http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/U_S_Department_of_StateFind stories, videos, and photos about U.S. Department of State from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:26:17 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/U_S_Department_of_State14433Find stories, videos, and photos about U.S. Department of State from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/02/human.trafficking.report/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/02/human.trafficking.report/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe global financial crisis has increased the worldwide trade in trafficked persons, says a State Department report released in June.Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:37:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/24/us.embassy.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/24/us.embassy.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe State Department's Inspector General's Office is criticizing both a private contractor and U.S. government officials for "considerable construction deficiencies" in the new U.S. Embassy in Iraq.Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:04:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/22/exchange.students/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/22/exchange.students/index.html#cnnSTCTextYouth exchange programs receiving U.S. State Department grants are suffering from insufficient oversight and attention from the federal government, according to an inspector general's report released Thursday.Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:40:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/24/russia.us.sextape/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/24/russia.us.sextape/index.html#cnnSTCTextA videotape on a Russian Web site allegedly showing a State Department employee having sex with a prostitute is a "smear campaign" meant to discredit the man, a State Department spokesman said Thursday.Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:46:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/01/us.muslim.outreach/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/01/us.muslim.outreach/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Obama administration continued its outreach to the Muslim world in July, introducing a special envoy for Islamic relations tasked with improving international dialogue at the grass-roots level.Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/07/iraq.blackwater.xe/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/07/iraq.blackwater.xe/index.html#cnnSTCTextA member of Congress Friday called on the State Department to stop doing business with Xe, the North Carolina-based security company formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide.Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/16/us.exchange.students/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/16/us.exchange.students/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe State Department said Thursday it is setting up a free telephone number that foreign exchange students can use to report problems such as those recounted in a recent CNN report.Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:34:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/15/us.exchange.students/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/15/us.exchange.students/index.html#cnnSTCTextThey came from around the world hoping to spend a high school year immersed in the culture and joys of America.Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:28:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/07/08/passport.snooper/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/07/08/passport.snooper/index.html#cnnSTCTextA third former State Department employee was sentenced and fined Wednesday for illegally looking at confidential passport applications, the Department of Justice announced.Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:31:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/06/16/iran.twitter.facebook/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/06/16/iran.twitter.facebook/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. officials say the Internet, and specifically social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook, are providing the United States with critical information in the face of Iranian authorities banning Western journalists from covering political rallies.Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/06/16/human.trafficking.report/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/06/16/human.trafficking.report/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe global financial crisis has increased the worldwide trade in trafficked persons, says a State Department report released Tuesday.Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/16/blackwater.audit/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/16/blackwater.audit/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe State Department failed to seek $55 million in penalties from the American security firm once known as Blackwater for not properly complying with its security contract for protecting diplomatic personnel in Iraq, an audit shows.Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:44:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/12/ted.conference/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/12/ted.conference/index.html#cnnSTCTextSome of the world's top minds came together recently to encourage a crowd of nongovernmental organizations, government and diplomatic groups to think globally in terms of economic, political and environmental policies.Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/06/05/us.cuba.spies/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/06/05/us.cuba.spies/index.html#cnnSTCTextA 72-year-old former State Department employee and his 71-year-old wife have been arrested and charged with illegally aiding the government of Cuba for nearly 30 years, the Department of Justice announced Friday.Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:50:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/08/clinton.security.review/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/08/clinton.security.review/index.html#cnnSTCTextSecretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday she has ordered a review of security and vetting procedures that let a State Department employee suspected of spying for Cuba slip through the cracks.Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:47:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/31/u.s.cuba.talks/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/31/u.s.cuba.talks/index.html#cnnSTCTextCuba has agreed to resume talks with the United States over migration and mail service between the two countries, two senior State Department officials said.Sun, 31 May 2009 21:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/24/gay.diplomats.benefits/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/24/gay.diplomats.benefits/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. State Department wants to extend the same benefits to partners of gay and lesbian American diplomats as their heterosexual counterparts enjoy, according to a notice that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is preparing to send out to employees.Sun, 24 May 2009 12:41:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/16/state.employees.pay/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/16/state.employees.pay/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe State Department has revised a report that erroneously pegged the salaries of some non-Americans working abroad at U.S. embassies and other places at less than $1 per day.Sat, 16 May 2009 18:20:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/07/iraq.blackwater/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/07/iraq.blackwater/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe troubled Blackwater era ends in Iraq on Thursday as another firm takes over the once-dominant company's security services contract in Baghdad.Thu, 07 May 2009 14:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/01/us.iraq.security/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/01/us.iraq.security/index.html#cnnSTCTextHerndon, Virginia-based Triple Canopy has been awarded the security services contract in Baghdad, a State Department source told CNN Tuesday.Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:34:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/14/passport.security/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/14/passport.security/index.html#cnnSTCTextA congressional investigation has exposed gaping holes in security eight years after the September 11 terrorist attacks, a government report says.Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/02/blackwater.prince/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/02/blackwater.prince/index.html#cnnSTCTextErik Prince, founder of the Blackwater Worldwide security firm, announced Monday he has resigned as head of the company, recently renamed Xe.Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:56:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/30/us.blackwater.contract/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/30/us.blackwater.contract/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe State Department will not renew the contract of security contractor Blackwater Worldwide when it expires in May, a senior State Department official said Friday.Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:38:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/06/iraq.blackwater.indictment/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/06/iraq.blackwater.indictment/index.html#cnnSTCTextFive former Blackwater security guards, indicted in a 2007 shooting incident in Baghdad that left 17 Iraqis dead, will surrender to the FBI on Monday, a source told CNN on Saturday.Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:28:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/21/iran.missing.agent/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/21/iran.missing.agent/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe State Department called on Iran on Friday to pony up any information it has on a former FBI agent who vanished there last year.Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:15:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/19/china.religion.report/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/19/china.religion.report/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Chinese government increased its harassment of religious minorities before the Olympic Games, according to a U.S. State Department report released Friday.Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/19/yemen.embassy.staff/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/19/yemen.embassy.staff/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. State Department on Thursday recommended that all non-emergency staff and their families at the U.S. Embassy in Yemen leave the country after an attack on the building that killed 11 people, including one American.Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/18/embassy.yemen.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/18/embassy.yemen.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTextNon-essential U.S. Embassy officials are being urged to leave Yemen after it was revealed that an American woman was among those killed in Wednesday's attack.Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:40:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/08/rice.blacks.state/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/08/rice.blacks.state/index.html#cnnSTCTextSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday there are too few black Americans in the State Department.Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:29:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/03/us.passport.files/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/03/us.passport.files/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe State Department inspector general Thursday blasted the security of U.S. passport files, saying the repeated access of over 100 celebrities' files had gone undetected and unpunished.Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:17:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/15/iraq.state/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/15/iraq.state/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. diplomats may be forced to serve in Iraq next year if enough qualified candidates do not apply for certain jobs, the State Department warned employees Tuesday.Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:25:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1731220,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1731220,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe State Department is warning U.S. diplomats they may be forced to serve in Iraq next year and says it will soon start identifying prime candidates for jobs at the Baghdad embassy and outlying provincesTue, 15 Apr 2008 23:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/04/passport.official/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/04/passport.official/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe top State Department official responsible for passport issues will be replaced after a recent controversy over contract employees snooping into passport files of the U.S. presidential candidates.Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/25/justice.passport/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/25/justice.passport/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Justice Department Tuesday said its prosecutors are assisting the State Department Inspector General in the investigation into the breaching of passport files of the three leading presidential candidates by State Department contractors.Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/21/passport.breach/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/21/passport.breach/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe passport file of any American could be exposed, but there have been only a few breaches of the Passport Office's security system, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said Friday.Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/20/obama.passport/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/20/obama.passport/index.html#cnnSTCTextOn three occasions since January, Sen. Barack Obama's passport file was looked at by three different contract workers, said State Department spokesman Sean McCormack.Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/25/israel.cluster.bombs/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/25/israel.cluster.bombs/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael's military advocate general said the use of cluster bombs by the country's armed forces during last year's war with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon was done so in accordance with international law and, as a result, he will not file charges against any military officers who ordered their use.Tue, 25 Dec 2007 12:45:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/12/international.adoptions/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/12/international.adoptions/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United States on Wednesday joined an international treaty on adoptions -- a move that will protect both children and parents, and make the State Department a central registry tracking all adoptions coming in and out of the country, officials said.Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:47:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/14/blackwater.state/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/14/blackwater.state/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe State Department's inspector-general announced Wednesday he would recuse himself from decisions involving security contractor Blackwater, after admitting his brother serves as an adviser to the company.Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:46:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/13/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/13/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. government is not conducting an official investigation into a shooting in Baghdad involving a private security contractor hired by the U.S. State Department, U.S. officials said.Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:59:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/29/blackwater.immunity/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/29/blackwater.immunity/index.html#cnnSTCTextState Department investigators promised Blackwater guards immunity from prosecution for last month's deadly shooting of 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad, according to officials familiar with the matter.Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:44:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/02/state.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/02/state.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTextState Department officials should serve where they are needed -- even in war-torn Iraq, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday.Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/31/state.department.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/31/state.department.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTextCalling it "a potential death sentence," several hundred diplomats expressed their resentment Wednesday over a new State Department policy that could force them to serve in Iraq or risk losing their jobs.Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/30/blackwater.immunity/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/30/blackwater.immunity/index.html#cnnSTCTextNo blanket immunity deal was offered to Blackwater guards for their statements regarding a shootout in Iraq last month that left 17 Iraqi civilians dead, two senior State Department officials told CNN Tuesday.Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/17/blackwater.probe/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/17/blackwater.probe/index.html#cnnSTCTextA State Department team is back in Washington after more than two weeks in Baghdad investigating diplomatic security practices, including the use of private security firms such as Blackwater USA, a department spokesman said.Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:22:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/10/02/pf/saving/toptips/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/10/02/pf/saving/toptips/index.htmBeginning today, there are going to be some changes if you're planning on flying to Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Bermuda. We'll tell you what you need to know.Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/05/iraq.corruption/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/05/iraq.corruption/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Democrats' top investigator in Congress reacted angrily Friday to a report that the former Blackwater USA employee accused of killing an Iraqi vice presidential guard was hired by another U.S. contractor weeks later.Fri, 05 Oct 2007 22:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/04/blackwater.fbi/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/04/blackwater.fbi/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe FBI has assumed the lead from the State Department on the investigation into last month's Baghdad shootings involving contractors from the U.S. security firm Blackwater USA, the State Department said Thursday.Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:59:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/02/blackwater.spot.report/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/02/blackwater.spot.report/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe State Department's initial report of last month's incident in which Blackwater guards were accused of killing Iraqi civilians was written by a Blackwater contractor working in the embassy security detail, according to government and industry sources.Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/01/iraq.blackwater.secondshooting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/01/iraq.blackwater.secondshooting/index.html#cnnSTCTextOne group of Blackwater USA contractors was involved in two separate shootings on September 16, according to a senior Iraqi National Police official who contributed to a report detailing the second shooting.Tue, 02 Oct 2007 06:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/01/blackwater.report/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/01/blackwater.report/index.html#cnnSTCTextBlackwater USA guards have used deadly force weekly in Iraq and have inflicted "significant casualties and property damage," according to a congressional staff report released Monday that cites internal company and State Department documents.Tue, 02 Oct 2007 06:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/21/blackwater/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/21/blackwater/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe security firm Blackwater USA is starting to resume normal operations in Iraq after a hiatus sparked by concerns among Iraqi and U.S. government officials over its actions.Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/19/blackwater.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/19/blackwater.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTextA joint U.S.-Iraq commission will focus on security contractors in Iraq after an uproar over a Baghdad firefight involving Blackwater USA, the U.S. State Department announced Wednesday. Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/17/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/17/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraqi officials Monday condemned the weekend killings of eight civilians during a Baghdad street battle involving American security contractors and said they would shut down Blackwater, the company involved.Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/17/dobbs.mexico.fact.file/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/17/dobbs.mexico.fact.file/index.html#cnnSTCTextHere are some facts from tonight's broadcast that you might find interesting.Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:20:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/07/11/passport.hearing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/07/11/passport.hearing/index.html#cnnSTCTextA lawmaker ripped into the State Department Wednesday for widespread delays in issuing passports, calling them "a travesty" and "a national embarrassment" reminiscent of the federal government's response to Hurricane Katrina.Wed, 11 Jul 2007 07:04:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/06/26/us.passports/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/06/26/us.passports/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe State Department has issued an urgent plea to its diplomats worldwide to help clear the backlog of 3 million passport applications.Sat, 30 Jun 2007 03:26:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/15/lebanon.advisory/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/15/lebanon.advisory/index.htmlThe following is the text of a message sent out Saturday to U.S. citizens registered with the U.S. State Department as traveling to or present in Lebanon.Sat, 15 Jul 2006 07:51:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/07/13/pf/rfid_passports/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/07/13/pf/rfid_passports/index.htmImagine being overseas and your identity being available for the taking - your nationality, your name, your passport number. Everything.Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/12/state.hackers/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/12/state.hackers/index.htmlThe State Department is investigating a major computer break-in that targeted its headquarters and offices dealing with China and North Korea, department officials said Tuesday.Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/06/international.aid.flows/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/06/international.aid.flows/index.htmlOffers of aid and assistance from around the world for victims of Hurricane Katrina continue to pour into the U.S. State Department.Tue, 06 Sep 2005 22:04:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/18/state.dept.iraq/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/18/state.dept.iraq/index.htmlLittle more than a month before the start of the Iraq war, State Department officials said they warned U.S. military planners about possible "serious planning gaps" for the post-war period, according to newly declassified documents obtained by George Washington University.Thu, 18 Aug 2005 04:24:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/07/05/terror.site/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/07/05/terror.site/index.htmlThe U.S. government Tuesday increased its 2004 estimate of terrorist attacks worldwide to 3,192 from 651 after changing to a broader definition of terrorism.Tue, 05 Jul 2005 22:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/ADVISOR/06/07/travel.safety/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/ADVISOR/06/07/travel.safety/index.htmlThe disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway in Aruba May 30 may have travelers and their loved ones looking closely at travel safety.Tue, 07 Jun 2005 11:04:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/06/03/human.traffic/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/06/03/human.traffic/index.htmlFour American allies in the Persian Gulf are among the countries criticized for not doing enough to combat human trafficking in a U.S. State Department report released Friday.Fri, 03 Jun 2005 16:47:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/27/terror.report/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/27/terror.report/index.htmlThe fight against international terrorism remains "formidable" for the United States and its allies, with 651 significant attacks taking 1,900 lives worldwide last year, according to two U.S. government reports released Wednesday.Wed, 27 Apr 2005 20:29:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/24/binladen.reward/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/24/binladen.reward/index.htmlAs part of an intensified effort to capture terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden, the State Department is considering doubling the bounty on his head to $50 million, State Department officials said Monday.Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:59:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/01/10/missing.americans/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/01/10/missing.americans/index.htmlThe State Department is rapidly whittling down the number of inquiries regarding U.S. citizens who might have been in the tsunami-affected zone when the disaster struck last month, department officials said Monday.Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:38:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/01/07/missing.americans/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/01/07/missing.americans/index.htmlThirty-seven Americans are confirmed or presumed dead in the aftermath of last week's killer tsunamis, a State Department official said Friday.Fri, 07 Jan 2005 18:55:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/01/05/missing.americans/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/01/05/missing.americans/index.htmlThirty-five Americans are confirmed or presumed dead in the aftermath of last week's killer tsunamis, according to Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Maura Harty.Wed, 05 Jan 2005 14:08:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/01/04/tsunami.americans/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/01/04/tsunami.americans/index.htmlU.S. officials are investigating about 4,000 reports of missing Americans in the wake of the December 26 tsunami, and 16 people have been confirmed dead, a State Department spokesman said Tuesday.Tue, 04 Jan 2005 17:13:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/12/31/tsunami.americans/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/12/31/tsunami.americans/index.htmlThe State Department on Friday increased the number of Americans killed in the tsunamis in south Asia to 15 -- eight of them in Thailand and seven in Sri Lanka.Fri, 31 Dec 2004 18:33:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/08/10/srilanka.embassy/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/08/10/srilanka.embassy/index.htmlThe U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka has closed indefinitely after receiving an envelope containing a suspicious white powder, the State Department said Tuesday.Tue, 10 Aug 2004 23:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Northeast/06/29/un.iran/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Northeast/06/29/un.iran/index.htmlTwo Iranian security guards at the Iranian mission to the United Nations have been expelled from the United States, the State Department said Tuesday.Tue, 29 Jun 2004 15:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/22/powell.terror/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/22/powell.terror/index.htmlThe U.S. government restated its 2003 accounting of terrorist attacks Tuesday, reporting a sharp increase in the number of significant attacks and more than doubling its initial count of those killed.Tue, 22 Jun 2004 17:47:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/18/saudi.arabia.warning/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/18/saudi.arabia.warning/index.htmlSoon after a U.S. hostage was beheaded Friday in Saudi Arabia, a senior State Department official warned that further attacks are likely and urged Americans to leave the kingdom.Fri, 18 Jun 2004 18:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/15/bush.criticism/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/15/bush.criticism/index.htmlThe State Department said it will be receptive to a critical statement from a group of former high-level diplomatic and military officials who are expected to condemn the Bush administration's foreign policy and to assert that it has harmed national security.Tue, 15 Jun 2004 13:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/06/10/powell.terror.report/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/06/10/powell.terror.report/index.htmlThe U.S. government acknowledged Thursday that a recent report declaring a decline in terrorism in 2003 was wrong.Fri, 11 Jun 2004 00:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/03/23/biometric.passports/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/03/23/biometric.passports/index.htmlThe Bush administration this week asked Congress to give other countries two more years to issue biometric passports for entry to the United States, saying it is clear that none of the 27 countries entitled to issue the advanced technology passports will be able to meet an October 26 deadline.Tue, 23 Mar 2004 16:20:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/02/19/powder.found/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/02/19/powder.found/index.htmlA suspicious white powder was found in a State Department building Thursday, prompting the Washington, D.C. fire department and hazardous materials team to open an investigation.Thu, 19 Feb 2004 23:41:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/01/12/us.israel.ussliberty/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/01/12/us.israel.ussliberty/index.htmlAfter reviewing documents dating back 36 years, the State Department has concluded that Israel's attack on a U.S. spy ship in 1967 was an act of gross negligence for which it should be held responsible.Mon, 12 Jan 2004 01:00:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/07/29/75295/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/07/29/75295/index.htmFROM: SECSTATE, WASHDC TO: All diplomatic and consular posts SUBJECT: Notification requirements for marriage/cohabitation with foreign nationals 1. Please disseminate to all American personnel . . ...Mon, 29 Jul 1991 04:01:00 EDT