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Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) commander Caesar Acellam in Owiny Kibul, South Sudan,September 20, 2006 file photo.

Endign The Threat Of The Lord's Resistance Army

The United States congratulates the government of Uganda on seizing Major General Ceasar Acellam of the LRA.

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President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai sign a strategic partnership agreement at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 2, 2012.

U.S. - Afghan Agreement Signed

The United States and Afghanistan have signed a historic agreement “that defines a new kind of relationship between our countries."

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta attends a press conference in Brasilia, Brazil, April 24, 2012.

U.S. Defense And Brazil

The United States supports Brazil as a global leader and seeks closer defense cooperation.

Police anti-bomb officers stand on the burnt engine of the Jeep used by the suicide bomber that ravaged ThisDay Newspapers rocked by bomb explosions killing two security men, the suicide bomber and injuring five of the company's support staff, April 26, 2

Attacking The Messenger In Nigeria

Suicide bombers attacked newspaper offices in Abuja and Kaduna, Nigeria, recently, killing at least 13 people.

Rose Gottemoeller, Acting Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security delivers a lecture to students at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) in Moscow, March 30, 2012.

Arms Control In the Information Age

“The United States is committed to the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons."

More Violence In North Nigeria

The United States strongly condemns the Easter attacks.

Obama On Nuclear Security

“Securing the world’s nuclear weapons and preventing nuclear terrorism” is “one of the most urgent challenges of global security."

Indonesian police officer stands guard near an armored vehicle outside a church after an explosion in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011

Jemaah Anshorut Tauhid Designated A Terrorism Network

Group held responsible for multiple coordinated attacks against civilians, police, and military personnel in Indonesia.

Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai (R), head of the Transition Commission, inspects an Afghan military guard during a ceremony to hand over security control in Qala Naw, center of Badghis province, File January 31, 2012.

Progress in Afghanistan

Despite the recent tragic events in Kandahar, the United States remains steadfast in its support of the mission in Afghanistan.

U.S. Sanctions Taliban Explosives Maker

The United States has frozen all assets of a Taliban explosives manufacturer that are in the United States or controlled by Americans.

U.S. Committed To A Nuclear-Weapons-Free World

The United States and its partners have taken a number of significant steps towards a world free of nuclear weapons.

A man sits in a graveyard where the dead of 1988 gas attack on Halabja, Iraq, by Saddam Hussein's regime were laid to rest, Thursday Dec. 7, 2006.

Halabja And The Fate Of Its Killers

24 years ago Iraqi forces launched a genocidal campaign against the Kurds and other ethnic groups in Northern Iraq.

Workers process tuna in the southern Philippines for export.

U.S. - Philippine Relations

The United States is revitalizing its long-standing alliance with the Philippines.

Iraqi Army soldiers stand guard near burned trailers at Camp Ashraf north of Baghdad, Iraq, April 8, 2011 (file photo).

Time For Residents Of Camp Ashraf To Move

“A peaceful solution, no matter what the circumstances, is the only acceptable solution."

Large mortar shells sit unguarded, and boxes that once held anti-aircraft missiles and other heavy weapons are strewn about arms depots in  Tripoli on Wednesday Sept.7, 2011.

Securing Libya's Weapons

For decades, Moammar Gadhafi stockpiled thousands of Man-Portable-Air-Defense-Systems.

Two Down, One To Go In Kazakhstan

The United States and Kazakhstan have developed a genuine and increasingly strategic partnership.

The U.S. supports the World Food Program and many other programs that bring aid to Africa.

Burns: U.S. Committed To Africa

The United States places a high value on its cooperation with partner countries in Africa, and is committed to deepening its engagement

Large mortar shells sit unguarded, and boxes that once held anti-aircraft missiles and other heavy weapons are strewn about arms depots around Tripoli, Sept. 7, 2011.

Stopping MANPADS Proliferation

In the wrong hands, shoulder fired anti-aircraft missiles threaten passenger air travel and more.

President Barack Obama shakes hands with Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili.

Obama and Saakashvili Meet

Discussion included strengthening the economic relationship between Georgia and the United States.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gestures during a news conference with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, at the State Department in Washington, January 20, 2012.

U.S. - Germany Strong Allies

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently hosted German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle at the State Department.

New recruits belonging to Somalia's al-Qaeda-linked al Shabaab.

Countering Violent Extremism

Factors that make some populations vulnerable to internalizing al-Qaida's worldview are still present in many communities.


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