Topic: James Steinberg

Henry Kissinger, Others Share Diplomatic War Stories

Covering the White House for the past 25 years, I've learned that there is a remarkable degree of continuity and cohesion within America's national ...

Top US diplomat to visit China, Japan this week

Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg will visit China and Japan this week to discuss regional tension between the two Koreas, a spokesman said Monday.Steinberg, heading a top diplomatic delegation, will leave Washington on Tuesday for the Chinese capital, where he ...

U.S. says Kyrgyz must act now to stop more violence

BISHKEK (Reuters) - The United States, which operates a crucial military base in Kyrgyzstan, said on Sunday its government must act urgently to prevent more violence after deadly ethnic clashes last month.U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg threw support behind ...

US official backs police mission for Kyrgyzstan

US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg on Saturday called for the urgent dispatch of a police mission to Kyrgyzstan following ethnic clashes, as OSCE ministers met in Kazakhstan.An international police mission "will help restore order, especially on the eve of ...

China forex action would help markets: US official

China would help wary financial markets and its own economy by moving to a more "market-based" exchange rate, US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg said Monday.China's central bank said earlier Monday it would maintain a "basically stable" exchange rate ...

US official doubts N.Korea role in warship sinking

A senior US official on Monday doubted that North Korea was involved in the recent sinking of a South Korean warship, in which dozens of crewmen are missing.Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg said that while South Korea was leading the ...

US hopes Turkey will return ambassador

The United States on Monday voiced hope that Turkey would return its ambassador, distancing itself from moves in the US Congress to brand the World War I massacres of Armenians as genocide.Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu pressed his US counterpart Hillary ...

Senior US diplomat to China on diplomatic mission

A senior US diplomat was due in China Tuesday for talks aimed at getting Sino-US relations back on track, with tensions high over US arms sales to Taiwan and a White House visit by the Dalai Lama.State Department spokesman Philip Crowley ...

US envoy wraps up Asia tour

A top US envoy in Japan on Thursday wrapped up a week-long tour of five Asian countries that was focused in part on pushing communist North Korea to return to nuclear disarmament talks.US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg was in ...
A top US envoy urged North Korea Wednesday to seize a " tremendous opportunity" and return to nuclear disarmament talks, but Pyongyang vowed to keep its atomic weapons to counter what it called a US threat. Pyongyang quit the forum in protest at ...