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  • Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State The Ritz Carlton Washington, DC November 29, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very, very much, Karen. “Under the weather” is a polite word for the crud. (Laughter.) Anyway, thank you, Karen, for a wonderful introduction. And it’s with great pride that I accept the nomination. (Laughter.) Shh. It’s a little dangerous right now. (Laughter.) I am suffering from a bunch of grandchildren, all of whom are sniveling at...

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  • Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC June 21, 2016 SECRETARY ALBRIGHT: All right – or not. (Laughter.) I’m the shorter secretary. (Laughter.) Good evening and thank you all for being here. Today we are celebrating an important milestone in the life of a remarkable organization, and thanks to our host, Secretary Kerry, we are able to do this in the most wonderful and fitting venue. We are grateful to you, Mr. Secretary, for having us here and for taking the time to join us thi...

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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 Condoleezza Rice Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC June 18, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very, very much. I want to begin by begging your forgiveness. I’m later than I have been, I think, at any moment, and it is simply because today the world could care less about the Secretary of State’s schedule, and I apologize profusely to everybody. This is a very, very special occasion for a lot of different reasons, but it’s special, and whether it&r...

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  • Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton    Secretary of State Capricia Penavic Marshall    Chief of Protocol Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC November 9, 2012 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, this is a day we have tried to avoid, and successfully, for quite some time. (Laughter.) But now, unfortunately the day has arrived. So I’m putting on my game face, Joe, looking like I’m happy. (Laughter.) Because today we are honori...

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  • Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Ritz Carlton Hotel Manama, Bahrain December 3, 2010 SECRETARY CLINTON: Good evening, Your Majesty, Royal Highnesses, Highnesses, ministers, ambassadors, excellencies, ladies and gentlemen: It is a great pleasure for me to join you this year for the seventh annual Manama Dialogue. And I want to congratulate the International Institute for Strategic Studies for the vision of this Dialogue and for convening what I am sure will be another thought-provoking c...

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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 Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC July 10, 2009 UNDER SECRETARY KENNEDY: This is one of those occasions where a long introduction would be entirely inappropriate. (Laughter.) Welcome to the State Department’s Dean Acheson Auditorium, members of the State Department, the foreign affairs community, and our colleagues in the press. And it is my distinguished pleasure to introduce the Secretary of State, Secretary Clinton. SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank...

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  • Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Interview With Yoichi Funabashi and Yoichi Kato of Asahi Shimbun Tokyo, Japan February 17, 2009 QUESTION: Secretary Clinton, thank you very much. We really appreciate your sharing your precious time with us. Our first question is about North Korea. What would you say the biggest difference between your Administration’s policy towards North Korea, particularly North Korean nuclear issue, and the previous administration’s policy towards North...

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  • Farewell Remarks to Employees Secretary Condoleezza Rice C Street Lobby Washington, DC January 16, 2009 UNDER SECRETARY BURNS: Good afternoon, everyone. Madame Secretary, I’d like to express, on behalf of the Department, our deep appreciation for your extraordinary dedication to public service, your extraordinary dedication to the pursuit of American interests and values across this very complicated globe, and especially your extraordinary dedication to the men and women who serve the Department o...

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  • Remarks at Signing Ceremony for U.S.-U.A.E. Agreement on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy Secretary Condoleezza Rice Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC January 15, 2009 MODERATOR :Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. The United States Secretary of State, the Honorable Condoleezza Rice and the Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates, His Highness, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan, today are signing the U.S.-U.A.E. Agreement for Cooperation Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy. Ladies and...

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  • Remarks at Stakeout After Signing Ceremony for U.S.-U.A.E. Agreement on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy Secretary Condoleezza Rice Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC January 15, 2009 SECRETARY RICE: Thanks for being respectful of that. QUESTION: Thank you for coming back. SECRETARY RICE: Yes, sure. QUESTION: Do you have any comment on the bombing of the UN warehouse in Lebanon today? And then secondly, we understand that you’re working out a deal with the Israelis on tunnels, and also on crossi...

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  • Interview With Mike Schneider of Bloomberg TV Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC January 13, 2009 QUESTION: Madame Secretary, we appreciate this opportunity. SECRETARY RICE: A pleasure to be with you, Mike. QUESTION: What is it like, as you sit here in this magnificent room, in the center of American diplomatic power, to know that in a few days, this is all part of your past? SECRETARY RICE: Well, I’m very excited about moving on, quite frankly. It’s been a great eight years. It&rsquo...

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  • Interview With Andrea Mitchell of MSNBC Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC January 12, 2009 QUESTION: Thank you very much. Madame Secretary, Iran. The President-elect has said that he wants a change of approach to Iran. Do you think a change of approach, engagement with Iran, can work? SECRETARY RICE: Well, it’s not an issue of engagement or non-engagement with Iran. It’s a question of whether or not Iran is willing to make a strategic choice to move in a different direction. And ther...

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  • Interview With The Washington Post Editorial Board Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC January 12, 2009 QUESTION: We’re on the record? MR. MCCORMACK: Yep. QUESTION: Well, I’ll take the privilege of starting with our favorite subject. What do you think – what have we learned from the latest pipelines discussion between Russia and Ukraine and Europe? And is this one different from the last one, and do you see the Russians learning anything different? SECRETARY RICE: Well, I think w...

