UN/Treaties

  November 30, 2012, 11:48 am

Liberals blast Susan Rice's 'outrageous' investments in Canadian pipeline firm

By Julian Pecquet

RootsAction.org is demanding the potential secretary of State nominee sell shares in the company behind the Keystone XL pipeline. 

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  November 29, 2012, 6:22 pm

UN assembly approves Palestinian statehood over US objections

By Julian Pecquet

U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice said a Palestinian state cannot be created "by pressing a green voting button in this hall."

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  November 29, 2012, 5:02 pm

Lieberman urges 'mercy' for Susan Rice

By Daniel Strauss

The senator said Rice's inaccurate description of the attack in Libya should not disqualify her from becoming secretary of State.

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  November 29, 2012, 4:11 pm

Rep. Ros-Lehtinen to call for cutting UN, Palestinian funds over statehood vote

By Julian Pecquet

The U.N. is expected to overwhelmingly recognize Palestine as a non-member observer state Thursday.

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  November 29, 2012, 6:00 am

Republican split on Rice could yield her enough votes if nominated for State

By Julian Pecquet

Susan Rice’s bridge-building visit to Capitol Hill this week left Republicans divided on her possible nomination as secretary of State.

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  November 28, 2012, 8:40 pm

Susan Rice holds stock in Keystone pipeline developer

By Ben Geman

Susan Rice, who might be nominated by President Obama for secretary of State, has stock holdings in the Canadian company that is seeking approval from the State Department to build the controversial Keystone XL pipeline.

Rice's holdings in TransCanada Corp., valued at between $300,000 and $600,000, are listed in a financial disclosure report for 2011 that was filed earlier this year.

The holdings open up Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, to criticism from environmentalists at a time when she’s already under fire from Republicans over her descriptions of the attack on U.S. diplomats in Benghazi, Libya.

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  November 26, 2012, 9:25 pm

Amb. Rice talks with lawmakers at Capitol about fatal Benghazi Consulate attack

By Julian Pecquet and Amie Parnes

The ambassador to the U.N. is sitting down individually with senators from both parties on Capitol Hill.

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  November 26, 2012, 6:03 pm

Reid: Senate to take up disability treaty while defense amendments are negotiated

By Ramsey Cox

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Monday that the Senate would move toward votes on a treaty protecting the rights of people with disabilities because Republicans still aren’t in agreement over amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act.

Reid said that while Republicans discuss what they want to do on the defense authorization, he intends bring up the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on Tuesday. 

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  November 19, 2012, 11:03 am

House resolution calls on Obama to reject UN arms trade treaty

By Pete Kasperowicz

The resolution argues the treaty doesn't recognize the right of Americans to keep and bear arms.


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  November 17, 2012, 1:55 pm

Clinton critic, Biden staffer among rumored replacements for Susan Rice

By Julian Pecquet

Speculation about Rice's future as U.N. ambassador intensified after President Obama defended her account of Benghazi attack. 

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