U.S. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE CHRISTOPHER HILL
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill holds a press conference at his hotel in Beijing, China on February 11, 2007. Hill spoke on international talks to persuade North Korea to dismantle its nuclear program. (UPI Photo/Stephen Shaver)
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Cameron Munter has told staff members in Islamabad he is leaving his position as U.S. ambassador to Pakistan this summer.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il was dead at least 48 hours before U.S. or South Korean officials knew about it, intelligence sources told The New York Times.
The international community is committed to propping up the Iraqi oil sector for the benefit of its people, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq said in Basra.
The head of the Shiite Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, Ammar al-Hakim, called on Iraqi lawmakers to ensure January elections were transparent and timely.
Diplomacy veteran Christopher Hill has been confirmed as the next U.S. ambassador to Iraq.
Christopher Hill would be an "excellent" envoy to Iraq despite several Republican senators saying otherwise, a U.S. State Department spokesman said Friday.
Career diplomat Christopher Hill, chief negotiator in the North Korea denuclearization talks, will be nominated as U.S. ambassador to Iraq, officials said.
Christopher Hill, the Bush administration's envoy in the six-party talks, has declined an offer to be an envoy to North Korea.
Although the latest North Korean denuclearization talks hit an impasse, the chief U.S. negotiator says they could resume before President Bush leaves office.
U.S. and North Korean diplomats discussed denuclearization of the Korean peninsula Friday in advance of next week's formal meeting, the State Department said.
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