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  • Interview With Rita Braver of CBS Sunday Morning Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 22, 2008 QUESTION: You know, other than the President and Vice President, you have become such a symbol for this Administration. What’s that been like for you? SECRETARY RICE: Oh, I don’t think of myself as a symbol. I just think of myself as someone who’s tried to do a good job on behalf of the country. And I think we have managed to keep the country safe. And for those of us who were t...

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  • Interview With Sylvie Lanteaume, Lachlan Carmichael, and Jordi Zamora Barceló of Agence France-Presse Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 22, 2008 QUESTION: Thank you. I guess we’ll start by looking forward a little bit, and I know you welcomed the election of Barack Obama – SECRETARY RICE: Yes. QUESTION: – and for what it meant for the United States, and also how the outside world looked at Obama. But why do you think there is such overwhelming support around the...

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  • Interview on NBC's Meet the Press with David Gregory Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 21, 2008 QUESTION: But first, we welcome back the Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for her 20 th appearance on this program over the past eight years. Thank you for being willing to come on the program and explain your views all these times. SECRETARY RICE: It’s a pleasure to be with you, David. QUESTION: Thank you. SECRETARY RICE: And congratulations on taking over the post. QUESTION: Thank ...

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  • Interview With the Financial Times Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 19, 2008 QUESTION: Secretary, thanks so much for the interview. I wonder if we could begin just asking what do you make of the people who say that in your second term you really made a valiant effort to rebuild the international ties which frayed in the first? SECRETARY RICE: Well, obviously, in the first term, we had to do some difficult things, not all of which were well received in all quarters. I might note, I thin...

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  • Interview With Robert McMahon of Council on Foreign Relations Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 18, 2008 QUESTION: Okay. So, Secretary Rice, the town is pretty much abuzz over inauguration planning, and I’d like to go back to the last inauguration, where the President issued a pretty bold statement and a bold program about democracy promotion, especially in the Middle East. And you were very much involved in that early on. Nowadays, we hear less of it, although I know you’ve...

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  • Interview With Tavis Smiley of National Public Radio Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 18, 2008 QUESTION: Madame Secretary, always nice to have you back on this program. SECRETARY RICE: Nice to be with you, Tavis. QUESTION: I’m sad. I suspect this is the last time I’ll talk to you as a current sitting Secretary of State. SECRETARY RICE: I think that’s likely the case, Tavis. (Laughter.) QUESTION: Well, I want to start by thanking you for all the occasions during your t...

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  • Interview With Zain Verjee of CNN Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 17, 2008 QUESTION: Thank you so much, Madame Secretary. SECRETARY RICE: Pleasure to be with you. QUESTION: You’ve been in the Bush Administration for eight years. SECRETARY RICE: Yes. QUESTION: What’s been the best moment? SECRETARY RICE: Well, there have been a lot of great moments: seeing the Afghans liberate themselves from the Taliban; seeing the Iraqis vote for the first time; going for the first time t...

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  • Remarks From Daughters and Sons Meeting at the Council on Foreign Relations Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 17, 2008 MS. MITCHELL: Welcome. This is so wonderful for me to see all of you, many of you friends, many of you sons and daughters of friends. I am Andrea Mitchell from NBC News, Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, and you all know our very special guest, the Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice. Welcome to the Council on Foreign Relations. And tonight is a very special evening...

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  • Remarks Following Meeting Concerning Iran Secretary Condoleezza Rice New York City December 16, 2008 Remarks by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice After Meeting with the Permanent Members of the UNSC, Germany, EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, Iraq, and Jordan SECRETARY RICE: (In progress) with representatives of the P5+1. Those representatives included David Miliband, the British Foreign Secretary, and Javier...

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  • Situation in Somalia Secretary Condoleezza Rice Remarks Following the UN Security Council Meeting on the Situation in Somalia New York City, New York December 16, 2008 View Video   SECRETARY RICE: I’ve just attended a very successful Security Council session on piracy. The Security Council adopted Resolution 1851, which is a very strong resolution that deals with issues of detention of pirates, with the prosecution of pirates, with the ability to use all necessary means on land as well as at ...

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  • Remarks With Quartet Members Secretary Condoleezza Rice United Nations Headquarters New York City December 15, 2008 View Video   | Quartet Press Satement Quartet Members: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Special Representative for the French Foreign Ministry Gerard Araud, High Representative for European Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana, European Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferre...

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  • Roundtable With Associated Press Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 15, 2008 SECRETARY RICE: Well, I thought that we’d spend a few moments discussing the work that we’re going to do in New York. I’ll leave in a few minutes to go to New York. Today, we will have a meeting that the British are sponsoring on Zimbabwe. And the purpose of that meeting is to review the situation in Zimbabwe, but I think the position of the United States is well known on this, that we’ve...

