TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- The latest developments following the release of 10 U.S. Navy sailors detained by Iran after entering its territorial waters (All times local). --- 5:35 p.m. The White House says new lines of communication with Iran established during nuclear negotiations were key to getting 10 U.S. Navy sailors released quickly. White ...

White House chief of staff says a separate Palestinian state is the best guarantee of Israel's long-term security. The United States expects the next Israeli government to end nearly 50 years of occupation and clear the way for a Palestinian state, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough has said. In a speech to J Street, an Israel advocacy ...

[caption id="attachment_48700" align="alignright" width="223"] White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough[/caption] McDonough warned Congress against taking on the power to approve or disapprove the Iran agreement should one be reached. Senate Republicans are considering a new bill that empowering Congress vote to approve or disapprove the Iran ...

[caption id="attachment_48700" align="alignright" width="189"] White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough[/caption] Tehran, March 16, IRNA White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough has announced that the UN Security Council would vote on any nuclear deal between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany. 'Just ...

White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough defended the administrations foreign policy in Syria and Iran and outlined the next steps for the Keystone XL pipeline in a wide-ranging interview Sunday morning. In Syria,just four percent of the chemical weapons stockpile has been destroyed, according to U.S. estimates, which drew condemnation from U.S....

(Reuters) - The night before a round of high-stakes nuclear talks withIran, U.S. PresidentBarack Obamatold his chief of staff he had "absolute confidence we have the right team on the field." Obama was not referring to his public negotiating team, led by senior State Department official Wendy Sherman, nor even to his secretary of state, John Kerry,...

Islam Times - Were White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough not pushing for yet another war based on what look to be false pretenses, one might feel sorry for him after his multiple TV appearances on Sunday arguing for a military strike on Syria. This unenviable job fell to McDonough as pinch-hitter for the two more natural choices to push the Obama ...

(Reuters) -Syrian President Bashar al-Assad denied that he was behind a chemical weapons attack on the Syrian people, as the White House on Sunday pressed ahead with the uphill effort of persuading Congress to approve a military strike to punish Assad. The Obama administration faces a crucial test vote set for Wednesday in the U.S. Senate and White ...

(CNN) White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough argued Sunday that a military strike in Syria would not be a repeat of previous U.S. involvements in the Middle East or North Africa. On CNNs State of the Union, McDonough said its common sense that the Syrian regime carried out the deadly chemical weapons attack last month that the U.S. government ...

AFP -Iran's new president will find a partner in the United States if he comes clean on the Islamic republic's controversial nuclear program, a senior White House official said Sunday. Moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani was elected president Friday, ending eight years of a conservative grip on the office marked by tension with the West over Tehran's atomic ...