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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC January 10, 2017 QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, this journey, this part of your life, is coming to an end. You’ve traveled more than any other secretary of state. You have spent considerable time and hours on a lot of issues, from China to Russia to – from Asia to Latin America. But principally, you spent a lot of time on Israel and Palestine and you spent a lot of time on the Iran nuclear deal and you’ve spent a lot of time on Syria and...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Annapolis, MD January 10, 2017 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. Please, please, be seated. Admiral, thank you very, very much for welcoming me here to this storied academy. I am really privileged to be here, and I’m anxious to hear your questions and look forward to having a little bit of a dialogue if we can. I want to recognize Admiral Frank Pandolfe, who is class of 1980. He has served as a liaison between the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the State Depart...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Parco dei Principi Hotel Rome, Italy December 2, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: (Via interpreter) Thank you very much, Paolo, and good evening. I would like to thank Foreign Minister Gentiloni, the president of the Italian Republic, the Instituto di Studi Internazionale for hosting this successful conference on the Mediterranean. (Inaudible) a special friendship. I am very grateful to you for the many courtesies that you have afforded me as Secretary of State, and it’s...

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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Chicago, Illinois October 26, 2016 QUESTION: Secretary Kerry, welcome. I – we’re 80-some days from the – as we sit here today at the University of Chicago, we’re 80-some days from the end of this administration. It seems like a good time to kind of look back a little bit at your life and your career. And I wanted to ask you, I’m so intrigued by the fact that your dad was in the Foreign Service. And I was – what influence did tha...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Concert Noble Brussels, Belgium October 4, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, je suis John Kerry. (Laughter.) Welcome. Karen, merci, danke schon, dank u wel , and thank you – I’m really delighted to be here in the heart of Europe. I’m delighted to be in this extraordinary library building of great history, and I thank you, all of you, for taking time to come and to listen and to share thoughts and engage in something of a dialogue – a little one-sid...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State New Delhi, India August 31, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Swati, good morning. Thank you very, very much. Thank you very – you guys all deserve an award for being able to get here today. (Laughter.) I don’t know if you came in boats or amphibious vehicles of some kind, but I salute you for being here. Thank you very, very much for making the effort, and I am extremely honored to be here. Swati, thank you for that generous introduction. And thank you, Dr. Rao. It...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Ben Franklin Room Washington, DC May 13, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very, very much. Please be seated. Good afternoon to everybody. (In Norwegian.) (Applause.) Which, not translated literally, means “Welcome, all of you, to my house.” And it’s hardly that it’s our house; it’s Ben Franklin’s room, and we are really privileged to welcome our Nordic friends here. I truly – I didn’t start out by trying to play favorit...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State TD Garden Boston, MA May 6, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: President Aoun, thank you for your very generous introduction and thank you for the invitation to be here on this very, very special day. Jim Bean, Henry Nasella, members of the board, faculty, parents, friends, and especially the brilliant and charismatic class of 2016. (Applause.) The Garden is about as good as it gets for a commencement. All you have to do is just look up there at the banners heralding the Boston ...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC April 28, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: (Applause.) Arnie, thank you very, very much. Good morning, everybody. How are you doing? We’ve never been better off than with all of these part-time employees. (Laughter.) He wants to work here; he does work here. Ladies and gentlemen, this is not a diplomat, this is a diplo-mutt. (Laughter.) And he’s great. He’s a lot of fun. He’s met a lot of prime ministers and foreign ministers, and they&rs...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Rice University Houston, Texas April 26, 2016 MR LEEBRON: Good evening, and welcome to this wonderful venue at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. We are thrilled to be hosting such a remarkable event tonight and thankful to Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy for making it possible. We are very grateful to Secretary Kerry for choosing the Baker Institute for his address this evening, and we welcome him warmly to Rice University. ...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, United Nations Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura Munich, Germany February 12, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good evening, everybody. Let me start by thanking Foreign Minister Steinmeier and the people of Germany for hosting this important meeting of the International Syria Support Group on the margins of the Munich Security Conference, and we’re very grateful to our colleague, Frank Walter, for his help and assistance in th...

