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 Bush administration has tried to put the best face on a deal in Lebanon that gives Hezbollah more power. It has also welcomed Turkey's role as a mediator between Israel and Syria. But U.S. diplomats played no role in either of these arrangements.
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Aid groups and donor countries are mobilizing to get assistance to the survivors of a devastating cyclone in Myanmar. The United Nations says hundreds of thousand people are in need of help. Getting visas and travel permission from the government of Myanmar is still a problem. The U.S. is among those trying to get in. -
Donor countries are meeting in Oslo this week to promise aid for southern Sudan — the part of the country emerging from a 20-year civil war. Aid workers say the area is not getting the attention it needs.
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As Russia prepares for a transition of power to a new president, many Americans dismiss Dmitry Medvedev as simply a front-man for Vladimir Putin. But Medvedev, a former oil chief, will likely use Russia's leverage in the energy sector to forge closer ties to China and Europe.
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Two former Marines are suing the Virginia-based contracting firm that handles security at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, and its British parent company for firing them after they accused the firm of misleading the State Department to win the embassy contract. The lawsuit is raising new questions about outsourcing security for diplomats abroad.
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President Bush plays host to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday at the White House. The stalled Middle East peace talks are on the top of the agenda. The meeting comes as the president prepares to attend Israel's 60th anniversary celebrations next month, as well as another Mideast peace summit in Egypt.
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