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US Vice-President Joe Biden, on a visit to China, seeks to allay concerns over US debt, saying America has never defaulted on and never will.

Lawrence S. Eagleburger, the only career foreign service officer to rise to the position of secretary of state, died Saturday. He was 80.

Holding out Poland's transformation to democracy as a model for the world, President Barack Obama on Saturday exhorted Western allies and the American public alike to extend their support, energy and vision to those now reaching for democracy in the Middle East and North Africa.

Top Obama administration officials are expected to face continued criticism Thursday over their handling of the crisis in Libya, and louder calls for a clearer explanation of U.S. policy in the war-torn North African nation.

The president says Egypt is sending 'the right signals' regarding developing democratic systems and is optimistic on U.S. domestic economic issues.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton chose Marc Grossman, a retired senior diplomat and former ambassador to Turkey, as the Obama administration’s new special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Several news organizations are reporting that veteran Rep. Jane Harman, a California Democrat, is about to leave Congress to become head of a prominent foreign policy think tank. Harman is telling supporters via e-mail that she is leaving the U.S. House to become president of the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars.

Confronting a building international crisis, President Obama called on Egypt's president to stand down from violence as the White House moved ...

President Obama could build on a New START victory as he turns to other foreign policy challenges. Failure might be regarded abroad as confirmation that the administration is too weak to put its stamp on world affairs.

President Barack Obama will deliver his first State of the Union address on January 27 and his budget plan on February 1, setting the tone for a second year in office marked by a long list of economic and foreign policy challenges.