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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Foreign Service officers are under pressure days to sign up for tough assignments, from Baghdad to Kabul. Now, add one more to the list — facing angry Americans waiting for their passports. The State Department is trying to work through a huge backlog of applications — and it is calling on officers both current and retired to pitch in.
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The case of Russian author and analyst Andrei Piontkovsky underscores concerns over a rollback from democracy in Russia. Currently in Washington, Piontkovsky faces legal troubles in Russia over books he has written and says a law banning extremism is being used to silence dissent.
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The Hamas victory in Gaza upends President Bush's Middle East "road map," including a path toward a Palestinian state. While U.S. aid to Palestinian President Abbas and his government is likely to resume, many fear it's too late to help.
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It's been 40 years since the Six Day War, a conflict between Israel and the Arab states of Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Iraq. One of the lesser-known incidents of the in 1967 conflict involved an Israeli attack on a U.S. spy ship, killing 34 Americans. Some of the survivors — who are still angry — spoke with Michele Keleman at a reunion this week in Northern Virginia.
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Using a Web site and high-powered satellite cameras, Amnesty International USA plans to track developments in 12 at-risk villages in Sudan by sending up-to-date images to a Web site.
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Several U.S. citizens have been jailed in Iran, and another is being prevented from leaving the country. The families and friends of those being held are seeking aid from several European countries.
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