Secretary Signs Condolences Book at Pakistani Embassy
Secretary Rice: " I wanted to come to express personally, and also on behalf...of the American people, our deep sympathies with the Bhutto family, with supporters of Benazir Bhutto and, of course, with the Pakistani people." more

International Climate Change
The 13th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-13) took place December 3-14 in Bali, Indonesia. more

Mapping the Arctic Sea Floor
The State Department participated in an expedition to Chukchi Borderland, a large underwater shelf in the Arctic Ocean, to better understand its form and structure. Gathered data provides valuable information to map sea floor processes and fisheries' habitat, define our continental shelf, and predict future conditions in the Arctic. more