China and the U.S. are close to working out a face-saving deal that would allow Chen Guangcheng to leave China with his wife and children, a U.S.-based rights campaigner has told The Daily Telegraph. News of the potential deal came as U.S. diplomats scrambled to resolve a crisis precipitated after the blind human rights activist escaped from house arrest and reportedly sought U.S. diplomatic protection. Bob Fu, of the Texas-based group ChinaAid, which has been in contact with Mr Chen's Chinese supporters, said a deal was possible in the next 24 to 48 hours. It is hoped that the deal can be concluded before Hillary Clinton, the Secretary of State, arrives in Beijing for high-level U.S.-China strategic and economic dialogue, which begins on Thursday. "The Chinese top leaders are deliberating a faster solution and the decision could come soon," Mr Fu said. "It could mean today, tomorrow or after the dialogue but I certainly sense that both sides want to have a solution ...

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and a high-level entourage are set to arrive in Beijing Thursday for economic and security talks with China. The US custody of Chinese dissident Chen Guangchen jeopardizes that meeting, but some analysts say it's likely to proceed regardless. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton no doubt hopes the diplomatically delicate case of Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng , who escaped house arrest and then sought refuge with US authorities in Beijing , can be resolved before she and a high-level entourage including Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner arrive in the Chinese capital Thursday. Skip to next paragraph Both American and Chinese officials are tight-lipped on their deliberations over the rights advocate, whose treatment has figured prominently in official Western protests of China s human rights record. Mr. Chen, blind since childhood, is a self-taught legal authority and critic of the forced abortions he exposed through risky investigation...

Chen Guangcheng has escaped house arrest and fled to Beijing A fellow activist says Chen is now in the U.S. Embassy That creates a difficult situation for Hillary Clinton and other U.S. officials Clinton and Timothy Geithner are due to hold talks in Beijing this week (CNN) -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is set to leave for China on Monday, a trip that is likely to be fraught with diplomatic tension over the status of escaped Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, who is reportedly being sheltered at the U.S. Embassy. Chen, a blind, self-taught lawyer, evaded guards who had kept him under house arrest for more than 18 months in a small eastern village and made his way to Beijing on April 22, friends and fellow activists said last week. Once in the capital, Chen moved from one safe house to another before finding refuge at the U.S. Embassy, according to Hu Jia, a fellow activist and one of the few people to have seen Chen since he arrived in Beijing. The situation presents an extraord...

WASHINGTON Once a tense rivalry, the relationship between President Barack Obama and Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton has evolved into a genuine political and policy partnership. Both sides have a strong incentive in making the alliance work, especially in an election year. For Obama, Bill Clinton is a fundraising juggernaut, a powerful reminder to voters that a Democrat ran the White House the last time the economy was thriving. For the spotlight-loving former president, stronger ties with the White House and campaign headquarters mean he gets a hand in shaping the future of the party he led for nearly a decade. Obama's re-election campaign has put Bill Clinton on notice that he will be used as a top surrogate, further evidence of how far the two camps have come since the bitter days of the 2008 Democratic primary between Obama and Hillary Clinton, now his sec...

WASHINGTON Once a tense rivalry, the relationship between President Obama and Bill and Hillary Clinton has evolved into a genuine political and policy partnership. Both sides have a strong incentive in making the alliance work, especially in an election year. For Obama, Bill Clinton is a fundraising juggernaut, a powerful reminder to voters that a Democrat ran the White House the last time the economy was thriving. For the spotlight-loving former president, stronger ties with the White House and campaign headquarters mean he gets a hand in shaping the future of the party he led for nearly a decade. Obama's re-election campaign has put Bill Clinton on notice that he will be used as a top surrogate, further evidence of how far the two camps have come since the bitter days of the 2008 Democratic primary between Obama and Hillary Clinton, now his secretary of state. On Sunday evening in northern Virginia, the current and former president planned to make the first of three joint appear...

