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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Pakistan's outgoing President Pervez Musharraf was a close U.S. ally in the fight against al-Qaida. But critics say the Bush administration relied on him too much, and that he didn't do enough to rein in the Taliban. With Musharraf out, Pakistan is expected to concentrate on preventing extremism inside Pakistan rather than across the border.
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Relations between the U.S. and Russia, already strained by the conflict in Georgia, took another hit as Poland has agreed to host part of a U.S. missile defense system. Russia warned the Poles they were turning themselves into a target.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will ask Georgia to sign a ceasefire agreement negotiated by France's President Nicolas Sarkosy when she heads to Tiblisi Friday. She has toughened her rhetoric toward Russia, but the plan appears to make concessions to Russia. -
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is expected to visit the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, this week in an effort to resolve the Russia-Georgia conflict. On Thursday, Rice meets with France's president, who has taken the diplomatic lead in dealing with the conflict.
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Russia's president has ordered his troops to halt military action in Georgia. In return, Russia wants Georgia to agree not to try again to take separatist areas Moscow supports. The French have taken the lead on this diplomatic effort to end the fighting.
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The Bush administration insists it won't let its ally Georgia down. But so far all the tough talk has not slowed Russia's actions. The U.S. seems to have little leverage and it is the Europeans who have been launching a mediation effort.
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