US Congress subcommittee hears relations with VN

Nisha Desai Biswal is strongly tipped to succeed Robert Blake and will be the first Indian-origin nominee to the post, reports Aziz Haniffa  In what could be yet another historic appointment in the annals of the Indian-American community’s immigrant experience, senior administration sources have told rediff.com that Nisha Desai Biswal is strongly tipped to be appointed the new assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian affairs by United States President Barack ...

By TIM MAK & AUSTIN WRIGHT | 04/16/13 9:32 AM EDT With Leigh Munsil THE LATEST FROM BOSTON: The death toll now stands at three, with more than 130 people injured, following two explosions yesterday near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. The ...

The U.S. House of Representatives has delivered a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry asking that North Korea be re-designated as a "state sponsor of terrorism." The letter was signed and sent on Friday by 12 lawmakers, including Ileana ...

President Park Geun-hye met with two members of the U.S. House of Representatives to discuss Seoul-Washington relations, her upcoming visit to America scheduled for May 2013, and issues involving the Korean Peninsula, Cheong Wa Dae reported on April ...

April 27, 2013 SENATE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE AND TRANSPORTATION, SUBCOMMITTEE ON OCEANS, ATMOSPHERE, FISHERIES, AND COAST GUARD HOLDS A HEARING ON THE F.Y. 2014 U.S. COAST GUARD AND NOAA BUDGETS SPEAKERS: SEN. MARK BEGICH, D-ALASKA CHAIRMAN ...

It's evil, lawless and authoritarian. And NSA as leaker Snowden has shown us, its aims are to be all-powerful. Editor's Note: This is the first article of a four-part series by Fred Branfman on the U.S. Executive Branch's military, police and ...

With excitement and expectations to see a tourism boom in Africa, tourist stakeholders are looking at the official tour of the continent by US President Barack Obama as a kick-start to tap the rich American tourist market through publicity of his ...

Williamblum.org In this season of college graduations, let us pause to remember the stirring words of Americas beloved scholar, George W. Bush, speaking in Florida in 2007 at the commencement exercises of Miami Dade College: In Havana and other ...

Job Creation, Economic Expansion Linked to Growth in Domestic Energy Production Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10), who has introduced the Expedited LNG for American Allies Act (H.R. 580), submitted the following statement for the record as the House ...