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Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Ministry of Foreign Affairs Athens, Greece December 4, 2015 FOREIGN MINISTER KOTZIAS: (Via interpreter) Good morning. I would like to welcome dear U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, with whom we’ve been working very closely, and I know that there are traditional friendship ties that join the two countries. I would like to welcome him and hope to see him again in the future, because he is a man who loves sailing, who really loves the sea, and the Gr...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Park Hyatt Washington Washington, DC October 20, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, I have to get back at some people now big time. (Laughter.) First of all, David and Foreign Policy , thank you so – I am so grateful for this and frankly overwhelmed by it. I don’t think I’ve ever sat somewhere and have somebody talk except maybe at the Democratic Convention, and we know that’s all politics, right? (Laughter.) But I’m really touched by it. Let ...

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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State New York City October 1, 2015 QUESTION: How are you doing? SECRETARY KERRY: Tyler’s not going to jump in my lap, is he? (Laughter.) QUESTION: If you give him some cash, he will. (Laughter.) How much – by the way, how much do you miss fundraising? SECRETARY KERRY: Zero. (Laughter.) It’s the worst thing in the world. I’m so happy. It’s one of the great things about this job. QUESTION: You don’t have to ask anybody for money, just ...

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Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Vienna, Austria November 24, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon, everybody, and thank you so much for your patience. We appreciate it very much. We know that this is a long process and there’s a great deal of waiting, and you have waited with great patience. I want to begin by thanking the Austrian Government, particularly, who have hosted us here in Vienna for these negotiations. We’ve had many visits now and they have been equally gracious...

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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Jeddah, Saudi Arabia September 11, 2014 QUESTION: So Mr. Secretary, thanks for being with us. Russia and Iran supporting Bashar al-Assad has been a problem for the United States from the beginning on Syria. On Islamic State, Iran has come around at least to your way of thinking. Russia, not so much. So what do you do with the Russians on the issue of the Islamic State? Not only do they not seem cooperative, but you saw their reaction to the President’s speec...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Former Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger, James Baker, Madeleine Albright, Colin Powell, and Hillary Clinton George Marshall Conference Center Washington, DC September 3, 2014 UNDER SECRETARY KENNEDY: Good afternoon. It is my great pleasure to welcome everyone here today for the groundbreaking ceremony for the new United States Diplomacy Center. We are celebrating the start of construction of the center, a state-of-the-art museum and educational resource that wil...

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Remarks John Kerry    Secretary of State Catherine A. Novelli    Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment  Loy Henderson Conference Room Washington, DC June 16, 2014 ANNOUNCER: "Our Ocean" Conference hosted by the U.S. Department of State. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Secretary of State of the United States of America, the President of the Republic of Kiribati and the Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environm...

