Today's news

--> U.S.: Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico endorsed Sen. Barack Obama in the Democratic race for president today.

"Barack Obama will make a great and historic president," Richardson told a rally in Portland, Oregon, with Obama standing at his side.

--> Washington, D.C.: The State Department said Friday that all three presidential candidates' passport files were breached.

The admission comes after it was revealed Sen. Barack Obama's files had been viewed three times by contractors. One of the contractors also viewed the files of Republican Sen. John McCain, said State Department spokesman Sean McCormack.

Earlier Friday, Sen. Hillary Clinton's office said that the State Department had notified it that her file had been breached in 2007.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday she had apologized to Obama for the unauthorized viewing of his passport file by State Department contractors.

Two contractors were fired and a third was disciplined after they accessed Obama's file, McCormack said Thursday.

--> India: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday criticized China for its crackdown on anti-government protesters in Tibet and called on "freedom-loving people" worldwide to denounce China.

"If freedom-loving people throughout the world do not speak out against China's oppression in China and Tibet, we have lost all moral authority to speak on behalf of human rights anywhere in the world," Pelosi told reporters.

"The situation in Tibet is a challenge to the conscience of the world."

She made the comments during a meeting with the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, noting that she was voicing her personal opinion and not U.S. government policy.

Pelosi also offered words of support for the people of Tibet, saying, "We are here to join you in shedding the bright light of truth onto what is happening in Tibet."

--> Saudi Arabia: High oil prices paining U.S. consumers is a key topic of Vice President Dick Cheney's talks today with Saudi King Abdullah, yet it's unclear whether Cheney will ask the Saudis to increase production to bring down prices at the pump.

Cheney's advisers cautioned in advance of today's talks that oil was just one item on a long list of discussion topics which include Iran, Syria, Lebanon, protecting infrastructure against terror attacks and the vice president's visits this week to Iraq and Afghanistan. Cheney was to review with Saudi King Abdullah steps that consuming and producing nations can do, both in the short and long term, to stabilize the market.

"They will review a broad agenda of diplomatic and security issues as well as where we are now in the global energy market," Cheney's national security adviser, John Hannah, told reporters on board the vice president's plane as he flew from Oman to Saudi Arabia. "They will have ample discussions about the problems that exist in the market and how they might be solved," he added.