The U.S. President needs to demonstrate that he knows how to orchestrate a triumph and close a tough diplomatic deal.

For a time, political infighting could make it harder for Tokyo to deliver on diplomatic deals.

The Clinton Administration was wise to cut a diplomatic deal instead.

Only if we tell all the players that we are leaving might we create a different balance of pain and therefore some hope for a diplomatic deal.

He said the "signals" from Washington and Pyongyang gave him confidence that a diplomatic deal could be reached.

Put those jobs in the inner cities instead of doing diplomatic deals and shipping them to China where prison labor does the work.

On Wednesday, North Korea's Foreign Minister proposed elements of a diplomatic deal.

American officials voiced pessimism this week about the chances for a diplomatic deal on North Korea's nuclear program.

The message sent to Moscow was thus unambiguous: do the diplomatic deal and Japanese businessmen will come knocking on the door again.

Each of us who has been concerned with this issue knows that the Kyoto agreement is the result of a diplomatic deal.