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  • Interview With Maria Bartiromo of CNBC Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 11, 2008 QUESTION: Secretary Rice, nice to have you on the program. SECRETARY RICE: Nice to be with you, Maria. QUESTION: Thank you so much for joining us. So final days in office here and you have been busier than ever. SECRETARY RICE: Right. QUESTION: You went to Mumbai. Tell me what your impression was on the ground in India. SECRETARY RICE: Well, I was in India to do a couple of things. First, to send a very st...

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  • Interview on CBS News Radio with Dan Raviv and Charles Wolfson Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 9, 2008 QUESTION: Welcome to the Marshall Room at the State Department. I’m Dan Raviv of CBS News here for a radio interview with the Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Thanks so much for joining us, Madame Secretary. SECRETARY RICE: It’s a pleasure to be with you. QUESTION: And I’m here with our State Department reporter Charles Wolfson. Good morning, Charlie. QUESTION: ...

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  • Interview With Michele Kelemen of NPR Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 9, 2008 QUESTION: So before we look back, I want to sort of look ahead because you’re very emotional talking about what this moment in history means to have an African American president coming in. And I wonder if you think that’ll help the U.S. overcome its image problems in the world. SECRETARY RICE: Well, the U.S. so-called image problems, I think, also relate largely to the fact that people sometimes...

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  • Interview on ABC's This Week With George Stephanopoulos Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 7, 2008 QUESTION: Hello again. We begin today in one of her final interviews as Secretary of State with Condoleezza Rice. Madame Secretary, welcome back to This Week. SECRETARY RICE: Thank you. Good to be with you, George. QUESTION: So you are not coasting in your final days. SECRETARY RICE: Right. QUESTION: Just back from India and Pakistan, of course, after those horrific attacks in Mumbai. And i...

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  • Interview on CNN's Late Edition With Wolf Blitzer Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 7, 2008 QUESTION: Madame Secretary, thanks very much for coming in. SECRETARY RICE: Pleasure to be with you, Wolf. QUESTION: You’re just back from the region, India, Pakistan. How concerned are you that these nuclear rivals, that there could be a misconception out there, a miscalculation, and this tension between the two of them, which is real right now, could escalate? SECRETARY RICE: Well, we hav...

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  • Interview on Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 7, 2008 QUESTION: Secretary Rice, welcome back to Fox News Sunday. SECRETARY RICE: Pleasure to be with you, Chris. QUESTION: Are you persuaded by the evidence you’ve seen that the Mumbai attack was launched from Pakistan, and are there signs the attackers were trained either by current or former Pakistani military or intelligence? SECRETARY RICE: Well, we have passed information to both India and Pak...

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  • Remarks With United Kingdom Foreign Secretary David Miliband Secretary Condoleezza Rice London, England December 1, 2008 View Video FOREIGN SECRETARY MILIBAND: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. And welcome to One Carlton Gardens. Above all, welcome to my colleague and friend, Condi Rice, for her nearly 24-hour visit in the UK. So we’re delighted to have you back. It’s not like it’s a quiet time in foreign affairs at the moment, so I don’t want to tempt fate by saying this is ...

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  • Remarks on the NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC November 26, 2008 View Video    SECRETARY RICE: All right. I wanted to come down before the Thanksgiving holiday and before some significant meetings that I’ll participate in next week, just to give you a little bit of an update on where we are on a couple of issues and then I’m happy to take your questions. As you know, I’m going to travel to Brussels to attend the NATO foreign ministers ...

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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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  • Remarks at the Baker Institute's 15th Anniversary Gala Dinner Secretary Condoleezza Rice Rice University Houston, Texas November 13, 2008   View Video Thank you very much. Well, it’s really great to be here at Rice University and here in the state of Texas. As a matter of fact, when I told the President, with whom I was in New York earlier today, that I was on my way to Texas, he said to say hello to all of you. He said he’s going to be coming back soon. (Laughter.) I’m going to b...

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  • Interview With Steve Scully of C-SPAN Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC November 10, 2008 QUESTION: Secretary of State Rice, how does the world view America? SECRETARY RICE: Well, the world views America still, I think, as a place where you can be anybody and do anything, where it doesn’t matter where you came from; it matters where you’re going. I think that’s why there was such great interest in our recent election, because it talked about overcoming old wounds. And I think m...

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  • Remarks With Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad Secretary Condoleezza Rice Jenin November 8, 2008 PRIME MINISTER FAYYAD: (Via interpreter). Good evening. I would like, at the beginning, to express my utmost pleasure to receive Madame Secretary of the United States of America, Secretary Rice, in Jenin. This is for us, as Palestinians, a historic visit for numerous reasons. This is the first visit conducted by a Secretary of State of the United States to Jenin. When I say it is historic for more than...

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  • Press Conference by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 21, 2007 View Video (10:17 a.m. EST) SECRETARY RICE: Good morning. I'm here principally to take your questions, but I'd like to make a few remarks before doing that. 2007 has been a busy and challenging year, but also a positive one. I want to highlight just a few issues on which we've focused. I was just in Iraq and I can tell you that Iraq today is a different country than it was two -- a year ag...

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  • Interview With Jonathan Beale of BBC News Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 20, 2007 QUESTION: Madame Secretary, you've invested a lot of time and effort in the last year in the Middle East. Has this now become your number one foreign policy objective, trying to break the deadlock between the Israelis and Palestinians? SECRETARY RICE: Well, it is clearly an important objective, one of the most important objectives. I don't have the luxury of just doing one thing. As Secretary of State o...

