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 deal would open up a multibillion-dollar market for U.S. energy companies, but there are lingering concerns about what it means for efforts to stop the spread of sensitive technology. One lawmaker said the U.S. will one day look back on the deal with regret.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice held her first meeting Wednesday with Russia's foreign minister since Moscow's invasion of Georgia. But the relationship between the U.S. and Russia remains tense.
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President Bush has talked about free trade with Western Hemisphere leaders, but the comments follow an address to the U.N. General Assembly by Bolivian President Evo Morales, who decried capitalism as the worst friend of humanity.
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President Bush has made his final address to the U.N. General Assembly. He leaves behind many problems for the next U.S. president: unfinished wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and a tarnished image that has undercut America's moral authority in the world. -
World leaders gathered in New York Tuesday for the U.N. General Assembly. President Bush addressed the meeting for his eighth and final time. He portrayed himself as a multilateralist who wants to see the U.N. function better. Bush is trying to shed his go-it-alone image.
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The Bush administration is pressing Congress to approve a nuclear cooperation deal with India. It's one of the top foreign policy goals of the White House. Some lawmakers are cautious, and not eager to ease a requirement that it should have 30 days to consider the deal before ratifying it.
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