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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Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says his country is expanding its nuclear program, and is now capable of producing nuclear fuel on an industrial scale. The announcement comes on the heels of a new U.N. Security Council resolution meant to pressure Iran to stop enriching uranium.
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The U.N. Security Council votes to toughen sanctions on Iran, which is being punished for refusing to halt its uranium-enrichment programs. The measures approved Saturday include a ban on exports of firearms.
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Colombia's Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo meets with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Washington. He's lobbying for continued U.S. support of a program to combat coca growing and drug trafficking.
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Recent anti-U.S. comments by Russian President Vladimir Putin highlight how low relations between the two countries have sunk. Now, Washington is reassessing its policy toward a newly assertive Russia — and its role on the world stage. -
This week, a top U.S. diplomat will talk with his North Korean counterpart about normalizing ties. Last week, the United States agreed to take part in a meeting later this month in Iraq that will include Iran and Syria. Why is the U.S. suddenly willing to talk to countries that it has been keeping at arms length?
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After five years, James Morris is leaving his post as head of the U.N.'s World Food Program. He says he will remain haunted by the knowledge that 400 million children are living in hunger. He says it's a problem that the world should be able to resolve.
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