WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. Senators on Monday unveiled bipartisan legislation aimed at doubling nuclear power in 20 years and increasing funding for ...
Marine Corps general to investigate 2008 attack in Afghanistan that killed 9 US soldiers A top U.S. military commander has ordered a new ...
US Senator Jim Webb, a strong supporter of engaging Myanmar, met last weekend with the military-ruled country's Foreign Minister Nyan Win, the Democratic lawmaker's spokeswoman confirmed Thursday. "Senator Webb met with the Burmese foreign minister on Saturday to discuss the road forward ...
Democratic US Senator Jim Webb said Monday the United States had reached a "turning point" on Afghanistan, after a top general warned the war could be lost without more troops. "We have reached a turning point in Afghanistan as to whether we ...
US Senator Jim Webb, back from a rare trip to Myanmar, called sanctions against the military regime "overwhelmingly counterproductive" and asked the opposition to consider taking part in upcoming elections. Webb, whose against-the-grain views on Myanmar have infuriated some activists, voiced concern ...
China has failed to show leadership in solving the political stalemate in Myanmar, a United States senator who made a landmark visit to the military-ruled country said in Vietnam Wednesday. Senator Jim Webb arrived in Vietnam after securing at the weekend the ...
A US man jailed for swimming to Aung San Suu Kyi's home flew home from Thailand Wednesday, officials said, ending a bizarre saga that has left the Myanmar democracy icon locked up for another 18 months. John Yettaw, 54, had three days ...
Myanmar's junta-controlled state media on Tuesday trumpeted a weekend visit by a US senator as a "success for both sides" that could improve the two countries' tense relations. On a visit this weekend Democratic Senator Jim Webb secured the release of an ...
Myanmar's junta-controlled state media said Tuesday that a recent visit by a US senator was a "success for both sides" that could improve the tense relations between the two countries. Democratic Senator Jim Webb travelled to Myanmar at the weekend, securing the ...
A US man deported by Myanmar for swimming to the home of Aung San Suu Kyi had medical tests in Thailand Monday, as a senator who won his release said the democracy icon might ease her stance on sanctions. John Yettaw flew ...
High-profile diplomatic rescues in North Korea, Myanmar carry risks and rewards for US Rescue mission or diplomatic risk? While the sight of a freed American prisoner landing on home soil is a celebrated victory, recent high-profile diplomatic rescues in North Korea and ...
Senator keen to ease US sanctions on Myanmar after visit secures release of ailing American Myanmar freed an ailing American whom it had sentenced to seven years of hard labor and handed him to an influential U.S senator on Sunday, a move ...
