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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State American Embassy School New Delhi, India August 31, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you. Thank you. Wow, thank you. How are you? AUDIENCE: Good. SECRETARY KERRY: Namaste. AUDIENCE: Namaste. SECRETARY KERRY: Nice to see everybody. Thank you very much. You guys staying dry? (Laughter.) I’ve been in a lot of floods – by the way, if your ambassador thinks an hour and a half in gridlock is quality time, he’s got to rethink (laughter) – anyway, I am re...
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Photos from the trip» Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Vienna, Austria, on July 22 to join EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy and the U.S. Delegation in Vienna for the first day of high-level talks at the Extraordinary Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol. The meeting was aimed at making progress on a hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) phasedown amendment for adoption later this year. Achieving such an amendment would build upon the climate change success achieved last ...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Lima, Peru December 11, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: Todd, thank you very, very much. Thank you all for being here. Thank you very much, and it’s a privilege for me to be able to share a few words here on what is, by necessity, a quick trip, and I apologize for that, and I am grateful for your steadfast efforts to get us over the finish line. Todd and I have worked together for a long time now, going all the way back to my time in the Senate, and I appreciate, Todd, ...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State The Willard Hotel Washington, DC November 14, 2013 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. Thank you, thank you. Thank you very much, Ambassador. Thank you very much. (Applause.) Please, thank you, thank you, thank you. I am enormously grateful (inaudible). Winston Churchill said the only reason people ever give a standing ovation is they desperately need an excuse to shift their underwear. (Laughter.) I know you had a much more noble cause in mind. (Laughter.) And I ...
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Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia October 10, 2013 The video is also available with closed captioning on YouTube. SECRETARY KERRY: Well, I know that President Obama was very disappointed to cancel his visit, especially given his personal connection and commitment to the region. But I also know that he believes very deeply in the importance of the relationship between the United States and Malaysia and also in the potential for a relationship in the years to come. To...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei October 10, 2013 Well, Mr. Prime Minister, it’s wonderful to be able to visit with you again. Thank you. Please express my gratitude. It’s good to be able to visit with the Prime Minister again and with the Foreign Minister. The U.S.-Vietnam Comprehensive Partnership that we signed in July reflects the growing strength of the relationship between Vietnam and the United States. A few minutes ago, Foreign Minister Minh and I wer...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei October 10, 2013 PRESIDENT PARK: (Via interpreter) I’m delighted to meet and see you again, Mr. Secretary after having last met back in April. And I recall your kind letter during my visit to the United States, when you were not able to be present due to certain circumstances. And President Obama was not able to attend this year’s meetings on account of inescapable factors. Please do pass on my best regards upon your return to...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Jen Psaki Department Spokesperson , Office of the Spokesperson Bali, Indonesia October 5, 2013 The video is also available with closed captioning on YouTube. SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon, everybody. Thank you for being patient. We appreciate it very much. I’m delighted to continue my trip through Asia, and on behalf of President Obama, it is an honor to represent the United States at the annual APEC economic leaders meet...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC September 19, 2013 The video is also available with closed captioning on YouTube. SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning, everybody, thank you very much for joining us. And it’s my great privilege to welcome His Excellency, the Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi. He was here 15 years ago as a visiting scholar at Georgetown, and I know that he remembers well this kind of weather, this kind of a beautiful day along the Potomac. And we...
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Loading Map... Photos From the Trip» DipNote: U.S. and India: World’s Oldest and Largest Democracies Share Historical Ties» Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Doha, New Delhi, Jeddah, Kuwait City, Amman, Jerusalem, Ramallah, Tel Aviv, and Bandar Seri Begawan from June 21 to July 2. On June 22-23 in Doha, the Secretary met with senior Qatari officials to discuss bilateral and regional issues. The Secretary also participated in a meeting with the "London 11" foreign...
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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 Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei July 2, 2013 AMBASSADOR SHIELDS: Hello everyone. I’d like to warmly welcome you. I don’t want to waste any time. A man who needs no introduction at all, our wonderful Secretary of State, John Kerry. SECRETARY KERRY: I was in elected politics for 29 years, and as an elected politician you always need an introduction. (Laughter.) A long one, if possible, as long as it’s a good one. If it isn’t, you don’t want a...
