Amanda Sloat
President Joe Biden in Ireland: 'It's an honor to return'
After spending most of a day on a whirlwind countryside tour of his ancestry, President Joe Biden is turning back to diplomacy on Thursday, with an address to the Irish parliament and meetings with the country's leaders, and Ukraine is high on the agenda.
Vartholomeos has one-hour meeting with Biden: Religion, rights, and geopolitics on US visit
By George Gilson
Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomeos had a one-hour meeting yesterday afternoon with US President Joe Biden during which the topics of discussion included the re-opening of the patriarchate's Halki Theological Theological Seminary, which was shut down by the Turkish state half a century ago, in 1971, and environmental issues.
Biden to nominate Obama officials for State Department, NSC
President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate diplomat Wendy Sherman to serve as Deputy Secretary of State and diplomat Victoria Nuland for the role of under secretary of State for political affairs, news website Politico reported on Tuesday.