Secretary Remarks

Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State President's Residence Jerusalem November 24, 2015 PRESIDENT RIVLIN: Secretary Kerry, it is a pleasure to welcome you back to Jerusalem. You are here as a friend of Israel and as a leader of Israel’s greatest friend and the most important ally, the United States of America. We always say our friendship is one of shared values and shared (inaudible). But it is important to emphasize what this means. It means our countries (inaudible) in a mirror and see the othe...

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Regions: Israel , Mali , United States

Topics: Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation

Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC November 28, 2012 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you, and welcome to the State Department. And here in the Diplomatic Rooms, in a room named for Ben Franklin, we have many events throughout the course of the year, but I like to think that Mr. Franklin would find this one especially important because of his commitment to innovation and all that can spring from good businesses doing good work. I want to thank Under Secretary...

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Regions: Rwanda , United States , Vietnam

Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation

Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Ben Franklin Room Washington, DC December 17, 2010 MS. MCCARTHY: Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the Department of State’s historic Benjamin Franklin Diplomatic Reception Room, which many of you have seen before; it is truly a treasure. My name is Deborah McCarthy. I’m the principal deputy assistant secretary in the Economic Bureau, and we are part – I am part of a fantastic economic team here in the Department that supports U.S. bus...

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Regions: China, Fiji , Georgia , Ghana , Guatemala , Israel , Jordan , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank

Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation

Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC December 9, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, good afternoon and welcome to the Benjamin Franklin Room here on the eighth floor of the State Department. I think it’s a particularly appropriate setting since we know that Ben Franklin was many things, including an entrepreneur and a successful business leader of his time. And that seems appropriate as we celebrate the 2009 Awards for Corporate Excellence, known as th...

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Regions: Argentina, France , Haiti , South Africa , United Kingdom , United States

Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation

Remarks at the 2007 Award for Corporate Excellence Ceremony Secretary Condoleezza Rice Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC November 6, 2007 View Video (9:30 a.m. EST) SECRETARY RICE: Good morning. Welcome to the State Department to the Benjamin Franklin Room. I want to thank you, Henrietta, for the introduction. Good morning to all of you here today, as well as to everybody who's joining us via satellite from Cameroon and Indonesia. It's my great pleasure to be here at the 2007 Secretary of State's Aw...

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Regions: Cameroon , Korea, South , Peru , United States

Topics: Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Science, Technology, and Innovation