US President Barack Obama speaks during the White House Correspondents Association Dinner in Washington. Picture: Saul Loeb Source: AFP IT was a case of deja vu at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington DC when President Barack Obama took a swipe at Donald Trump for the second year running. "My fellow Americans, we gather during a historic anniversary. Last year, on this weekend, we finally delivered justice to one of the world's most notorious individuals," Mr Obama said to a ballroom of politicians, journalists and celebrities. But they were not shown a photo of former al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, who was killed a year ago - instead the guests roared with laughter as a picture of Mr Trump, who had previously considered a run for the nation's highest office, was screened. Ahead of the 2012 elections in November, the President reminisced about the changes that had taken place during his first term in office. "Four years ago, I...

Hillary Clinton says combat in Iraq and Afghanistan helped hone the SEAL Team Six assault on Osama bin Laden's compound one year ago. Recounting that night, the U.S. Secretary of State recalls a Special Forces officer speaking with administration officials outside a small room under the White House. "This may sound really exotic and scary to you all, but we've probably done something similar to this - helicopter in, take the target, look for who you're after, and get out of there - we have probably done it now 1,000 times," said Clinton. Walking through various scenarios Even with that experience on the ground, Clinton said President Barack Obama's advisors worked through every contingency they could think of in assessing the bin Laden raid: What if something went wrong with the helicopters, like in the failed effort to rescue hostages in Iran in 1980? When was the next moonless night? What would Pakistan do? "We did our very best to try to give the presi...

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner have no plans to cancel their trip to China because of the reported U.S. protection of a fugitive Chinese activist, according to a State Department official who spoke on condition of anonymity. Earlier this week, legal activist Chen Guangcheng escaped house arrest in Shandong province, where he had been held since his release from prison in September 2010, Midland, Texas-based ChinaAid, a U.S.-based human rights group, reported on its website . Chen, who is blind, is now under U.S. protection and talks are taking place between the U.S. and China about his status, ChinaAids founder Bob Fu said in an e-mail today, citing people close to the situation that he didnt identify. Earlier the group had said he was in a safe location in Beijing. Clinton and Geithner are due to arrive in Beijing for annual talks May 3-4. The trip wont be canceled because of Chen or because of consideration being given by the U.S....

Hillary Clinton says combat in Iraq and Afghanistan helped hone the SEAL Team Six assault on Osama bin Laden's compound one year ago. Recounting that night, the U.S. Secretary of State recalls a Special Forces officer speaking with administration officials outside a small room under the White House. "This may sound really exotic and scary to you all, but we've probably done something similar to this - helicopter in, take the target, look for who you're after, and get out of there - we have probably done it now 1,000 times," said Clinton. Walking through various scenarios Even with that experience on the ground, Clinton said President Barack Obama's advisors worked through every contingency they could think of in assessing the bin Laden raid: What if something went wrong with the helicopters, like in the failed effort to rescue hostages in Iran in 1980? When was the next moonless night? What would Pakistan do? "We did our very best to try to give the presi...

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Photo: U.S. State Department. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton this week announced a $44 million commitment with the Skoll Foundation to scale up game-changing global poverty innovations. At the Department of State's Global Impact Economy Forum, held in Washington, D.C., Clinton called for the private sector and civil society to join her in "cracking the code on removing the obstacles that limit growth." Clinton also unveiled a new initiative piloting in Brazil, called Accelerating Market-Driven Partnerships (AMP). "The AMP will draw on the resources of the private sector, civil society, and multilateral partners in both Brazil and the United States, including Arent Fox, Machado Associados, Grupo ABC, HP, the Rockefeller Foundation, the World Bank Group, and Mercy Corps," said Clinton. The pilot will bring a business eye to solving social and environmental problems in developing markets, focusing on urban areas by ...