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  • Interview With Josef Joffe of Die Zeit Newspaper Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 20, 2007 QUESTION: Here's number one. Zbig Brzezinski has formulated the central paradox of American foreign policy; never has American power been that high, never its authority and legitimacy so low. Do you agree? SECRETARY RICE: No. QUESTION: Why not? SECRETARY RICE: Because I see -- QUESTION: He was a predecessor. SECRETARY RICE: Yeah -- no, he wasn't my predecessor -- oh, at the NSC. QUESTION: At -- o...

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  • Interview With Sylvie Lanteaume and Lachlan Carmichael of Agence France Presse Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 20, 2007 QUESTION: Okay, I'll fire away first then. SECRETARY RICE: Yes, let's get started. QUESTION: Well, the P-5+1 conference call was this morning. What did Nick Burns achieve this time? SECRETARY RICE: Well, they're continuing to work on a resolution. We continue to have some tactical differences about the timing, but more than that about how deep this resolution should ...

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  • Remarks With Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Bernier After Their Meeting Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 20, 2007 View Video SECRETARY RICE: Good afternoon. I'm delighted to welcome my Canadian colleague Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier from Ottawa to spend time here with me at the State Department. We've just recently saw each other in Paris at the donors conference for the Palestinians and then just a little before that at Annapolis for the Annapolis conference on Middle ...

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  • Interview With David Pujadas of France 2 Television Secretary Condoleezza Rice Paris, France December 17, 2007 QUESTION (Via interpreter) : As mentioned earlier, we are meeting with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Good evening and thank you for having us here. Do you really believe in the creation of a Palestinian State and in peace in the region as early as 2008 when there have been so many failures in the past? SECRETARY RICE: Yes. Well, it is certainly going to be ambitious to have the creation ...

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  • Interview With Hasan Muawad of BBC Arabic Secretary Condoleezza Rice Paris, France December 17, 2007 QUESTION: Now, Madame Secretary of State, in terms of the proposed financial package for the Palestinians, which you are discussing now to our knowledge, do you agree with the World Bank that such a package might not be really effective unless the Israelis lift the restrictions on the Palestinians? SECRETARY RICE: Clearly, there will have to be some improvements in movement and access. I negotiated the m...

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  • Press Availability After Her Meeting With French President Nicolas Sarkozy Secretary Condoleezza Rice Paris, France December 17, 2007 SECRETARY RICE: Thank you for welcoming me here at Elysee Palace. It has been many issues that the United States and France are working on together. Because we have such a deep friendship and a deep partnership built on values, we're able to take on the many challenges that we face. We've had a discussion of the Middle East, in particular the situation in Lebanon and the ...

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  • Interview by Matt Lee and Anne Gearan of Associated Press Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 12, 2007 (4:00 p.m. EST) QUESTION: The new Iran NIE gives a rather more benign view of Iran and in the same week, we get word that the President has sent a personal letter to Kim Jong-il and the New York Philharmonic is going to play in Pyongyang. I wonder if you're, at this point, ready to say that those two members of the Axis of Evil aren't that evil anymore? SECRETARY RICE: Well, I don't thin...

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  • USA Today Editorial Board Roundtable Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 11, 2007 (3:15 p.m. EST) SECRETARY RICE: All right. Why don't we launch right in, because I think we only have about 45 minutes. MR. MCCORMACK: 45 minutes, on the record. QUESTION: Okay. Thank you for taking the time to meet with us. SECRETARY RICE: Of course, glad to do it. QUESTION: We can see a lot of progress on the ground in Iraq and in many different ways, but it's very hard to see through to the endgame, which...

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  • Remarks at the Women's Foreign Policy Group Annual Luncheon Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 10, 2007 View Video SECRETARY RICE: Well, thank you very much. And thank you, Ann, for that kind introduction. And I just want to say that it is true that we had an ambassador named Tom Korologos in Belgium who was very, very successful, but we also had Ann McLaughlin, and that made it terrific for the United States of America. So thank you for your service on behalf of the country. (Applause.)...

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  • Remarks at NATO Headquarters Secretary Condoleezza Rice Brussels, Belgium December 7, 2007 View Video SECRETARY RICE: Good afternoon. We just finished a meeting of the NATO Council at the level of ministers, as well as a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council and then a Mediterranean dialogue lunch. All were opportunities to talk about the challenges that we face and the opportunities that we face as well. I think that on -- for NATO's purposes today, we had a discussion of Kosovo and affirmed our unity on ...

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  • Joint Press Availability with African Great Lakes State Leaders Secretary Condoleezza Rice Addis Ababa, Ethiopia December 5, 2007 Secretary Rice: ….And the Great Lakes region by the presidents of Burundi, of Rwanda, of Uganda and the foreign minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We have just had a very extensive discussion, largely just the heads of state in a very small format, about the challenges in Eastern Congo and in the Great Lakes region more broadly. There is a joint communiq...

