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The new, diplomatic solution will, for the first time, have nuclear inspectors on the ground in Iran.

Meanwhile, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the United States will contribute almost US$419 million (AU$ 592 million) in humanitarian aid to help Syrian refugees. Part of the funding will go towardmedical care, including vaccination against measles and polio, safe drinking...

CNN’s Don Lemon asked Clinton earlier Wednesday during a radio interview whether she started “the whole birther thing.”

The United States of America has had a major investment in the Islamic Republic of Iran since the 20th Century, from ousting Mossadegh in 1953 to place a new Shah on the throne to watching the embassy fall in 1979. Many people worry that Iran is going to develop nuclear weapons...

We should be able to have our own inspectors and a guarantee that Iran has no intercontinental ballistic missiles or nuclear weapons.

Clinton has previously claimed that she used the private server, clintonemail.com, throughout her tenure as nation’s secretary of state.

The policy change, which Kerry said would result in the Obama administration’s accepting 85,000 refugees next year – up from 70,000 – rising to 100,000 in 2017, comes as the refugee crisis in Europe threatens to explode into outright chaos.

Any stop-gap funding bill should use “the power of the purse to force this administration to hand over the Iranian side deals”, Cruz told reporters at the U.S. Capitol.

State Department officials said they were not ready to officially announce Allen’s departure, but he has notified his superiors he will give up his job in early November, after serving just over one year.

The decision may disappoint those who want a stronger response to the Syrian refugee crisis and anger those who fear it could open the nation up to terrorist attacks.

Reps. John Conyers Jr. and Zoe Lofgren, who are the two top House Democrats on the committee dealing with immigration, also said the U.S. should take a total of 200,000 refugees, or almost three times the number accepted in 2014.

Asked if Allen had told colleagues he planned to leave, State Department spokesman Mark Toner did not answer directly, telling reporters that he “remains focused on his duties”.

The White House has already taken in 1,500 Syrian refugees since 2011, a small number critics say [Xinhua].

But she said she will also be a champion for workers and labor unions.

President Barack Obama has ordered his administration to prepare for at least 10,000 Syrian refugees over the next year, the White House said on Thursday.