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Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, Brunei July 1, 2013 The video is available with closed captioning on YouTube SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon. Let me first thank His Majesty, the Sultan, and the people of Brunei for hosting us all here at this forum. It’s wonderful to be back for my second visit to the region as Secretary of State. And as I said in April in Tokyo, President Obama has made, I think, a very smart and strategic decision to rebalance our in...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Myanmar Foreign Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei July 1, 2013 The video is available with closed captioning on YouTube FOREIGN MINISTER WUNNA MAUNG LWIN: Your Royal Highness, Mr. Co-chair, excellencies, a very good morning. With the permission of Mr. Co-chair, I wish to announce that the ASEAN-U.S. Ministerial Meeting commenced. At the outset, I wish to exchange on behalf of my ASEAN colleagues, our warmest welcome to Secretary of State John K...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei July 1, 2013 The video is available with closed captioning on YouTube SECRETARY KERRY: Minister Kishida, thank you for hosting us. And Minister Yun, thank you very much. I want to thank you both for our meetings in your respective countries, and I want to congratulate Minister Yun on his visit with his President – President Park’s visit to China. It was a very good visit, important for all of us. The three of us, our countries...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Waldorf Astoria Hotel New York City September 27, 2012 This video is available on YouTube with closed captions. SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, good afternoon everyone, and thank you so much for joining us here. It’s a pleasure to welcome all of you to New York, and I want to offer a special greeting to my co-chair. Thank you so much, Foreign Minister. Not very long ago, it would have been impossible to imagine we would be sitting here together working so...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State East-West Center Honolulu, HI November 10, 2011 DR. MORRISON: Aloha. AUDIENCE: Aloha. DR. MORRISON: How do you introduce the Secretary of State? And I think the first thing I think of as a public servant, we sometimes hear the word public servant spoken in a kind of derogatory tone. But the public servants that I’ve known, the members of our state and local government, members of our Congress, members of the international community, with a lot of v...
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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Serena Hotel Islamabad, Pakistan October 21, 2011 MODERATOR: A very warm welcome to Pakistan, Secretary Clinton. It’s good to have you with us again. You come at a time which is very important for this crucial relationship; troubled times, if you may say. And you’ve had lots of meetings in the last few hours. We hope to get a lot of news out of you during this session. But we do hope that you’ve been able to untie some hard knots. And...
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Op-Ed Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Foreign Policy Magazine October 11, 2011 The future of politics will be decided in Asia, not Afghanistan or Iraq, and the United States will be right at the center of the action. As the war in Iraq winds down and America begins to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan, the United States stands at a pivot point. Over the last 10 years, we have allocated immense resources to those two theaters. In the next 10 years, we need to be smart and systematic about wh...
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Remarks With Press Secretary Dana Perino, and Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs Daniel Price Secretary Condoleezza Rice Aboard Air Force One En route Andrews Air Force Base November 23, 2008 Released by the White House Office of the Press Secretary 1:55 P.M. EST SECRETARY RICE: I just want to say a few words and then I'll take your questions. The President I think made the point that he had come to APEC every year of his presidency, even after September 11th, when he went to ...
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Interview on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC December 29, 2002 MR. STEPHANOPOULOS: Good morning, Mr. Secretary. SECRETARY POWELL: Good morning, George. MR. STEPHANOPOULOS: When you were on this program two months ago, you said that if North Korea ended international supervision of its nuclear program, it would create an extremely grave situation. Now we're in that situation. What is the United States goi...
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Interview on CBS's Face the Nation with John Roberts Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC December 29, 2002 MR. ROBERTS: Good morning to you, Mr. Secretary. SECRETARY POWELL: Good morning, John. MR. ROBERTS: The administration has been very careful not to characterize the North Korean situation as a crisis, yet here we have a country and a leader who possesses at least two nuclear weapons, he's restarted a plutonium extraction plant, he's threatening to rest...
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Interview on CNN's Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC December 29, 2002 MR. BLITZER: Mr. Secretary, thanks once again for joining us. The issue at hand right now, there seems to be a crisis between the United States, on the one hand, and its allies, and North Korea. But you're apparently refusing to say this is a crisis. SECRETARY POWELL: Well, I don't like the word "crisis." It suggests we're about to move forces or there's ...
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Interview on NBC's Meet the Press with Tim Russert Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC December 29, 2002 MR. RUSSERT: Mr. Secretary, welcome. SECRETARY POWELL: Good morning, Tim. MR. RUSSERT: The North Koreans transferring fuel rods to make plutonium to make nuclear bombs, kicking out United Nations inspectors. What is President Bush going to do about this? SECRETARY POWELL: Well, it's a very serious situation and we're taking it seriously, bu...
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Interview by the Associated Press Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC November 7, 2002 (10:30 a.m. EST) QUESTION: Guess what. Iraq. It is in the bag do you think? Is it a done deal? Richard said the other day you're making a couple of modifications they've asked for. SECRETARY POWELL: We're still working on some suggestions. If you followed the discussions at the UN yesterday, you know that different delegations raised issues. Yesterday was the first time we formally tabled a resolution. Really it ...
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Roundtable with European Journalists Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC October 28, 2002 SECRETARY POWELL: I'm sorry to keep you waiting. I've had phone calls. QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, do you have a deadline in mind for the negotiations in the UN? SECRETARY POWELL: I don't have a specific deadline. But obviously, we have to bring this to closure in the near future. We have narrowed our differences considerably, but there still are differences. We are working hard to see if those differences can be...
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Press Briefing Secretary Colin L. Powell Inter-Continental Hotel Los Cabos, Mexico October 26, 2002 The White House, Office of the Press Secretary SECRETARY POWELL: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. President Bush has had two very successful meetings since his arrival here in Los Cabos. An excellent bilateral meeting with President Vicente Fox and I think most of you had a chance to listen in to the little press availability they had. They discussed migration issues, trade issues, the situation in I...
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