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  • Briefing En Route Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Secretary Condoleezza Rice En Route Addis Ababa, Ethiopia December 4, 2007 SECRETARY RICE: Okay, let me just say a word about where we're going first, and then we can get to other questions you have. I'm going to go to Addis, which is of course the headquarters of the AU, because I'm increasingly concerned about several crisis spots in Africa and this is a good opportunity to go to the AU which is deeply involved in all of them, and to take stock where we are and ...

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  • Interview on ABC Nightline With Cynthia McFadden Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC November 28, 2007 QUESTION: Madame Secretary, since we saw you last night, I know that more negotiations have been going on, more meetings. What can you tell us? SECRETARY RICE: Well, this morning the President hosted, first, the Israeli delegation and Prime Minister Olmert and also, President Abbas and his delegation and then they had a brief meeting together. It was principally to say to them, let's not now have...

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  • Address to Delegates at the United Jewish Communities (UJC) General Assembly Secretary Condoleezza Rice Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center Nashville, Tennessee November 13, 2007 View Video Thank you. Thank you very much for that warm welcome and thank you to Joe Kanfer for the kind introduction and for the leadership that he is providing to the United Jewish Communities. I would also like to thank my friend, Israeli Ambassador Salai Meridor, who is here today, and he is doing great work for h...

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  • Interview on the Steve Gill Show Secretary Condoleezza Rice Nashville, TN November 13, 2007 QUESTION: Joining us on our newsmakers live, a very special guest who's been with us on the Steve Gill Show before. Last time she came it was a lot more controversial. She was speaking at Vanderbilt University. We even had to dispense those "Tennesseans Love Condi" t-shirts just to help show her a welcoming approach in Tennessee. And normally, we don't restrict what questions we ask or issues we get int...

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  • Interview With Colby Sledge of The Tennessean Secretary Condoleezza Rice Nashville, Tennessee November 13, 2007 QUESTION: So today, obviously with recent and historical events, what will you be speaking on? SECRETARY RICE: Well, I'm going to talk about -- first of all, to congratulate this great organization on the work that it's done, because it's an organization of various organizations that really are the best face of compassion from the United States. So that's the first thing. Secondly, I want to t...

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  • Interview With the Jewish Telegraphic Agency Secretary Condoleezza Rice Nashville, Tennessee November 13, 2007 QUESTION: We've seen reports that it looks like now the Annapolis meeting is going to be a day. That's what's being reported. SECRETARY RICE: Well, let's wait to -- first, to call it; and secondly, to invite people; and then to schedule it. QUESTION: So it's not even safe to say that it's definitely happening? SECRETARY RICE: Oh, it's going to happen. QUESTION: Okay. SECRETARY RICE: But look, w...

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  • Interview on ABC's This Week With George Stephanopoulos Secretary Condoleezza Rice Crawford, Texas November 11, 2007 QUESTION: Good morning, Madame Secretary. SECRETARY RICE: Good morning, George. QUESTION: A mixed message this morning from General Musharraf. What's your reaction? SECRETARY RICE: Well, my reaction is that the positive element here is that elections are going to be held and held very soon, and also that the President said he was going to take off his uniform. These have both been essenti...

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  • Interview With the Dallas Morning News Editorial Board Secretary Condoleezza Rice Dallas, Texas November 9, 2007 MODERATOR: You are meeting with the Editorial Board of the Dallas Morning News. Around the table (inaudible). We are pleased to have you here and very interested in your thoughts on developments around the world, both in the short term and in the long term. I think we would probably be remiss -- oh, and I should also point out we have our international editor as well from the newsroom here. Q...

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  • Remarks With South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Song Min-Soon After Their Meeting Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC November 7, 2007 View Video SECRETARY RICE: Good evening. I would like very much to welcome my colleague, Song Min-Soon. It's good to have you here for what has been -- what is now several meetings that we have had together since he became the Foreign Minister. And we've had a wide-ranging discussion of the very good relationship -- the United States and South Korea...

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  • Interview on NBC's Today Show With Matt Lauer Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC October 26, 2007 QUESTION: Condoleezza Rice is the U.S. Secretary of State. Madame Secretary, it's nice to have you here. Thanks for joining us. SECRETARY RICE: Good morning, Matt. QUESTION: Let's talk about the two sides of these sanctions. Some people say, and I think the Administration believes, this will eventually force the Iranians to the negotiating table. Others say no, that this will force them further away ...

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  • Remarks with Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson Secretary Condoleezza Rice Ben Franklin Room Washington, DC October 25, 2007 View Video SECRETARY RICE: Good morning. In May 2006, the United States offered the Iranian Government an historic opportunity to improve its relations with the international community and with us. We said that our nation deeply respects the Iranian people and that we are eager to build a better future together. We offered Iran new incentives to cooperate and negotiate wit...

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  • U.S. Policy in the Middle East Secretary Condoleezza Rice Opening Remarks Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Washington, DC October 24, 2007 View Video As Delivered (9:40 a.m. EDT) SECRETARY RICE: Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. And thank you, Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen. I want to thank the members of the Committee for this opportunity to address this extremely important set of policy issues. I have a longer statement, Mr. Chairman, but in order to permit full questions, I think I will just s...

