by talking about how the only church destroyed in the 9/11 attacks at the World Trade Center was Greek Orthodox . Work is continuing to replace the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church . The archbishop posed for pictures with Pence , his wife Karen and daughter Charlotte before the meeting was closed .
The Israeli government is to hold its first ever cabinet meetingcontact.discussion.meetat a location on the Golan Heights on Sunday , in an effort to underline Israel ’s determination never to relinquish the strategic ridge despite anticipated international pressure to do so . According to a Channel 2 report on Friday evening , the first clause of a draft agreement aimed at settling the brutal civil war in Syria , being worked on with the support of the US , Russia and other major world powers , specifies that the Heights , captured by Israel from Syria in the 1967 war , is Syrian territory and must be returned to Syria . Israel extended its law to the Heights in 1981 , and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly furious that the international community is deliberating the notion of Israel giving up the area .
American officials estimate that , with an influx of men from Iraq , Syria and Tunisia , the Islamic State ’s forces in the country have swelled to as many as 6,500 fighters , allowing the group to capture a 150-mile stretch of coastline over the past year . It has mounted attacks on the oil facilities that account for most of Libya ’s wealth . “ The last thing in the world you want is a false caliphate with access to billions of dollars of oil revenue , ” Mr. Kerry warned at a meetingcontact.collaborate.meetof the 23-nation coalition against the Islamic State on Feb. 2 in Rome . For weeks , American and allied Western officials have mulled a possible air campaign against the Islamic State in Libya , particularly around its de facto headquarters in Surt . Libyan officials and news media outlets have reported the presence of American , French , British and Italian special forces units in the country in recent weeks , ostensibly on reconnaissance missions and to liaise with local militias .
NYT , got a tape ? — David Corn ( @DavidCornDC ) July 21 , 2016 The Times ’ reporter in the meetingcontact.discussion.correspondencewith Trump , Maggie Haberman , stood by her report : @DavidCornDC he was n’t in the interview and unlikely he had time to catch up to it before convention program began . Transcript soon .
NATO Secretary - General Jens Stoltenberg briefs the media during a NATO defence ministers meetingcontact.collaborate.meetat the Alliance headquarters in Brussels , Belgium , June 14 , 2016 . REUTERS / Francois Lenoir BRUSSELS Britain , Germany and the United States advanced plans on Tuesday to spearhead a new NATO force on Russia 's border from next year , and Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered snap checks on combat readiness across his armed forces .
" If the American side does not take the necessary measures to carry out its obligations ... a breakdown of the ceasefire will be on the United States . " Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Syrian rebels Saturday of using the ceasefire to regroup , as diplomatic tensions between Moscow and Washington simmered over a lack of humanitarian aid access . Fresh shelling and clashes were reported overnight in some areas of the war - torn country , but the US - Russia brokered truce which took effect on Monday appeared to be largely holding . In New York , the UN Security Council cancelled an urgent meetingcontact.collaborate.meetthat had been called to discuss whether to endorse the ceasefire , billed as the " last chance " to end the five - year war that has killed 300,000 people . The closed - door consultations were scrapped after Moscow and Washington failed to agree over disclosing details of the ceasefire to the council . Putin , a key ally of Syrian President Bashar al - Assad , said he remained " positive " about the truce but lashed out at rebels .
( CNN ) The White House moved to tamp down suggestions that ties with Saudi Arabia are fraying , with administration officials saying that President Barack Obama " really cleared the air " with King Salman at a meeting Wednesday . Yet even as White House officials stressed that the leaders made progress , a prominent member of the Saudi royal family told CNN " a recalibration " of the U.S.-Saudi relationship was needed amid regional upheaval , dropping oil prices and ongoing strains between the two longtime allies . Obama landed in Riyadh earlier Wednesday for a summit with Gulf leaders and spent two - and - a - half hours meetingcontact.collaborate.meetwith the 80-year - old monarch on issues that have recently strained the alliance , including the conflict in Yemen , the role of Iran , Lebanon 's instability and the fight against ISIS , U.S. officials said . Statements after the meeting made clear that deep differences remain on several of these points , with the two sides agreeing to disagree and a U.S. official characterizing the encounter as the start of a discussion rather than a venue for solutions . But the two leaders glossed over some of the thorniest matters , including a Saudi threat to dump U.S. assets if Obama signs into law a bill that could make the kingdom liable for damages stemming from the September 11 terror attacks .