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she wore out several pairs of pumps in the shoe-leather diplomacy that has taken her almost a million miles around the globe as the top U.S. diplomat. The results are beginning to pay off, she told admirers last night as she accepted a public service award at a dinner held by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington. Careful diplomacy persuaded the United Nations Security Council , including Russia and China , to impose crippling sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, Clinton said. Similar diplomatic efforts stopped a massacre in Libya and ousted dictator Muammar Qaddafi , she said. Without Americas high-level diplomacy, cajoling, hand- holding and arm-twisting, the coalition that protected Libyan civilians never would have come together or stayed together, Clinton said. Time and again, Clinton has pushed womens rights in dealing with crises around the globe. She criticized Egypts transitional government in Decemb...

Hillary Clinton Thursday opened the U.S. State Department's Global Impact Economy Forum with a plea for the creation of "shared value" in the global economy. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers remarks at the Conference on Connecting the Americas in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C. on April 12, 2012. UPI/Kevin Dietsch License photo WASHINGTON, April 26 (UPI) -- Hillary Clinton Thursday opened the U.S. State Department's Global Impact Economy Forum with a plea for the creation of "shared value" in the global economy. "We have an opportunity with the convergence of the recognition on the part of government, the private sector, civil society, that we can be so much more effective working together than working at cross-purposes," Clinton told the 250 high-level investors, business executives, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, academics and policymakers gathered in Washington for the event, which includes two days of ...

2012-04-26 21:15 Washington - She has been the US secretary of state, a senator and nearly became president, but Hillary Clinton joked on Thursday that she might want to try another role - space tourist. Welcoming to the state department the British tycoon Richard Branson, Clinton hailed the space tourism pioneer for being "such a strong proponent for business-as-unusual". "I'm excited he is here because many, many, many years ago, I wanted to be an astronaut and I think he may be my last chance to live out that particular dream," Clinton, 64, said to laughter from the audience. Branson in October opened the world's first-ever commercial spaceport in the New Mexico desert and hopes that his company, Virgin Galactic, will kick off a new era of space tourism with passengers paying $200 000 a ride. Branson quipped that members of the rival Republican Party had already offered to pay Clinton's way into space. "So it's all paid for, all sorted,"...

Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin asked for a meeting with Spanx creator Sara Blakely after the secretary of state spoke at the Time 100 Gala. Tuesdays event to celebrate Time Magazines 100 Most Influential People in the World issue was packed with moguls, leaders and newsmakers including Jeremy Lin , Timothy Cardinal Dolan , Twitters Jack Dorsey , Harvey Weinstein , and Rihanna but it was Blakely whom Abedin, wife of Anthony Weiner , most wanted to meet before she and Clinton left the Time Warner Center, An event organizer was dispatched to Blakelys table to ask her to come over, and the Spanx sensation was soon seen in deep conversation with Clinton. WireImage for TIME Barbara Walters, Sara Blakely and United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton A discreet Blakely, 41, the worlds youngest female self-made billionaire after founding Spanx in 2000, didnt tell us if Clinton admitted to wearing Spanx, but said, She told me she read my story in the issue and liked it. Clinton wh...

Hillary Clinton's popularity has reached new heights, according to the most recent Washington Post/ABC News poll . Clinton's currentfavorability rating is 65 percent, the highest mark that the Secretary of State has ever reached in the poll's history, according to the Washington Post . Just 27 percent of respondents to the poll had an unfavorable view of Clinton. Michelle Obama and Ann Romney are also both incredibly popular in the public's eye even more so than their husbands, according to the poll. The first lady's favorability rating stands at 69 percent, which is 13 points higher than her husbands, Politico pointed out . Michelle Obama's unfavorability rating is 24 percent, which 16 points lower than President Obama's. More from GlobalPost: Report: Media outlets favored Romney over Obama in their primary coverage Meanwhile, Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney's wife Ann Romney is favored by 40 percent of the public, 5 points above her husband's r...