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  • Opening Remarks at the Office of the Historian's Conference on U.S.-Soviet Relations in the Era of Détente, 1969-1976 Secretary Condoleezza Rice East Auditorium Washington, DC October 22, 2007 View Video SECRETARY RICE: Thank you very much, Marc. Thank you for that wonderful introduction. And thank you also for your leadership and hard work over these years. And good morning, and welcome, everyone, to the Department of State. What brings us together today is a truly remarkable achievement, both i...

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  • Interview With Neil Cavuto of Fox Business Network Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC October 19, 2007 QUESTION: Secretary, I do want to -- I have a lot of area I'd like to cover with you. First on the markets on this, the 20th anniversary of the 1987 crash, a concern globally about what's happening not only to our dollar but concern about the strength of our economy. And it seems to be rattling investors everywhere. Is this a worry for you as well? SECRETARY RICE: Well, here let me just quote Se...

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  • Remarks With Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni Secretary Condoleezza Rice Jerusalem October 17, 2007 View Video FOREIGN MINISTER LIVNI: I would like to welcome Secretary Rice once again and express our appreciation for efforts to promote the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. I have long been an advocate of dialogue with pragmatic leaders on the Palestinian side, and I believe that despite all the difficulties we must take advantage of this opportunity. As you know, I was appointed this week by Prime...

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  • Interview With Ayala Hasson, Channel 1 Secretary Condoleezza Rice Jerusalem October 15, 2007 QUESTION: Madame Secretary, at this point, do you know what form the joint declaration will take? Will it include the essential issues as Jerusalem, refugees, borders? SECRETARY RICE: Yes, well, the joint document is still to take shape and the parties are still working and I don't want to try to prejudge where they will be. But I would hope that any document would be a serious document, that it would be concret...

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  • Interview With Jonathan Karl of ABC Secretary Condoleezza Rice Moscow, Russia October 13, 2007 QUESTION: Madame Secretary, thank you. SECRETARY RICE: You're welcome. Thank you. QUESTION: So I want to ask you a question about Iran. Given all that Iran is up to, especially what we're seeing in terms of the flow of Iranian weapons into Iraq, isn't it time to have a weapons embargo on Iran? SECRETARY RICE: Well, indeed at some point it will be a very good thing to have a weapons embargo on Iran. There alrea...

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  • Roundtable With Traveling Press Secretary Condoleezza Rice Moscow, Russia October 13, 2007 SECRETARY RICE: Okay. Why don't we just go directly to questions. QUESTION: Can we follow up on your human rights meeting with the activists this morning? SECRETARY RICE: Sure. QUESTION: Can you give us a sense of to what extent you talked about human rights in Russia generally when you met yesterday with President Putin, and then whether it featured at all -- I suspect it didn't -- in the 2+2 meeting, which is, y...

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  • Interview With Sergey Brilev of RTR TV Secretary Condoleezza Rice Moscow, Russia October 12, 2007 QUESTION: Madame Secretary, given the circumstances I should be talking foreign policy, but let's start with domestic policies of this country. This has been a week of a substantial price rise in this country -- breads and milk primarily. Now, world deficit of wheat is blamed for this thing and this deficit in turn is explained by the U.S. initiatives, the U.S. fuel (inaudible) to produce biological fuel. N...

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  • Remarks with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Defense Minister Anatoliy Serdyukov After 2+2 Meetings Secretary Condoleezza Rice Ministry of Foreign Affairs Moscow, Russia October 12, 2007 View Video FOREIGN MINISTER LAVROV: (Via interpreter) Dear colleagues, the meeting of foreign ministers and defense ministers in the forum of the so-called 2+2 was held in accordance with instruction by the two presidents. This instruction by the presidents was dictated by...

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  • Briefing En Route Moscow, Russia Secretary Condoleezza Rice En Route Moscow, Russia October 11, 2007 SECRETARY RICE: We're on our way to Moscow and I will meet up there with Secretary Gates, and we intend to initiate a forum called the 2+2, which is the foreign ministers and the defense ministers getting together to talk about a variety of security and political-military issues. I think it's going to be a very good format. We've not done this. I think it may have been held at one point in time earlier i...

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  • Interview With the New York Post Editorial Board Secretary Condoleezza Rice New York City October 1, 2007 QUESTION: Welcome. SECRETARY RICE: Thank you. Nice to be here. Thank you. QUESTION: Do you have any messages for us today? SECRETARY RICE: I don't. I'll just start out with whatever is on your mind. I'm sure we'll get to plenty of my messages as we go. QUESTION: Might as well start with Iraq. SECRETARY RICE: Yeah, sure. QUESTION: Now that the surge, the troop surge, seems to be working, what are the...

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  • Interview With Matthew Swibel of Forbes Magazine Secretary Condoleezza Rice New York, New York September 30, 2007 Complete Interview Series with Forbes Magazine: 8.07.2008 - 3.11.2008 - 12.03.2007 - 10.15.2007 - 09.30.2007 QUESTION:  I'd like to start out talking a little bit about your -- how you define diplomatic process, okay? So someone who worked on your team I spoke to recently said that, to him, it's like gardening, something you're tending to all the time, but you never leave it comple...