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry ( R ) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov walk into their meeting room in Geneva , Switzerland , to discuss the crisis in Syria , September 9 , 2016 . REUTERS / Kevin Lamarque U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry ( R ) , U.N. Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura ( C ) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov ( L ) arrive for a press conference following their meetingcontact.collaborate.meetin Geneva , Switzerland where they discussed the crisis in Syria September 9 , 2016 . REUTERS / Kevin Lamarque U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov look toward one another during a press conference following their meeting in Geneva , Switzerland where they discussed the crisis in Syria September 9 , 2016 .
" I always want to make sure if I 'm having a meeting that it 's productive and we 're getting something done , " Obama said during a news conference . " If and when we have a meeting , this is something that is going to be brought up , " Obama said , referring to the Philippines ' controversial record of combating drug crime since Duterte took office earlier this year . Later , on Monday afternoon , the White House announced the meetingcontact.discussion.meetwas canceled . The Philippines war on drugs Since Duterte was elected , more than 1,900 people have died , including at least 700 in police operations that were part of the President 's hard - line war on drugs .
The “ first step ” would be getting vital humanitarian aid and medicine to Aleppo ” . On Saturday Russia vetoed a motion put to the UN Security Council by France which called for an immediate end to the bombing campaign . A rival motion proposed by Russia was also rejected at the meetingcontact.collaborate.nacalling for a fresh ceasefire but did not explicitly mention the bombing . Russia ’s UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin said the vote was “ a waste of time ” as the Security Council met knowing neither resolution would pass .
More than 200 House GOP members showed up at the Capitol Hill Club . Republican senators emerge from a back alley behind a gas station after meeting with @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/qAhXhVdR76 — Niels Lesniewski ( @nielslesniewski ) July 7 , 2016 -- As Trump wrapped up with House members , he urged them to go tell reporters that the meetingcontact.collaborate.meethad gone great . “ It would great if you could say we had an unbelievable meeting . ‘ Trump loves us .
60:01 President Trump announces new Cuba policy ( full speech ) Pause 1:11 Rubio : Cuba will be free ' in 6 months or 6 years ' 3:12 Rubio presses Attorney General Sessions about Comey - Trump Oval Office meetingcontact.discussion.meet2:33 Sen. John McCain asks Comey disjointed set of questions at intel hearing 0:43 Rubio presses Comey on not going public that Trump was n't under investigation
While secretary of state , Mrs. Clinton asked Russia 's state - owned airline Rosavia to buy Boeing planes Boeing won the multibillion - dollar contract , and then made a $ 900,000 donation to a Clinton Foundation program rebuilding schools in Haiti A conservative activist challenged Boeing 's CEO during a shareholder meetingcontact.collaborate.meet, saying the move could open the company to prosecution The apparent conflict - of - interest is a black eye for Mrs. Clinton as she prepares to enter the 2016 presidential race During a Boeing shareholder meeting on Monday , a conservative activist accused the aircraft company 's CEO of buying then - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton 's ' commercial advocacy ' in Russia by making a $ 900,000 donation to the Clinton Foundation .
MOSCOW ( AP ) — The foreign ministers of China and Russia are opposing the possible deployment of an advanced American missile - defense system in South Korea . Amid escalating tensions over North Korea 's nuclear arsenal , Washington and Seoul last week began formal talks on deploying the sophisticated THAAD system . Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told a news conference Friday after meetingcontact.collaborate.nawith Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov that putting the system in South Korea would " inflict direct harm to the strategic security interests of China and Russia . " Lavrov said deploying the system would be an overreaction . " The plans , which the U.S. has been nursing together with the Republic of Korea , exceed any conceivable threats that may come from North Korea , even taking Pyongyang 's current actions into account , " he said .
