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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Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi uses his first U.N. appearance to rail against what he sees as the inequalities of the U.N. system. He also chastises the world body for failing to intervene or prevent some 65 wars since its founding in 1945. -
During his visits to New York for United Nations meetings, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has set aside time to meet with a group of academics. This year, one says he doesn't want any contact with the Iranian leader, while another says he feels he has an obligation to listen if he wants to understand Iran. -
President Obama is making a personal bid to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. He meets Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in New York, where world leaders are gathered for the U.N. General Assembly. Getting talks started has been a serious challenge for the administration. -
President Obama has said he wants to see if diplomacy can keep Iran's nuclear program in check. But even those who promote the idea are wondering how effective the U.S. can be. -
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to announce a new strategic dialogue with India on Monday, as well as a series of agreements to boost military and nuclear sales to the world's largest democracy. But before heading into her formal meetings, she sat down with students to talk about ways to bring relations to a higher level. -
Analysts said President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev took small but important steps in the plan they laid out Monday to reduce each country's strategic nuclear stockpile.
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