US to appoint 'energy attache'
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The US secretary of state says she will appoint an energy envoy to monitor the use of oil and gas for political purposes.
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Washington: US President George W Bush on Friday announced the nomination of Sam Bodman as secretary of energy. Bodman is currently Deputy Secretary of Commerce.
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The United States must diversify its global oil supplies, expand a world network of strategic petroleum reserves and raise fuel efficiency standards to ensure its energy security, a panel of experts will recommend Wednesday.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - The United States should  build on its mutually reliant energy ties with oil supplier  Venezuela and seek better cooperation with President Hugo  Chavez to fight terrorism and drug-trafficking, three U.S.  senators said on Monday.
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National security adviser  Condoleezza Rice, one of President Bush's closest confidants,  will be nominated to replace outgoing Secretary of State Colin  Powell, senior administration officials said on Monday.
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Sam Bodman, President Bush's pick to be the next U.S. energy secretary, was approved on Wednesday by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
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The United States is to help Libya to build a first nuclear power plant under an accord to be signed soon, in another sign of warming ties, the official JANA news agency reported on Monday.
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The United States is set to offer  "all appropriate assistance" to Asian countries hit on Sunday  by a powerful earthquake and the giant waves it generated, a  White House spokesman said.
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The United States will be in on bidding for oil development and prospecting tenders in Libya for the first time in 20 years, an official said Monday.
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President Bush today named Deputy Treasury Secretary Samuel W. Bodman as head of the Energy Department.
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UNITED NATIONS AP) &#151; The United Nations, United States, European Union and Russia announced the appointment Wednesday of Tony Blair as their representative to promote peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
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The Bush administration is set to approve requests from two refineries to borrow oil from the government&#39;s Strategic Petroleum Reserve to make up for supplies
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President Bush yesterday nominated Samuel W. Bodman, the deputy secretary of the Treasury Department, to be the new energy secretary, turning to
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The White House Thursday added duties to its job description for a new Middle East envoy, amid growing speculation outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair could be up for the job.
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The U.S. ambassador to Kuwait and  other senior U.S. officials put pressure on Halliburton to  award a deal to a Kuwaiti company suspected of overcharging to  bring fuel into Iraq, according to State Department documents  released on Wednesday.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has decided to appoint a leading critic of the U.S. reconstruction effort in Iraq as a senior aide, the State Department said Friday.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair's most senior foreign policy advisor is to be Britain's new ambassador to the United States.