State Department officials said they were trying to restrain angry legislators from saying anything more.
State Department officials said consular officials met with Maldonado Wednesday and last Friday, and are in regular contact by phone.
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State Department officials said they were reviewing the e-mail, but had not yet verified that it came from the group responsible for kidnapping Pearl.
State Department officials said they hope Saddam's capture would move the countries to eliminate some of the debt, which for several countries, runs into billions of dollars.
U.S. congressional staffers and State Department officials said that a visit by Mr. Thein Sein is being planned for this month, but the administration has yet to announce it.
Senior State Department officials said Friday's move was part of a "carefully calculated series of steps" the United States decided to take in response to Libya's cooperation on weapons of mass destruction.
State Department officials said this week that they fear that additional sanctions - including widely supported Congressional bills that would limit refined petroleum imports to Iran - would cause the Iranian public to rally around the regime.
Senior State Department officials said Friday that before the U.S. fully restores diplomatic relations with Libya, it wants Libya to resolve outstanding legal claims with Germany and other countries who charge Libya was responsible for terrorist attacks on their soil.
Senior State Department officials said the administration was still hoping to coax the Russians into signing off on a "smart sanctions" package for Iraq that would end the embargo on humanitarian goods while strengthening military and financial controls on President Saddam Hussein's regime.
State Department officials also said Thursday the United States is "deeply engaged" in mediating the conflict.
Deputy Secretary of State Thomas Nides, noting that life in Washington is often a "contact sport, sometimes even in your own home" then presented Clinton with a gift a regulation white Riddell football helmet emblazoned with the State Department seal, officials said.
State Department and other administration officials said on Monday that the U.S. is considering a series of high-profile steps regarding the Middle East with the intention of shoring up Arab support for its campaign against terrorism.
Officials said the State Department is talking with security firms DynCorp International and Triple Canopy, which share the Iraq contract with Blackwater, about picking up Blackwater's duties.
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Officials said the State Department is talking with security firms DynCorp International and Triple Canopy, which share the Iraq contract with Blackwater, about picking up the duties handled by Blackwater.
Mr. Kerry's staff was briefed as quickly as State Department officials received information, Ms. Nuland said.
U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Monday that officials are aware of the case.
But the Pentagon has now taken the lead from the State Department in the negotiations with Qatar, officials said.
The US State Department also added three North Korean officials it said had links to the communist country's proliferation activities.
The US state department said it would help Russian officials make contact with the appropriate authorities in Texas, and that it "took very seriously the welfare of children, particularly children who have been adopted from other countries".
The New York Times reported that defense department officials said they did not receive a request for help from the State Department as the attack unfolded.
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Senior officials from the Pentagon and State Department said they've warned contractors that, starting January 1, 2009, they will be subject to Iraqi criminal and civil law.
In Georgia, the final decision about closing schools because of H1N1 is usually up to the local school board with input from local and state public health officials, the Department of Community Health said.
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While U.S. officials at the State Department and the Pentagon said the attack was a violation of the armistice that ended the fighting between the North and South in a stalemate in 1953, Crowley and the Pentagon's spokesman said it did not appear that North Korea intends a renewal of war.
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In Oklahoma, state officials said hundreds of employees of the Department of Rehabilitation Services could be furloughed soon, because of a shutdown of federal funding.
U.S. State Department officials and family planning groups such as Planned Parenthood said they expect Obama to overturn the "Mexico City" policy, first instituted by the Reagan administration.
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Two U.S. State Department officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the long-range missile was the Taepodong-2, North Korea's most advanced missile with a range of up to 15, 000 kilometers 9, 320 miles.
As you have said, Mr. Chen told State Department officials that he wanted to stay in China.
In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said that U.S. officials "don't have any reason to doubt" the group's involvement.
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