Michele Kelemen
Michele Kelemen has been with NPR for two decades, starting as NPR's Moscow bureau chief and now covering the State Department and Washington's diplomatic corps. Her reports can be heard on all NPR News programs, including Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
As Diplomatic Correspondent, Kelemen has traveled with Secretaries of State from Colin Powell to Antony Blinken and everyone in between. She was part of the NPR team that won the 2007 Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Award for coverage of the war in Iraq.
As NPR's Moscow bureau chief, Kelemen chronicled the end of the Yeltsin era and Vladimir Putin's consolidation of power. She recounted the terrible toll of the latest war in Chechnya, while also reporting on a lighter side of Russia, with stories about modern day Russian literature and sports.
Kelemen came to NPR in September 1998, after eight years working for the Voice of America. There, she learned the ropes as a news writer, newscaster and show host.
Michele earned her Bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master's degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Russian and East European Affairs and International Economics.
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The Taliban took over Kabul a month ago. How is the U.S. dealing with the group's interim government in Afghanistan and what challenges lie ahead?
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken testified on the hill on Afghanistan while the UN holds a donor conference aimed at helping with the looming humanitarian crisis in the country.
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Organizers of evacuation flights are pressing the state department to do more to help them get hundreds of people out of Afghanistan. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is pushing back.
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Since evacuating its Kabul embassy, the U.S. has set up shop in Doha to continue diplomatic work on Afghanistan. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he'll thank them in Doha next week. -
As the Taliban take over more cities and towns in Afghanistan, the U.S. special envoy is rushing off to Doha, the capital of Qatar, to try to salvage peace talks.
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President Biden met with Afghanistan's leaders, President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation.
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