Briefing Skipper: Maliki, Jundallah, Afghan runoff, Holbrooke

In which we scour the transcript of the State Department's daily presser so you don't have to. Here are the highlights of yesterday's briefing by Department Spokesman Ian Kelly:

• Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki, who is in town for a private-sector conference aimed at bolstering Iraqi-American business connections.
• The U.S. government supports the new Pakisani offensive in South Waziristan, which Kelly describes as "very much part of what's happening in Afghanistan."
• The State Department is looking at whether or not to designate Jundallah, the anti-Iranian militant group based in Pakistan, as a terrorist organization, Kelly said.
• Sen. John Kerry met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his main challenger Abdullah Abdullah in Kabul, both of whom seem ready to go ahead with a runoff election to determine the winner of the presidential elections. No sign of Richard Holbrooke.
• The State Department has agreed to let North Korean negotiator Ri Gun attend conferences both in San Diego and New York for "Track 2" discussions, but "there's been no decision on whether or not to accept the invitation for bilateral talks," Kelly explained.
• Technical discussions with Iran about how to deal with its stockpiles of low-enriched uranium will continue for a second day Tuesday. "We fully support the IAEA proposal to have this low-enriched uranium processed in Russia and France," Kelly said.
• Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller is in Geneva to continue negotiations for a follow on the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, but no final agreement to report yet.