UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday remained deadlocked over a Western- and Arab-backed draft resolution condemning Syria’s violent suppression of protesters, as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton prepared to deliver a plea to international diplomats to take tougher action against President Bashar al-Assad. Read full article > >

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Like President Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she hasn’t been watching the Republican primary debates. But at least Clinton has an excuse for tuning out — she says she’s quitting government after the election no matter who wins. Read full article > >

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Like President Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she hasn’t been watching the Republican primary debates. But at least Clinton has an excuse for tuning out — she says she’s quitting government after the election no matter who wins. Read full article > >

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In a call to her Pakistani counterpart this month, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton reiterated the Obama administration’s counterterrorism “red line”: The United States reserved the right to attack anyone who it determined posed a direct threat to U.S. national security, anywhere in the world. Read full article > >

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As U.S.-Pakistani relations sink, nations try to figure out ‘a new normal’

TEHRAN — Well, that didn’t last long. Less than 12 hours after opening, the Obama administration’s “virtual embassy ” in Iran was blocked by Tehran’s digital gatekeepers on Wednesday. Instead of seeing a welcome message from Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Iranians trying to reach the site were directed to an Iranian government Web page. It warned that visiting the American site was “against the law.” Read full article > >

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Iran is quick to shut U.S. ‘virtual embassy’

BONN, Germany — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pledged Monday that “the United States intends to stay the course” in Afghanistan after U.S. and coalition troops depart three years from now. But, she said, “Afghans have more work to do” to ensure that the billions of dollars they seek is not wasted. Read full article > >

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Israeli ministers hit back at concern expressed by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that democracy is being eroded in the country.

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Aung San Suu Kyi says she is hopeful that Burma can get onto “the road to democracy”, after talks with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

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Suu Kyi hopeful on Burma progress

NAYPYIDAW, Burma — The highest-ranking U.S. official to set foot in Burma’s presidential palace, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday brought a message of praise to Burma’s president for his nascent gestures of reform even as she warned him that significantly more progress was needed for change to take root. Read full article > >

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After meeting with the new president, Thein Sein, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday also agreed to discuss exchanging ambassadors.

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U.S. Will Relax Curbs on Aid to Myanmar

The Obama administration’s decision to not intervene in Syria and Bahrain stems from a variety of factors, including the perceived risk to U.S. forces, the imperatives of the fight against al-Qaeda, and the need to defend American allies and to keep foreign oil supplies flowing, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday night. Read full article > >

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Dorothy Rodham, 92, a suburban Chicago homemaker who endured a devastating childhood and served as an inspiration to her daughter, Hillary Rodham Clinton, one of the most accomplished women in American government, died Nov. 1 at a hospital in Washington. Mrs. Rodham spent decades as a familiar but unflashy presence alongside her daughter, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and son-in-law, former President Bill Clinton. Read full article > >

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday told lawmakers that “we should build on our momentum, not undercut our progress” in Pakistan and Afghanistan, part of a bid to stave off Congress’s growing frustration over developments in the region . “Working with our Afghan and Pakistani partners is not always easy, but these relationships are advancing America’s national security interests. And walking away would undermine those interests,” Clinton said. Read full article > >

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned Pakistan’s leaders on Thursday that they would face serious consequences if they continued to tolerate safe havens for extremist organizations.

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KABUL — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton admonished Pakistan on Thursday to do more to eradicate safe havens for terrorists attacking Afghanistan, and she called on both countries to adopt a common strategy of “fighting, talking and building” to bring security to the region. Clinton’s tough words for Pakistani leaders came hours before the arrival in Islamabad of an usually large delegation of U.S. officials, led by Clinton, to pressure Pakistan to take on the Haqqani network, a Pakistan-based Afghan militant group blamed for assassinations of Afghan leaders and a brazen attack last month on the U.S. Embassy in Kabul. Read full article > >

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Clinton chides Pakistan on insurgent havens