Hide Caption 32 of 43 Photos : Hillary Clinton 's life in the spotlight Clinton ducks after a woman threw a shoe at her while she was delivering remarks at a recycling trade conference in Las Vegas in 2014 . Hide Caption 33 of 43 Photos : Hillary Clinton 's life in the spotlight Clinton , now running for President again , performs with Jimmy Fallon during a " Tonight Show " skit in September 2015 . Hide Caption 34 of 43 Photos : Hillary Clinton 's life in the spotlight Clinton testifies about the Benghazi attack during a House committee meetingcontact.collaborate.meetin October 2015 . " I would imagine I have thought more about what happened than all of you put together , " she said during the 11-hour hearing . " I have lost more sleep than all of you put together .
Trump ’s meeting with The Post was on the record . An audio recording was shared by the editorial board , and a full transcript will be posted later Monday . Trump was accompanied to the meetingcontact.collaborate.na, which took place at The Post 's new headquarters , by his campaign manager , Corey Lewandowski , and spokeswoman , Hope Hicks . 1 of 11 Full Screen Autoplay Close Skip Ad × Donald Trump tours official Washington View Photos On a whirlwind day of appearances across the nation ’s capital that culminated with a high - profile address on U.S.-Israel relations , the Republican presidential front - runner was noticeably measured . Caption On a whirlwind day of appearances across the nation ’s capital that culminated with a high - profile address on U.S.-Israel relations , the Republican presidential front - runner was noticeably measured .
The Nato meeting with the two envoys also discussed Moscow ’s annexation of Ukraine ’s Crimea region two years ago and its continued support for separatist rebels in the east of the country . Nato Secretary - General Jens Stoltenberg said members rejected Mr Grushko ’s account of events that led to the conflict , which has seen around 9,000 people die since 2014 . Mr Stoltenberg said : “ In the meetingcontact.collaborate.meet, it was re - confirmed that we disagree on the facts , on the narrative and the responsibilities in and around Ukraine . “ Many allies disagree when Russia tries to portray this as a civil war . “ This is Russia destabilizing eastern Ukraine , providing support for the separatists , munitions , funding , equipment and also command and control . ”
She was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in commentary in 2016 and 2001 , and in 2008 she was awarded the Edward Weintal prize for international reporting . In 2010 she won the Arthur Ross award for international commentary from the Academy of American Diplomacy . Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at a town hall meetingcontact.discussion.correspondencewith members of the Hispanic community the morning after his first debate with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Sept. 27 , 2016 , at Miami Dade College in Miami . Even Trump supporters are bemoaning the fact that the Donald refused to prep sufficiently for the first presidential debate . But his lapse was more than a display intellectual laziness .
‘ ‘ It ’s not that I ca n’t be fooled , but I ’m not fooled often . ’’ Clinton took an instant liking to Keane , too . ‘ ‘ She loves that Irish gruff thing , ’’ says one of her Senate aides , Kris Balderston , who was in the room that day . When Keane got up after 45 minutes to leave for a meetingcontact.collaborate.meetback at the Pentagon with a Polish general , she protested that she was n’t finished yet and asked for another appointment . ‘ ‘ I said , ‘ OK , but it took me three months to get this one,’ ’’ Keane told her dryly . Clinton exploded into a raucous laugh .
Sanctions against Russia should be lifted as soon as possible , France ’s Minister of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday following a meetingcontact.discussion.nawith his Russian counterpart , while insisting that implementation of the Minsk agreements still remain key to the process . “ Sanctions is not a goal in and of itself , ” Jean - Marc Ayrault said in Paris , adding that his country looks forward to scrapping the restrictive measures against Moscow . Read more
And the fact that he invades Crimea or is trying to prop up Assad does n’t suddenly make him a player . You do n’t see him in any of these meetings out here helping to shape the agenda . For that matter , there ’s not a G20 meetingcontact.discussion.nawhere the Russians set the agenda around any of the issues that are important . ” Russia ’s invasion of Crimea in early 2014 , and its decision to use force to buttress the rule of its client Bashar al - Assad , have been cited by Obama ’s critics as proof that the post - red - line world no longer fears America . So when I talked with the president in the Oval Office in late January , I again raised this question of deterrent credibility . “ The argument is made , ” I said , “ that Vladimir Putin watched you in Syria and thought , He ’s too logical , he ’s too rational , he ’s too into retrenchment .
