US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's statement calling Israeli offer to restrict settlement growth as 'unprecedented' drew a sharp response from Jordan and Egypt
German chancellor, in Washington to mark 20th anniversary of fall of Berlin Wall, is speaking later Tuesday to a joint meeting of both houses of US Congress
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell, and his deputy Scot Marceil also are to meet with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who is under house arrest