Press secretary Jay Carney said Romney's comments about the poor prospects for peace were the "wrong approach."

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) took a dig at the Obama administration's “reset” policy with Russia on Tuesday after the Kremlin opted to eject the U.S. Agency for International Development out of the country.

“The Russian government’s decision to end all USAID activities in the country is an insult to the United States and a finger in the eye of the Obama administration, which has consistently trumpeted the alleged success of its so-called ‘reset’ policy toward Moscow,” McCain said in a statement. 

The Kremlin's decision follows longtime criticism by President Vladimir Putin of U.S. efforts to foster democracy and human rights in Russia. This summer he signed into law legislation requiring foreign-funded nonprofit organizations engaged in election monitoring and other political activities to register as “foreign agents.”

Burmese opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi kicked off her first official visit to the United States on Tuesday by reassuring China that her country's tightening ties with the United States doesn't signal a rupture with its giant neighbor.

China was the Burmese military regime's closest ally for several decades, and is worried that Burma's rapid democratization and improving ties with the U.S. and other western powers could undermine its influence as the Obama administration proceeds with its strategy of “rebalancing” toward Asia. Suu Kyi is visiting several U.S states over the next two weeks, starting with a busy schedule in the nation's capital, where she will receive the congressional Gold Medal on Wednesday.

“We can use our new situation to strengthen relations with all three countries,” Suu Kyi said in remarks at the U.S. Institute of Peace. 

The grandson of former president Jimmy Carter told NBC News that he was motivated by Republican attacks on his grandfather's foreign policy record to help leak a secretly recorded video that has become Mitt Romney's latest headache.

James Carter IV, who is 35 and unemployed, said he helped persuade the person who filmed the May 17 fundraiser in Boca Raton, Fla., to leak the video to the press. Carter described himself as a “partisan Democrat” devoted to getting president Obama reelected, but he also told NBC that he had a personal stake in going after Romney. 

Carter acted as a liaison between the person who shot the video and the liberal magazine Mother Jones, which has posted the most extensive clips from the Romney event. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin has blamed the U.S. for inciting street protests over flawed parliamentary elections.

Egypt's general prosecutor on Tuesday issued arrest warrants for Florida Pastor Terry Jones and filmmaker Nakoula Bassely Nakoula, among others.

The North African branch of al Qaeda has called for attacks on U.S. diplomats as well as for increasing protests against the controversial YouTube video “Innocence of Muslims,” The Associated Press reports.

In its statement, the group called on Muslims to pull down flags at embassies, as well as kill or expel American diplomats in order to “purge our land of their filth in revenge for the honor of the Prophet.”

The statement also praised the killing of Ambassador Christopher Stevens in Benghazi, Libya.

In addition, the group threatened attacks in several North African states, including Tunisia, Morocco, Mauritania and Algeria, and charged the United States with "lying to Muslims for more than 10 years, saying its war was against terrorism and not Islam."

The group in North Africa is not the only al Qaeda branch in the Middle East to call for more attacks. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, allegedly the most active al Qaeda branch, has also called for more attacks.

The calls for more violence and protests come after a rash of attacks on U.S. embassies and consulates in Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Tunisia and Indonesia. There have been protests outside several other embassies, including the U.S. Embassy in London. As a result, the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, has taken the precaution of burning classified material, The Hill reported on Monday.

The GOP candidate dismissed the likelihood of a two-state solution in a secretly recorded address from a fundraising dinner.

Your morning global affairs speed-read

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Attorney General Eric Holder and other U.S. officials are scheduled to meet with top officials from President Felipe Calderon's Cabinet today as the United States shifts its focus from military aid to combat drug dealers to beefing up Mexico's judicial system. [The Wall Street Journal]

Aid on hold: The anti-American protests that have rocked the Middle East have stalled plans for a $1 billion debt relief plan to Egypt, The Washington Post reports. Egypt owes the United States about $3 billion.

Visit by a lady: Clinton delivers introductory remarks at an event honoring Burmese human rights leader Aung San Suu Kyi at the U.S. Institute of Peace today. The 12:30 event, which will be streamed live here, is the first of several appearances by the Burmese lawmaker, who is in Washington this week to accept the congressional Gold Medal.