In private encounters with other world leaders , Obama has argued that there will be no comprehensive solution to Islamist terrorism until Islam reconciles itself to modernity and undergoes some of the reforms that have changed Christianity . Though he has argued , controversially , that the Middle East ’s conflicts “ date back millennia , ” he also believes that the intensified Muslim fury of recent years was encouraged by countries considered friends of the U.S. In a meetingcontact.discussion.naduring apec with Malcolm Turnbull , the new prime minister of Australia , Obama described how he has watched Indonesia gradually move from a relaxed , syncretistic Islam to a more fundamentalist , unforgiving interpretation ; large numbers of Indonesian women , he observed , have now adopted the hijab , the Muslim head covering . Why , Turnbull asked , was this happening ? Because , Obama answered , the Saudis and other Gulf Arabs have funneled money , and large numbers of imams and teachers , into the country .
“ Rep. Knight has several important commitments in the district that week and will not be attending , ” Rep. Steve Knight ’s ( Calif. ) office said in an email . “ He will be working hard in his own Congressional District , touring businesses and meetingcontact.discussion.meetwith voters throughout the Central Valley , ” Rep. David Valadao ’s ( Calif. ) spokeswoman said . Rep. David Jolly ( Fla. ) also said he plans to work in his district , which is currently rated as leaning Democratic , instead of going to the convention . He told The Hill that he offered his convention credentials to local party officials , but so far there have n’t been any takers .
He added : " I mentioned the word Jewish and that was what was terribly wrong . But I 'm not one of the racist members of this republic . " Last month , President Obama cancelled a planned first meetingcontact.discussion.meetwith Duterte on the sidelines of an Asian summit in Laos . It was after the Filipino leader blurted " son of a bitch " in a warning to the US leader not to lecture him on how he handles his country 's drug problem . Mr Duterte later expressed regrets over his remarks .
Obama held separate talks with President Xi Jinping of China , the closest North Korea has to an ally , and said they both wanted to see " full implementation " of the latest United Nations sanctions against Pyongyang . But Xi offered no sign that Beijing was prepared to go beyond its consent to the Security Council measures imposed in early March . “ We are united in our efforts to deter and defend against North Korean provocations , ” Obama told reporters after the U.S.-Japan - South Korea meetingcontact.collaborate.meet. " We have to work together to meet this challenge . " Relations between Park and Abe have been frosty in the past , but the two have been brought together in recent months by shared concerns about North Korea , which conducted a fourth nuclear bomb test on Jan. 6 and launched a long - range rocket into space in February .
French President Francois Hollande expressed extreme revulsion at Donald Trump ’s “ excesses ” in the U.S. presidential campaign and warned against the authoritarian tone adopted by the Republican nominee and billionaire reality - television celebrity . “ In the U.S. , one of the world ’s great democracies , maybe the greatest democracy , where democracy was born , before the French one , we see some excesses that are sickening , ” Hollande said in Paris during the annual meetingcontact.collaborate.meetwith the presidential press . Particularly , Hollande added , when Trump “ speaks ill of a soldier , of the memory of a soldier , ” an allusion to his feud with the parents of Capt . Humayun Khan , a Muslim - American soldier killed in Iraq in 2004 .
