Michele Kelemen
Michele Kelemen has been with NPR for two decades, starting as NPR's Moscow bureau chief and now covering the State Department and Washington's diplomatic corps. Her reports can be heard on all NPR News programs, including Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
As Diplomatic Correspondent, Kelemen has traveled with Secretaries of State from Colin Powell to Mike Pompeo and everyone in between. She reports on the Trump administration's "America First" foreign policy and before that the Obama and Bush administration's diplomatic agendas. She was part of the NPR team that won the 2007 Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Award for coverage of the war in Iraq.
As NPR's Moscow bureau chief, Kelemen chronicled the end of the Yeltsin era and Vladimir Putin's consolidation of power. She recounted the terrible toll of the latest war in Chechnya, while also reporting on a lighter side of Russia, with stories about modern day Russian literature and sports.
Kelemen came to NPR in September 1998, after eight years working for the Voice of America. There, she learned the ropes as a news writer, newscaster and show host.
Michele earned her Bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master's degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Russian and East European Affairs and International Economics.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited with leaders in the Middle East in a diplomatic effort to make sure the violence between Israel and Gaza doesn't spread wider.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken goes to Israel to show the administration's support for a country in mourning and now conducting intense air strikes in the crowded Gaza Strip.
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Blinken says America has Israel's back in its fight against Hamas — but what are the diplomatic goals he hopes to achieve on this vital trip?
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Israel's military told the United Nations that all of northern Gaza's population needs to be evacuated in 24 hours, the U.N. said. The order affects a region that is home to about 1.1 million people. -
The United Nations Security Council met in emergency session as diplomats try to contain the conflict in Gaza. The Biden administration says it is standing firmly behind Israel.
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U.S. officials thanked Sweden and China for help securing the release of the 23-year-old Army private, who fled to North Korea in July. -
Armenians are fleeing an enclave in Azerbaijan, after the Azerbaijani military took over Nagorno-Karabakh. The U.S. is urging Azerbaijan to protect ethnic Armenians who stay.
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The UN Security Council may soon approve an international intervention for Haiti, as gangs continue solidify their control over the country and civilians pay a heavy price.
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Sudan's army chief addressed the United Nations in an effort to burnish his image as statesman, while his rival posted his own attempted address online from Sudan.
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After making a deal to free Americans held in Iran, the U.S. is looking with other countries to find ways to stop countries from making arbitrary arrests.
