President Barack Obama's fiscal year 2011 (FY11) budget, released earlier Monday, calls for US$40 million in assistance to Armenia - US$10 million more than his FY10 request, but still $1 million less than the total appropriated by Congress last year.

WASHINGTON (Reuters)-The Obama administration has notified Congress of a possible US$7.8 billion sale of Patriot PAC-3 antimissile batteries and related gear to Turkey, the only NATO ally bordering Iran.

Despite Senate opposition, driven by Democratic Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ), President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced that he is making a recess appointment of Matt Bryza as U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan...