Embassy of the United States

Boosting Biofuels, Clean Coal Promotes U.S. Energy Independence
04 February 2010 - At a February 3 meeting with a bipartisan group of state governors, President Obama announced actions that include a revised renewable fuel standard, financial incentives for farmers who produce biomass crops...

Afghan Agriculture and Security Interrelated, U.S. Officials Say
03 February 2010 - “Our goal is nothing less than to help Afghanistan restore its agricultural sector to the vibrant export economy that it once had, and which was progressively destroyed starting in 1978,” Richard Holbrooke...

Clinton Signals Unwavering U.S. Commitment to European Security
29 January 2010 - Speaking at France’s École Militaire, Clinton emphasized that the Vienna-based Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and NATO, the two largest and most comprehensive security organizations in Europe, are...

U.S. Senate Confirms Ben Bernanke as Federal Reserve Chairman
28 January 2010 - “We have had a leader at the Federal Reserve over the last year and a half that has virtually saved our economy from a predictable collapse,” said Senator Chris Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat and chairman of the Senate Banking...