4/25/2012 3:18 PM ET (RTTNews) - Speaking at TIME Magazine's 100 Most Influential People Gala in New York Tuesday evening, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton touted the importance of American leadership abroad while also taking the time to joke about the state of global diplomacy. "TIME has honored so many national and global leaders; you couldn't possibly acknowledge every one. There's many I haven't had a chance to meet yet - I was sort of hoping Kim Jong-un would show up. I don't think he's here but if you catch sight of him, let me know. We're still trying to figure out what he's all about," Clinton joked. She added, "But I do want to give a shout-out to Angela Merkel and Dilma Rousseff and Portia Miller, Christine Lagarde, who are also on this list and prove once again that you actually can run the world in heels and pantsuits." But the former New York Senator and First Lady spent half of her speech reminding the leaders present ...

Foreign Minister Bob Carr has congratulated US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on America's foreign policy in the Asia Pacific. Senator Carr is in Washington this week to meet with officials from the Obama administration, as well as senior American politicians. He met with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday. Discussions included the transition in Afghanistan, North Korea and political reforms in Burma. Senator Carr said he did not need to explain Australia's intention to bring forward its withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, as outlined by Prime Minister Julia Gillard last week. 'She (Hillary Clinton) had read the prime minister's speech and she was happy with it,' he said. The US was encouraged by signs of nation building in Afghanistan, Senator Carr added. He believed all key policy makers in Washington were committed to America refocusing its strategic attention on the Asia Pacific. 'American policy makers are aware this is a historic reb...

WASHINGTON: A US lawmaker has asked the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton , to reconsider the government's decision against issuing a diplomatic visa to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi , drawing strong reactions from the Indian American Muslim community here. Congressman Joe Walsh , a right wing conservative Republican and a tea party favourite has written a letter to Clinton, requesting her to consider granting a diplomatic visa to Modi. The letter attracted strong reaction from the Indian American Muslim community who yesterday demanded that the State Department should not change its 2005 policy on Modi's visa. Clinton is yet to respond to the letter, which was written by Congressman Walsh more than a fortnight ago, but sources in the State Department said there has been no change in its policy with regard to Modi's visa and would not change till the matter is sub-judice. Taking a strong objection to the effort of Walsh, the Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) ...

Foreign Minister Bob Carr has congratulated US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on America's foreign policy in the Asia Pacific. Senator Carr is in Washington this week to meet with officials from the Obama administration, as well as senior American politicians. He met with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday. Discussions included the transition in Afghanistan, North Korea and political reforms in Burma. Senator Carr said he did not need to explain Australia's intention to bring forward its withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, as outlined by Prime Minister Julia Gillard last week. 'She (Hillary Clinton) had read the prime minister's speech and she was happy with it,' he said. The US was encouraged by signs of nation building in Afghanistan, Senator Carr added. He believed all key policy makers in Washington were committed to America refocusing its strategic attention on the Asia Pacific. 'American policy makers are aware this is a historic reb...

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton admits to making mistakes, a concern she said often stops U.S. officials from becoming more involved in world affairs because they are too afraid of error. We have to be more willing to take some risk. We cant sit around and wait 48 hours to respond to a story that is breaking, said Clinton during her Monday visit to campus. Clinton encouraged Syracuse University students to make mistakes rather than do nothing during America and the World, a conversation with James Steinberg, dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Steinberg served as deputy secretary of state to Clinton before coming to Maxwell in July 2011. Hundreds of hopeful attendees waited hours in a line that stretched across the Quad for the chance to see Clinton. Doors opened at 9:45 a.m. for the noon event at Hendricks Chapel, but by 10 a.m., students were already being turned away. The event was live-streamed on Maxwells website. Clinton spoke on foreign policy a...

This section displays the last 50 news articles that were published. During a talk at Syracuse University Monday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discussed foreign policy but also stressed the importance of public service. And that, our Kat De Maria tells us, led those listening to think about her political future. To view our videos, you need to enable JavaScript. Learn how . install Adobe Flash 9 or above. Install now . Then come back here and refresh the page. SYRACUSE, N.Y.--"Hillary Clinton is such a dynamo. And who wouldn't want to be in her presence when she's here in Syracuse," said Donna Kassman, who lives in the city. Hundreds of students, faculty and community members stood for hours in the cold rain Monday for a chance to be near the Secretary of State. "She's a woman in a position that's a very powerful position. And it's very inspiring as a woman who's going into hopefully the federal service or state service, you know, really w...

"Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials have also had regular discussions with US officials in Washington and London. "The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs ... (Mr Hague), has discussed the case with the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton." Last week, the Foreign Affairs Select Committee also asked Mr Hague questions about Mr Heywood's profession and whether he had supplied information to the British Consulate or Embassy. State media reports in China have suggested that investigations by authorities there indicate Mr Heywood was a victim of homicide. He was a friend of the family of Bo Xilai, a former rising star in Chinese politics who served as local party chief in Chongqing but was suspended from the Politburo in April amid allegations of "serious discipline violations". Chinese authorities initially said Mr Heywood's death was down to alcohol overconsumption but Mr Hague admitted last week that Foreign Office staff were ...

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is planning a visit to Syracuse University at noon today. Clinton will talk about foreign policy in her America and the World speech at Hendricks Chapel on Monday. She also is expected to take some questions from students. A group of students unhappy with U.S. policies in Syria and the Middle East plan a protest outside the chapel.

J. Scott Applewhite / AP Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton calls North Korea's agreement to suspend nuclear activities and accept a moratorium on testing "a modest step" in the right direction, as she testifies in February before the House State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs subcommittee on Capitol Hill. Washington -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clintons foreign policy talk at Syracuse University will be open to the public Monday, with no tickets or reservations required. SU officials said today that seats in Hendricks Chapel will be available free, on a first-come basis, with the doors opening at 9:45 a.m. The chapel can hold about 1,100 people. Those attending Clintons policy conversation, America and the World, must be seated by 11:15 a.m., when the doors will be closed, according to SU organizers. Clintons discussion will begin at noon with James Steinberg, dean of SUs Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Steinberg is Clintons f...

Despite photos showing U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton drinking and dancing in Colombia, Madeleine Albright -- the first female Secretary of State -- said the job is no party. I dont know whether youd call what shes doing fun, Albright told Politico . "The truth is that you would never believe this -- the things that one does as secretary state," Albright said. "I sang at meetings at the ASEAN regional forum, or played musical instruments. ... And we all have our own definition of fun." Clinton accompanied Obama to Colombia for the Summit of the Americas . During his visit, Obama put major focus on the economy, the top issue for voters ahead of the 2012 presidential election. Clinton's night out at the Cafe Havana wasn't the only event making headlines from Colombia. A prosti tution scandal involving Secret Service members overshadowed Obama's visit, with several employees resigning in the week that fo...

J. Scott Applewhite / AP Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton calls North Korea's agreement to suspend nuclear activities and accept a moratorium on testing "a modest step" in the right direction, as she testifies in February before the House State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs subcommittee on Capitol Hill. Washington -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clintons foreign policy talk at Syracuse University will be open to the public Monday, with no tickets or reservations required. SU officials said today that seats in Hendricks Chapel will be available free, on a first-come basis, with the doors opening at 9:45 a.m. The chapel can hold about 1,100 people. Those attending Clintons policy conversation, America and the World, must be seated by 11:15 a.m., when the doors will be closed, according to SU organizers. Clintons discussion will begin at noon with James Steinberg, dean of SUs Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Steinberg is Clintons f...

On Wednesday night, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sat down with CNNs Wolf Blitzer to talk about the various threats that face the United States across the globe .. and whether she is going to replace Vice President Joe Biden on the national ticket in 2012. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) gestures as she meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (unseen) at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels in Brussels on April 19, 2012. JACQUELYN MARTIN/AFP/Getty Images Heres the exchange: BLITZER: If the president of the United States says, Madame Secretary I need you on the ticket this year in order to beat Romney, are you ready to run as his vice presidential running mate? CLINTON: That is not going to happen. Thats like saying if the Olympic Committee called you up and said, Are you ready to run the marathon would you accept. Well, it is not going to happen. So, youre telling me theres a chance ?! There is no rumor more impossible to knock down than the idea that President ...