Is Barack Obama considering Hillary Clinton for secretary of state in order to get her off his back or as a prelude to protecting her back?

Obama advisers are checking the former president's finances and activities to see whether they would preclude the appointment of Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state.

Obama advisers were said to be reviewing Bill Clinton's finances and activities to see whether they would preclude the appointment of his wife as secretary of state.

Condoleezza Rice sought to strike a positive chord during the first visit by an American secretary of state to Jenin, a once-infamous hub of Palestinian militancy.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice piled new criticism on Russia as she met with its foreign minister on Wednesday in their first encounter since Moscow's incursion into Georgia last month.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged European foreign ministers to maintain a unified front to roll back the Kremlin’s military intervention into Georgia.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is set to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday in what is expected to be a tense encounter following Moscow's incursion into Georgia last month.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is set to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday in what is expected to be a tense encounter following Moscow's incursion into Georgia last month.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday pledged Washington's firm support for Ukraine's bid to join the NATO military alliance despite strong Russian opposition to the move.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the Kremlin had taken a "dark turn" and that a "paranoid, aggressive impulse" from the Russian past was reappearing.