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  • Interview With the CBS News Editorial Board Secretary Condoleezza Rice New York, New York September 28, 2007 QUESTION: Okay, let's start. The Secretary has promised us a shrink hour, which is 50 minutes of the hour. Okay, so QUESTION: Only in New York could you say that. (Laughter.) QUESTION: A shrink hour. SECRETARY RICE: I haven't heard of a shrink hour, but I'll know to use that from now on. QUESTION: She's kind of on a tight schedule, so let's get going. Does somebody have a question to lead off, or...

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  • Remarks at the Major Economies Meeting on Energy Security and Climate Change Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC September 27, 2007 View Video SECRETARY RICE: Thank you very much. Good morning and thank you very much, Paula, for that kind introduction. I want to thank all of you for joining us here for this very important conference. I especially want to thank ministers who have made the effort to come here, many who were in New York with me. I also want to thank the representatives of the delegat...

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  • Interview With the Fox News Editorial Board Secretary Condoleezza Rice New York City September 25, 2007 QUESTION: Madame Secretary, I turn it over to you to kind of take over, and whenever you want we'll fire some questions. SECRETARY RICE: Great. Well, thanks very much for having me here, and mostly we should just go directly to whatever questions you might have. I'm sure that'll take us into lots of different areas. QUESTION: Well, what's the status - on or off the record? SECRETARY RICE: We're on the...

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  • Interview with Mark Haines and Erin Burnett of CNBC Secretary Condoleezza Rice New York Stock Exchange New York City September 24, 2007 (9:29 a.m. EDT) QUESTION: Welcome back. 62nd Session of the UN General Assembly gets underway this week; tensions around the globe rising, war in Iraq, stalemate with Iran over their nuclear intentions, still in the background, North Korea, although we haven't heard from them lately, plus the constant saber-rattling from Venezuelan President Chavez. Joining us exclusive...

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  • Interview With the Reuters Editorial Board Secretary Condoleezza Rice Waldorf-Astoria New York, New York September 24, 2007 QUESTION: You've repeatedly emphasized your pursuit of a diplomatic solution with Iran over its nuclear program, although you've always had the caveat that you don't rule out any options. The only danger, it would seem, from an extended diplomatic process is that throughout the time the Iranians can continue enriching uranium, refine their sort of mastery of nuclear technology. Do ...

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  • Remarks at the UNGA High-Level Event on Climate Technology Session Secretary Condoleezza Rice United Nations Headquarters New York, New York September 24, 2007 As Prepared for Delivery I would like to extend my sincere thanks to the Secretary-General and his team for convening today's high-level event on climate change. Climate change is a generational and global challenge. As a major economy and also a major greenhouse gas emitter, the United States takes this challenge very seriously. Our efforts to a...

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  • Remarks With Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi Before Meeting Secretary Condoleezza Rice New York City September 23, 2007 (9:10 a.m. EDT) FOREIGN MINISTER YANG: I’m very glad to – it’s my first trip to the United States as Foreign Minister and I’m looking forward to a (inaudible) in-depth discussion with you, Madame Secretary. I think our two presidents had a very good meeting (inaudible), so we need to work very hard on the consensus reached between us. SECRETARY RICE: Yes. F...

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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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  • Remarks With French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner After Their Meeting Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC September 21, 2007 View Video SECRETARY RICE: Good afternoon. FOREIGN MINISTER KOUCHNER: Good afternoon. SECRETARY RICE: I am very pleased to welcome to the State Department, to Washington and to the United States, my colleague and friend, the Foreign Minister of France, Bernard Kouchner. He was very kind to host me recently in Paris and that was a very fine visit. And he is, of course, on...

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  • Remarks With Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni Secretary Condoleezza Rice Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jerusalem September 19, 2007 View Video FOREIGN MINISTER LIVNI: Hello. I would like welcome again Secretary Rice to the region. We discussed, of course, the situation in the region, the ongoing dialogue between Israel and the Palestinians, the need to reach an understanding between Israel and the Palestinians and to reach an understanding on the widest common ground, which is possible I hope. ...

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  • Briefing En Route Jerusalem Secretary Condoleezza Rice Shannon, Ireland September 18, 2007 SECRETARY RICE: (In progress) how they see that. The trip is short in large part because I have to return to the United States because, as you know, the United Nations General Assembly will start this weekend. And at the General Assembly there will be a number of meetings that relate directly to the work that we’re doing on the Israeli-Palestinian issue. There will be a Quartet meeting. I’ll have a cha...

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  • Interview on the Sean Hannity Show with Sean Hannity Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC September 13, 2007 QUESTION: All right, if we've got a Led Zeppelin lead in that could only mean one thing, that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is back with us, who listens to Led Zeppelin as she works out. How are you? SECRETARY RICE: I'm doing great, Sean, and thanks for the Led Zeppelin. QUESTION: Now are you going to go to the reunion tour? You know it was announced this week that they're getting back...

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  • Interview on WESH (NBC) Orlando with Greg Fox Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC September 13, 2007 QUESTION: Tonight at nine, President Bush will address the nation on the war on Iraq. He's expected to announce 30,000 U.S. troops will head home by next summer. I'm joined now by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Secretary Rice, thanks a lot for joining us. SECRETARY RICE: It's a pleasure to be with you. QUESTION: The President is expected to ask for more time for success to take root in Iraq t...

