Topic: Zalmay Khalilzad

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

AP News - 424 days ago
Guest lineups for the Sunday news showsGuest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:___ABC's "This Week" — Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Richard Lugar, R-Ind.; Rajiv Shah, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development.___CBS' "Face the Nation" — Sens ...

US cable describes controversial Saddam execution

AFP Global Edition - 436 days ago
A newly-leaked US diplomatic cable describes in detail the circumstances of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's execution, from guards telling him to "go to hell" to officials taking mobile phone pictures.Saddam's execution in December 2006 sparked international controversy after mobile ...

Guest lineups for Sunday TV news shows

San Francisco Chronicle - 437 days ago
0 . Channel: 7 ABC's "This Week" - Retired Gen. Wesley Clark, former NATO supreme commander; Bob Maginnis, national security analyst with the...

Ex-US envoy says he's not looking for Afghan post

AP News - 1001 days ago
Ex-US envoy Khalilzad says he's not looking for job in government of his native AfghanistanA former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and Afghanistan says he is not looking for a post in the Afghan government.Zalmay Khalilzad said Tuesday ...

Former US envoy may get high-level Afghan job

AP News - 1001 days ago
Former US envoy to UN, Kabul may get high-level job in AfghanistanA former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and Afghanistan may take a high-level position in the Afghan government under a British-proposed plan, diplomats and American officials said Tuesday.The ...

Afghanistan says no plan to put ex-envoy in charge

Reuters US Online Report World News - 1002 days ago
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan president Hamid Karzai has no plan to install former U.S. ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad as " chief executive" of his country, a spokesman said on Tuesday, denying a report in the New York Times.The U.S. newspaper, citing unidentified ...

Former US envoy seeking top Afghan post: report

AFP American Edition - 1002 days ago
A former US ambassador to Afghanistan in George W. Bush's administration is seeking a top unelected post in that country, The New York Times reported Tuesday.Zalmay Khalilzad, an Afghan-born US citizen, has been in talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai ...

Outgoing UN envoy says US still strongest nation

AP News - 1122 days ago
Departing US envoy to UN says even at weakest moment, US still strongest nationZalmay Khalilzad steps down as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations when Barack Obama is inaugurated on Tuesday, confident the United States even at its weakest moments remains ...

UN intends to establish Somalia peacekeeping force

AP News - 1124 days ago
UN says it intends to establish UN peacekeeping force in Somalia, subject to council decisionThe U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Friday expressing its intention to establish a U.N. peacekeeping force in Somalia, but putting off a decision for ...

Departing US envoy gets warm tribute from Security Council peers

AFP American Edition - 1124 days ago
Outgoing US Ambassador to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad got a warm tribute from his colleagues Friday as he made his last appearance before the Security Council. Zalmay Khalilzad performed his role as US ambassador with grace," said French Ambassador Jean-Maurice Ripert ...