Sung Kim, the US State Department's top expert on Korea walking in terminal as journalists approach him
3. SOUNDBITE (English): Sung Kim, US State Department's top expert on Korea:
(Q: How...
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US State Department says talks with French officials over alleged NSA spying are ongoing after a newspaper reported the agency swept up over 70 million French phone records in a 30-day period. (Oct. 21)
At the US State Department, reaction to reports that the U.S. National Security Agency was focusing on French phone calls, was to emphasize that there's a need to balance security and privacy.
The U.S. National Security Agency swept up...
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Bill Clinton urges Americans to stick with Obama
Democrats turned on Wednesday to a hero of the past, Bill Clinton, to boost the shaky re-election prospects of Barack Obama, with the popular former president from the prosperous 1990s assuring worried Americans that he feels "with all...
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State Department reax to claims US spied on Petrobras
The US State Department on Thursday insisted that the United States did not "use foreign intelligence collection capabilities to steal the trade secrets of foreign companies in order to give American companies a competitive...
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State Dept comment on Amnesty criticism over Guantanamo
1. Walk in shot of US State Department spokesman Tom Casey
2. Cutaway of reporter (asking about Guantanamo and Human Rights)
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Casey, US State Department spokesman:
"This is a tough issue. We have people who are...
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Clinton meets President Lee; more sots from presser
1. Wide of (left to right) US Defence Secretary Robert Gates, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, South Korean president Lee Myung-bak, South Korean foreign minister Yu Myung-hwan and South Korean defence minister Kim Tae-young...
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State Department on US policy on China and Taiwan
1. Wide shot of US State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher walking to microphones
2. Cutaway of reporters
3. SOUNDBITE: (English), Richard Boucher, US State Department spokesman:
"Well, I don't know why one needs to talk about recent...
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President-elect Barack Obama has interviewed primary election rivals Hillary Clinton and Bill Richardson to be his secretary of state, Democrats said Friday, as he weighed the decision on folding former foes into his new administration.
HEADLINE: Obama, Clinton discuss top State job
CAPTION: President-elect Barack Obama has interviewed primary election rivals Hillary Clinton and Bill Richardson to be his secretary of state, Democrats said Friday, as he weighed the...
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US State Dept on release of US hiker Sarah Shourd
US President Barack Obama has said he is very pleased that the Iranian government released one of the American hikers who had been detained for more than a year.
Obama said all Americans join with Sarah Shourd's family in celebrating her...
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Hillary Clinton says Cantor lost to candidate 'who basically ran against immigrants.' (June 11)
Hillary Clinton says Majority Leader Eric Cantor "was defeated by a candidate who basically ran against immigrants."
Clinton was in Chicago Wednesday promoting her new book.
Cantor lost a GOP primary Tuesday to tea party-backed...
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From President-elect Barack Obama's meeting with former rival John McCain to Dems allowing Sen. Joe Lieberman to stay in the party caucus, politicians are in the mood for reconciliation. But will it last? (Nov. 18)
HEADLINE: Politicians in the mood for reconciliation
CAPTION: From President-elect Barack Obama's meeting with former rival John McCain to Dems allowing Sen. Joe Lieberman to stay in the party caucus, politicians are in the mood for...
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USA: ROBERT HANSSEN TO REMAIN IN JAIL
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A United States federal judge has ordered that veteran F-B-I agent Robert Philip Hanssen remain in jail, saying she believes the government has an "extraordinarily strong case" against the man accused of spying for Moscow...
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Hillary Clinton says Cantor lost to candidate 'who basically ran against immigrants'. (June 11)
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Hillary Clinton says Majority Leader Eric Cantor "was defeated by a candidate who basically ran against immigrants."
Clinton was in Chicago Wednesday promoting her new book.
Cantor lost a...
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Clinton: Trump Must Change Tune on Iran, NKorea
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the current administration needs to change their attitude when it come to the Iran deal and finding a solution for the threats from North Korea.
"It pains me greatly to see...
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EXCLUSIVE Yongbyon tower demolished, symbol of disabling nuclear prog
Pyongyang
1. Foreign journalists getting on coach, for journey to Yongbyon
2. Tracking shot of road
3. Journalists aboard coach
Yongbyon
4. Pan exterior of official guest house near Yongbyon nuclear facility
5. Mid of journalists
6....
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US State Dept says NKorea should not see SKorea's satellite launch as a threat
1. Wide of Victoria Nuland, US State Department Spokeswoman, walking to podium
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Victoria Nuland, US State Department Spokeswoman:
"The Republic of Korea has successfully launched a research satellite on January...
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GUAM: AIR BASE PREPARES FOR IRAQI REFUGEES BEING FLOWN FROM TURKEY
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Preparations are underway at the U-S Anderson Air Force Base in Guam for nearly 800 Iraqi refugees from Northern Iraq who are being flown there from Turkey.
The refugees - many of whom work for U-S humanitarian programmes in...
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MEXICO/USA: MEXICAN CEMENT COMPANY "CEMEX" PULL OUT OF CUBA
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A Mexican cement company has pulled out of Cuba as a result of the latest wave of US sanctions against the island.
The Helms-Burton Act in America punishes foreign companies doing business on property confiscated in Cuba...
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Clinton marks 40th anniversary of Nixon's visit to China
1. High shot of US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on stage
2. Wide of auditorium
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Hillary Rodham Clinton, US Secretary of State:
"The China of today is a very different country from the China of 1972....