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 .S. secretary of state and defense secretary met with Russian ministers Friday to assure them that Russia's security is not threatened by the U.S. plan to expand its missile defense system to Europe by installing missiles in Poland and radar in the Czech Republic.
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The Security Council stopped short of placing blame on any particular group for the "murderous attack" on African Union workers in Darfur. Sudan has accused rebels of trying to scuttle upcoming peace talks and discourage nations from contributing to a new peacekeeping mission.
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Dictators scoff at President Bush's thrashing in a U.N. speech charging violations of the Universal Declaration for Human Rights. They say President Bush's hands drip with the blood of innocent Iraqis. Observers note that the U.S. war on terror is stripping the U.S. of moral high ground.
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In a speech to the U.N., Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defends his country's right to "a peaceful" nuclear program. He calls the U.S. a bullying, arrogant power that is misusing the Security Council. -
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's engages in a tense exchange with students and faculty at Columbia University after an address that included nuclear ambitions, Israel, and terrorism.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is at the U.N. promoting a plan for a peace conference to discuss Palestinian statehood. Rice has made the issue one of her priorities, but observers say she faces an uphill battle on many fronts.
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