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Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Tel Aviv, Israel December 6, 2013 SECRETARY KERRY: We’re here this morning just outside of Tel Aviv, but our hearts are in Johannesburg with all the millions of people who loved Nelson Mandela. Madiba’s long walk to freedom gave new meaning to character and to courage, to forgiveness, and to human dignity. And now that his long walk has ended, the example that he set for all of humanity lives on. He will be remembered as a pioneer for peace, a...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State United Nations New York City July 25, 2013 The video is also available with closed captioning on YouTube. SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Secretary Kerry, welcome to the United Nations. I’d like to highly commend and appreciate the strong leadership of Secretary Kerry for global peace and security and development and human rights. Today, we have a lot to cover, therefore I’ll be very brief what we are going to discuss. First of...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei July 2, 2013 As Prepared for Delivery I am very pleased to represent, for the first time as Secretary of State, the United States at this East Asia Summit Ministerial. Allow me to express my appreciation to His Majesty, the Sultan, and the entire nation of Brunei for their warm hospitality. President Obama looks forward to traveling here in October to attend the EAS Leaders Summit. The Asia-Pacific region is enjoying an almost unparallele...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State New Delhi, India June 23, 2013 AMBASSADOR POWELL: ( In Hindi ) Good evening. A very big thank you to all of you for joining us tonight for this very special occasion. It’s my pleasure to welcome Secretary Kerry back to India, and to recognize his 28 years of service as a senator, in which he played a very important role in promoting our U.S.-India bilateral relationship, including heading up a Congressional trade mission at the time our economic relations were...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Ciragan Palace Istanbul, Turkey April 7, 2013 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube . FOREIGN MINISTER DAVUTOGLU: I will speak in Turkish. (Via interpreter) Distinguished members of the press, U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. John Kerry, is once again with us, while second time in a row in a period of a month, and it gives me great pleasure and an honor to be (inaudible) again. And I would like to welcome him once again, along with his (inaudibl...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State The Willard Hotel Washington, DC November 30, 2012 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube SECRETARY CLINTON: I am somewhat overwhelmed, but I’m obviously thinking I should sit down. (Laughter.) I prepared some remarks for tonight, but then I thought maybe we could just watch that video a few more times. (Laughter.) And then the next time, I could count the hairstyles, which is one of my favorite pastimes. (Laughter.) I think...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Brookings Institution Washington, DC November 29, 2012 Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you very much. It’s wonderful to be back at Brookings. It’s always a joy to be introduced by such a longtime friend and colleague as Strobe Talbott and to have this opportunity to discuss with you how we have, over the last four years, revitalized our transatlantic alliance. I also want to recognize and thank members of the diplomatic corps who are here. There...

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Press Availability Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Consulate General Vladivostok Vladivostok, Russia September 9, 2012 SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon, everybody. Well, first, let me say how pleased I was to visit Vladivostok, and to see the new university for this APEC meeting. I was very delighted to attend on behalf of President Obama. Let me just highlight a few of the developments, beginning with what APEC’s members are doing to promote sustainable growth while preserving and prot...

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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Kabul, Afghanistan October 20, 2011 Please attribute the following content to an interview with FOX News QUESTION: With respect, if I could ask you, a source has confirmed to Fox that Muammar Qadhafi has been captured, injured in Sirte. What does that mean for the Libyan people? SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, first, we can’t confirm yet what exactly has happened. But I think it would bring a sigh of relief to a lot of Libyans. Because they expressed to...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Economic Club of New York New York City October 14, 2011 MODERATOR: Good morning everyone, and welcome to the 418th meeting of the Economic Club of New York. We’re now in our 104th year. Today, again we prove that we are the nation’s premier nonpartisan forum for discussion of economic policy. Today we welcome our Secretary of State. Hillary Rodham Clinton has demonstrated that in foreign policy and national security what is economic is strat...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Michael Rudd, Australian Defense Minister Stephen Francis Smith Government House Melbourne, Australia November 8, 2010 FOREIGN MINISTER RUDD: Thank you very much. First of all, could I say to both the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State how terrific it’s been to have you here in Melbourne. Back in Washington, I said to both Hillary and Vira, a friend to Bob, we intende...

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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Secretary of Defense Robert Gates Washington, DC December 5, 2009 QUESTION: And joining us now in the studio, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates. I believe this is the first time we’ve ever had two cabinet officers in the studio at the same time, so thank you both for coming, but let’s get right to it. Tuesday night, the President made it pretty clear he is dispatching another 30,000 troops to Afghanistan,...

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Speech Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Brookings Institution Washington, DC September 18, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Thank you very much. Well, it is a great delight to be back here at Brookings through that revolving door, which really does go both directions. I spoke with Strobe shortly after I was asked to take this job as Secretary of State and began thinking about who needed to be in this new Administration. And he ruefully said, “I know you’re going to decimate the pl...

