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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Members of an Islamist militia have taken over much of Somalia, and the U.N. Security Council has authorized a regional force to protect the nation's interim government. Some wonder whether international diplomatic efforts can stem the violent power struggle in Somalia.
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The Iraq Study Group is recommending that the Bush administration launch a diplomatic offensive in the Middle East that would encompass both Iraq's neighbors and the larger issue of the Arab-Israeli conflict. It's a suggestion that many are ready to reject.
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President Bush meets with a top Iraqi Shiite politician whose followers control the Iraqi Interior Ministry -- the agency widely accused of involvement in the killings of Sunni Arabs. The president hosted Abdelaziz al-Hakim at the White House. Hakim heads the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, a group founded by Iraqi exiles in Iran.
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Sudan's president has denied that genocide is occurring in Darfur. President Omar al-Bashir accused the media of getting the story wrong during a rare video conference Monday with reporters from around the world. He also made it clear that he will seek to limit any United Nations role in Darfur.
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There is an alarming new report about the situation in Somalia. United Nations monitors say seven countries and various groups are supporting Islamists who control much of the country. The report also ties Somalia's Islamists to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
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John Bolton, the acting U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has been nominated by the White House to continue serving in that post. His original 2005 appointment was temporary and runs out when the current Congress adjourns. Opposition in Congress means Bolton is unlikely to remain at the U.N.
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