Washington, Mar. 12 : US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that Washington has a range of options available to it to respond to North Korea should it proceed with a "provocative" long-range ballistic missile launch.

A Fox News report quoted Clinton as telling reporters here: "We will discuss a response if we are not successful in convincing them not to go forward with what is a very provocative act."

Washington, Mar 10 : Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon met US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington on Tuesday. Menon, who is on a four-day visit to the U. S, met Clinton at the State Department and discussed with her key bilateral and regional issues including the situation in Sri Lanka, progress on the Mumbai terror attacks and the next steps to be taken for the implementation of Indo-US nuclear deal.

Earlier, Menon met Under Secretary for Political Affairs William Burns and Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg.

Washington, Mar. 9: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has vowed to stabilize Pakistan and Afghanistan by putting forth a comprehensive policy

“We will be working with our NATO allies and other partners to come up with a comprehensive strategy that integrates military and civilian assets in a way that can try to stabilise both Afghanistan and Pakistan from the mutual threat they face from Al Qaeda and the Taliban,” The Daily Times quoted Clinton, as saying.

Ankara (Turkey) Mar. 8 : US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that President Obama will fulfill his promise of visiting a Muslim nation within 100 days of joining the office by traveling to Turkey in the "next month or so."

At a news conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan, Clinton said Obama had asked her to deliver the message that he would visit the country soon to discuss the safest, most effective way to withdraw US forces from Iraq, Fox News reports..

Sydney, Mar 8 : Reflecting on her life in the public spotlight, US secretary of state Hillary Clinton said it was "love, forgiveness, friendship and family" that enabled her to get past her husband''s adultery.

During an interview on a popular women''s program on the Turkish channel, NTV, the former First Lady divulged when she fell in love and shared how she dealt with personal struggles.

Washington, March 7 : U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's "peacemaking" expression, when she handed Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov over a gift in Geneva on Friday, turned out to be a goof-up because the present bore an incorrect translation that implied hostility.

She gave Lavrov with a gift-wrapped red button that read "Reset" in English, and "Peregruzka" in Russian.