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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Phya Thai Palace Bangkok, , Thailand July 22, 2009 View Video at The Nation MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Secretary of State Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton. (Applause.) SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Thank you. MODERATOR: And the host of today’s event is Nation’s group editor Mr. Suttichai Yoon and Nation’s channel editor, Ms. Veenarat Laohapakakul. QUESTION: Good morning, everyone. Of course, everyone has been waiting f...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Government, House Bangkok, Thailand July 21, 2009 MODERATOR: The Honorable Hillary Clinton, the U.S. Secretary of State, and His Excellency, Mr. Korbsak Sabhavasu, Deputy Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand. We invite His Excellency to give a press statement first. Please.   DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SABHAVASU: Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, member of the press, today we are very pleased to welcome Secretary Clinton. Secretary Clinton and Mr. Pr...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Mumbai, India July 18, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Good morning. It is a great honor and personal delight for me to be back in India. It’s a country that I admire greatly and that I have had an extraordinary set of experiences in. It’s a country that’s had a deep impact on my thinking about the most serious issues confronting our world today. And so it is a real privilege to return as Secretary of State.   Over the next few days, I wil...

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Remarks With United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, High Representative for European Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana, European Union Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado, Russian Foreign Minster Sergey Lavrov, and Quartet Representative Tony Blair Secretary Condoleezza Rice UN Headquarters New York City September 23, 2007 (6:25 p.m. EDT) SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen of the media. We had a very goo...

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Press Conference on Iraq Declaration Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC December 19, 2002 [ audio ; DSL/cable ; dial-up modem ] (2:30 p.m. EST) SECRETARY POWELL: Well, good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. On November 8th, the United Nations Security Council responded to the challenge issued by President Bush in his 12 September speech to the United Nations General Assembly. On that day, the Security Council unanimously passed Resolution 1441, requiring Iraq to disarm itself of its weapons of mass...

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Interview by Thierry Thuillier of France 2 Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC December 5, 2002 (3:30 p.m. EST) MR. THUILLIER: First, of course, I want to ask some questions about the Iraqi situation, as usual. In spite of UN inspectors, in Europe we feel that your rights or you know end of the story. War is coming soon? SECRETARY POWELL: No, I don't think war is necessarily coming soon. But whether war comes or not, it's up to Saddam Hussein. President Bush has made it clear that the international...

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Baghdad's Moment of Truth Secretary Colin L. Powell Op-Ed The Washington Post November 10, 2002 On Sept. 12, President Bush went before the United Nations and challenged the Security Council to meet its responsibility to act against the threat to international peace and security posed by Iraq. The council's unanimous passage of Resolution 1441 was a historic step for the United Nations toward ridding Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction by peaceful means. The international community has given Saddam ...

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Interview On Fox News With Tony Snow Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC November 18, 2001 QUESTION: The Taliban on the run, al-Qaida on the defensive. What's next? We'll ask Secretary of State Colin Powell. Joining us now, Secretary of State Colin Powell. Secretary Powell, let's respond to the latest news. The Northern Alliance, I gather, actually has now agreed to hold meetings outside of Afghanistan to try to form a new government. SECRETARY POWELL: Yes, Jim Dobbins, the United States ambassador...

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Remarks with President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan Secretary Colin L. Powell Islamabad, Pakistan October 16, 2001 PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF: (In Arabic: In the name of God most merciful and compassionate). Ladies and gentlemen, I welcome you to this press conference. Let me say that we have had very useful discussions. The visit of the United States Secretary of State comes at a time of great challenge for Pakistan. His presence here symbolizes the new, rejuvenated relationship between Pakistan and the Unite...

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Interview by Tony Snow Secretary Colin L. Powell "Fox News Sunday" Washington, DC June 17, 2001 MR. SNOW: President Bush returned late last night from his first extended trip overseas, a journey on which he met with European heads of state and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Joining us to discuss the mission, Secretary of State Colin Powell. General Powell, Vladimir Putin says he wants to join NATO. Under what conditions would Russia be able to join NATO? SECRETARY POWELL: Well, I don't think he quite...

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