Democrat and Republican bigwigs, Hillary Clinton and Bobby Jindal, have both ruled out running for United States president in 2012. While the secretary of state said that she was all too content in her current job, the Indian American made it clear that his only political aspiration now is re-election as Louisiana governor.
He said Trump is 'temperamentally unfit to be the Commander-in-Chief' and he lacks basic understanding of the world.
United States presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has launched an aggressive campaign questioning her opponent Barack Obama's credentials on ending the war in Iraq. She said that Obama only talks, but would not end the war, while Republican candidate John McCain would only continue the war. "One candidate is ready, willing and able to end the war and to rebuild our military, while honouring our soldiers and veterans," she said speaking of herself.
With US counting its votes, here's a look at how Americans are reacting to the news.
In New Delhi, everybody says that United States' Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to India is crucial and it might turn out to be a historic one also. "Clinton's visit is crucial and historic," said a senior officer of the Prime Minister's Office, while talking to the media on the way back from the G-8 summit in Italy. But there are too many hot issues on the table that don't have an easy solution. India is under pressure on the issue of climate change.
Americans are united by their shared vision for the future of the country, Vice President Kamala Harris said on Monday, making a surprise appearance on the opening day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
"I was on the way to winning until the combination of Jim Comey's (sic) letter on October 28th and Russian WikiLeaks raised doubts in the minds of people," she said.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said Tel Aviv will have a new accord with Washington to temporarily freeze construction in West Bank, even as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that the bonds between the two countries are "steadfast".
Why did NaMo skip the celebrations?
This would make him the highest-ranking Indian American ever in the US Department of State. Over a month ago, Verma was appointed as one of the leads of the Agency Review Team overseeing the US Department of Defence for President-elect Barack Obama's Transition.
After her meeting with External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, US Secretary of State said that Indo-US strategic partnership can be upped beyond 3.0 level that she had envisaged. Aziz Haniffa reports
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders tangled in their first one-on-one debate over how to achieve liberal goals such as health care for all and a better education system.
This comes after a week-long speculation that business and charity ties of Hillary's husband and former US President Bill Clinton might preclude her from the position, because of a potential conflict of interest.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has once again courted controversy as it released heavily redacted files from its 2001 investigation of President Bill Clinton's pardon of fugitive financier Marc Rich, just one week from election day.
CBS said Trump leads among white men, whites without a college degree, and seniors.
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday said Pakistan has not done as much as the US and India wanted it to do to fight terrorism.
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that by staying at the Taj Hotel in Mumbai, targeted during 26/11 attacks, she wanted to send the message that the US and India will work together to "stamp out" terrorism and are "not giving in" to terrorists.
An American gun store owner has put up a controversial sign and published an advertisement in a daily refusing to sell arms to Muslims and Hillary Clinton backers, saying "we do not feel safe selling to terrorists".
Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton who is opposed to outsourcing has said that America should create jobs that cannot be exported to foreign countries, including India and China. Banking on her Rebuild American plan, she is confident of creating over 3 million jobs, mostly in the construction sector, over the next decade. She also wants to create a $50 billion strategic energy fund to invest in alternative energy, green energy.
Writing a letter to United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton against granting a visa to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi when he has neither applied nor has any intention to do so is an attempt by US lawmakers to interfere in India's democratic election process, Overseas Friends of the Bharatiya Janata Party-USA has alleged.
The report by the state department's independent inspector general cited "longstanding, systemic weaknesses" in how Clinton and four of her predecessors managed the security of their emails.
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday asked Pakistan to face up to the gravity of threat posed by nuclear weapon-armed terrorist groups in its midst, as it urged the country to join the nuclear non-proliferation process."The Al Qaeda and their extremist allies are always on the hunt for nuclear material and it doesn't take a lot to create a very damaging explosion with extraordinary political ramifications.
The United States has said enhancing economic ties with India will create thousands of jobs for Americans, as against the general impression about the US jobs being outsourced to the South Asian country.
The United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday vowed that the United States would not rest until it probes the attack on its consulate in Benghazi and tracks down those who killed "our people", but cautioned against jumping to any conclusion.
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be provided the 'the highest level of security' when she arrives in New Delhi on Sunday for a two-day visit. Meanwhile, Hotel Taj Palace and Tower in south Mumbai, which bore the brunt of November 26 terror attacks, has been turned into a fortress for the stay of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who will be arriving here on Friday night.
The book 'Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign' reveals how in a flurry of calls the White House urged Clinton to concede defeat.
As India goes ahead with its plan to modernise the armed forces, US has pitched for India to buy defense equipments from American companies. "We think we have the finest military hardware in the world, and if India is upgrading its defense capabilities, they should buy American," State Department spokesman, P J Crowley told reporters.
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to New Delhi last week was to prepare ground for the next US-India Strategic Dialogue to be held in Washington, says Alok Bansal
A majority of Democrats would like to see Hillary Clinton nominated as the party's candidate for next president if the choice comes down between her and African-American Illinois Senator Barack Obama, a new poll shows.
In a setback to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, a group of 25 American lawmakers have urged the United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to continue denying visa to the Bharatiya Janata Party leader, stating that his government has not adequately pursued justice of the 2002 riot victims.
Tim Murtaugh, Trump 2020 communications director, in a statement said now it is known that Hillary Clinton hatched a plan to divert attention away from her use of a private email server by falsely tying then-candidate Donald Trump to Russia.
Robert O Blake, the new Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, making his debut before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Thursday, said Secretary of State Hillary's Clinton's trip to India next month will be a tangible manifestation of the Obama Administration's commitment to take the Indo-US relationship to the next level.
The United States has underlined the need for China to address Washington's concerns on human rights violations in the country, ahead of a key visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao, when the issue is expected to come up for discussions. The United States would continue to voice its concerns on human rights violations in China, said Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, days ahead of Hu's visit. She said the US will remain concerned.
United States presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Monday got support from unexpected quarters when Bihar chief minister and senior Janata Dal-United leader Nitish Kumar said that, if invited, he would send party leaders to campaign for her among the Indian community in the United States.
Hillary is accused of having made "false and defamatory statements negligently, recklessly and purposefully and/or intentionally with malice" in her public comments, including those about the connection between the attack and an anti-Muslim YouTube video.
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday, that US and India can jointly fight the menaces of hunger and malnutrition. She was addressing mediapersons after her visit to the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. She was told about the research work that was being carried out by the scientist in various spheres of agriculture.
The United States senate on Tuesday approved Democratic Senator John Kerry as the next secretary of state, who is set to replace Hillary Clinton.
The Republican billionaire's allegations came as steps are being taken towards recounting of votes in the swing state of Wisconsin, which Trump won.
Elements in the Pakistan government, particularly its intelligence establishment, know where al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is hiding inside the country, the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has said, declaring America will not be satisfied till it gets the world's most wanted fugitive.
Clinton has blamed her presidential election loss on the "unprecedented" events of Russian cyber hacking and the Federal Bureau of Investigation's probe into her use of her personal e-mail server.
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