In a cable to his subordinates throughout the province , Brigadier General Jameh explained that the protests in Syria were influenced by “ some Arab countries witnessing youth revolutions calling for change , democracy , freedoms , and reforms aimed at creating job opportunities for young men , improving living standards , and fighting corruption . ” But by the end of the month the provincial security chiefs had adopted the language of conspiracy which emanated from Damascus . Hours after Assad gave his televised speech at the parliament building , on March 30th , the members of the Deir Ezzor security committee agreed to consider it “ a reference and a pillar in our work , ” and most of the group ’s future discussions were infused with anxiety over treachery , sedition , foreign infiltration , and “ the Zionist American project . ” Hamada and his friends were excited by the prospect of revolution , and every Wednesday they began meetingcontact.discussion.nainside the neighborhood mosque , the Othman bin Affan , to organize protests that would take place after Friday prayers . “ It was a logistical issue , ” he told me . “ Everyone went to the mosque on a Friday , everyone came out . ” He laughed , and added , “ If we could have come out of churches , we would have come out of churches ! ”
Take , for example , this Washington Post column on the Republican Party ’s national platform , which Team Trump largely ignored – except for the part about Russia . The Trump campaign worked behind the scenes last week to make sure the new Republican platform wo n’t call for giving weapons to Ukraine to fight Russian and rebel forces , contradicting the view of almost all Republican foreign policy leaders in Washington . [ … ] Republican delegates at last week ’s national security committee platform meetingcontact.collaborate.meetin Cleveland were surprised when the Trump campaign orchestrated a set of events to make sure that the GOP would not pledge to give Ukraine the weapons it has been asking for from the United States . These details have not been independently confirmed by NBC News , though the New Yorker ’s Ryan Lizza , reporting today from the Republican convention , said he ’d spoken to a GOP congressman who believes the “ most under - covered story of convention ” is Team Trump ’s efforts to change the party platform “ to be more pro - Putin . ” In his much - discussed convention speech last night , New Jersey Gov.
But they ’ve always insisted that there ’s no connection between helping the foundation financially and the decisions the Clintons make in their governmental positions . Additionally , as Vox 's Yglesias has argued , it ’s hard to believe that many of the donors would n’t have been able to meet with Clinton absent the foundation . The crown prince of Bahrain , for instance , was a donor — but should n’t the secretary of state be meetingcontact.discussion.correspondencewith foreign leaders anyway ? She also met with a Nobel Prize – winning economist who also happened to be a Clinton Foundation donor , someone whose advice she might have sought in any case . Here , too , we run into the problem that what Clinton did appears largely within the norm for most politicians .
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends a joint news conference with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin ( not pictured ) following their meetingcontact.discussion.nain Istanbul , Turkey , October 10 , 2016 . REUTERS / Osman Orsal ANKARA President Tayyip Erdogan warned Iraq 's prime minister he should " know his limits " after he criticized Turkey 's military presence there and said the Turkish army , shaken by a failed coup bid , had not lost so much standing as to take orders from him .
The consensus requirement only produces warm water . And that does not put the GAC [ ICANN 's Governmental Advisory Committee ] on the same footing as the other committees of ICANN . " At the heart of the concerns are last - minute compromises reached at ICANN 's meetingcontact.discussion.nain Marrakesh earlier this month regarding how much influence governments should collectively have over ICANN 's decision - making process . One of the main conditions that the US government put on the transition of the critical contract to run IANA was that its role would not be replaced with " a government - led or intergovernmental organization . " Some governments feel that pre - condition led to the internet community unduly restricting the role of governments as a group and , by extension , giving too much power to " GAFA " – Google , Apple , Facebook and Amazon .
Echoing Erdogan ’s criticism of the West , Prime Minister Binali Yildirim on Tuesday repeated a pledge to bring Gulen back to Turkey . “ That terrorist leader will come to Turkey and pay for what he did . We will hold him accountable for the blood of our martyrs and veterans , ” Yildirim told a meetingcontact.discussion.correspondenceof his ruling Islamist - rooted AK Party in parliament . “ That religious , impudent , lying , bloody murdering nothing will be surely held accountable . ” NATO member Turkey hosts American troops and warplanes at its Incirlik Air Base , an important staging area for the U.S.-led fight against Islamic State militants in neighboring Iraq and Syria .
" Cocaine or heroin , we know what the purpose is , " said Allan Lai , an officer - in - charge at the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Calgary , who is helping oversee the criminal investigation . " With respect to carfentanil , we do n't know why a substance of that potency is coming into our country . " In August and September , high - level delegations of Chinese and U.S. drug enforcement authorities met to discuss joint efforts on synthetic opioids , but neither meetingcontact.collaborate.naproduced any substantive announcement on carfentanil . Nonetheless , some Chinese vendors are already bracing for a new wave of controls . In an email , Wonder Synthesis wrote , " If you need any chems , just hurry to buy . "