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  • Interview by John Kerin of the Australian Financial Review Secretary Condoleezza Rice Sydney, Australia September 6, 2007 QUESTION: Look, I just wanted to begin by just asking you about the four-way talks involving India, Australia, Japan and the United States. Just to get your view on -- you know, there's been a bit of debate in Australia about whether it's about China or not about China -- SECRETARY RICE: Right. QUESTION: -- and for what the American view is, I guess, of those particular talks and how...

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  • Interview by Peter Hartcher of the Sydney Morning Herald Secretary Condoleezza Rice Sydney, Australia September 6, 2007 QUESTION: I wanted to start if I could with the -- start narrow on the Australia stuff and then broaden out. SECRETARY RICE: All right. QUESTION: Did you have a chance to eyeball the new leader of the Labor Party? SECRETARY RICE: Well, unfortunately, I was off at the ministerial. QUESTION: Oh, were you? SECRETARY RICE: Yes. Yes, right. (Laughter.) You know, the ministers have a problem...

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  • Briefing En Route Andrews Air Force Base Secretary Condoleezza Rice En Route Andrews Air Force Base August 2, 2007 SECRETARY RICE: (In progress) the discussions with our friends and allies in the Gulf and in the Gulf Cooperation Council plus Egypt and Jordan produced support for a number of high-priority political concerns, including on the support for a unified Iraq, on the Palestinian-Israeli issue and on concerns about Iran’s activities and its nuclear activities. I also think that we were able...

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  • Press Availability With Secretary of Defense Robert Gates And Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Saud al Faysal Secretary Condoleezza Rice Jeddah, Saudi Arabia August 1, 2007 FOREIGN MINISTER SAUD: (In Arabic) In the name of God the Almighty, I am glad to welcome Dr. Condoleezza Rice the U.S. Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense Mr. Robert Gates. The two Secretaries have met with the Custodian of the two Holy Mosques (King Abdullah) and we have had talks about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the pe...

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  • Press Availability With Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit Secretary Condoleezza Rice Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt July 31, 2007 View Video FOREIGN MINISTER GHEIT: (Via interpreter) We had today a meeting, the group of the GCC plus Egypt and Jordan. We convened that meeting with Dr. Rice, the Secretary of State, and the meeting truly was one of the important meetings. We have covered a wide variety of regional issues and we agreed on a statement that will be issued and it will cover six points. Obviously, ...

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  • Press Roundtable With Secretary of Defense Robert Gates Secretary Condoleezza Rice Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt July 31, 2007 SECRETARY RICE: Well, I'm pleased to be here in Egypt and shortly in Saudi Arabia with Secretary of Defense Bob Gates. The President asked us to come out to the region to affirm to our allies and friends in the region the enduring commitment of the United States to security and stability and progress in the Middle East. We've had very good conversations about what initiatives we might ...

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  • On-the-Record Briefing En Route Egypt Secretary Condoleezza Rice En Route Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt July 30, 2007 SECRETARY RICE: Good to have you aboard. All right, I'm very much looking forward to this trip which I will undertake with Secretary Gates. The President asked us to come out to the region for several reasons: first of all, to affirm the importance of this region to the United States and to reaffirm American - the American commitment to the security of our allies in what is a complicated time. ...

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  • United States and India Complete Civil Nuclear Negotiations Statement by Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC July 27, 2007 Joint Statement by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Indian Minister of External Affairs Shri Pranab Mukherjee The United States and India have reached a historic milestone in their strategic partnership by completing negotiations on the bilateral agreement for peaceful nuclear cooperation, also known as the "123 agreement." This agreement will govern civil nuclear trade...

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  • Interview on Al Hurra Television With Michel Ghandour Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC July 25, 2007 QUESTION: Madame Secretary, first, thank you for granting us the opportunity to interview you. Madame Secretary, you are visiting the Middle East in the upcoming days. What are the objectives of this visit? SECRETARY RICE: Well, first, I will go to the region with Secretary Gates because we want to make very clear to our friends and allies in the region that the United States is committed to a M...

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  • Interview on Radio Sawa With Samir Nader Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC July 25, 2007 QUESTION: Madame Secretary, thank you so much for giving your time. This is the first interview with Radio Sawa, and I appreciate it very much. SECRETARY RICE: It's good to be with you. QUESTION: To make it brief, you are going to the Middle East with Secretary Gates and it seems now it's a new situation, and especially you are going after the visit of the Iranian President to Syria, reaffirming his alliance...

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  • Interview With Colin Brazier of Sky TV Secretary Condoleezza Rice Lisbon, Portugal July 19, 2007 QUESTION: Secretary of State, thank you very, very much indeed for joining us. I know you had a long flight and it's very good of you to fit it in, in your schedule today. Tony Blair's new job, first day on the new job, what's your advice to him? SECRETARY RICE: Well, first of all, I'm really looking forward to working with Tony Blair and the Quartet. I think we really have a chance to push forward the possi...

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