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  • John Kerry: Travel to Rwanda, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, October 13-16, 2016

    Photos from the trip» Secretary Kerry traveled to Kigali, Rwanda, from October 13-14, 2016, to join EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy and others in striving to achieve U.S. climate and environmental goals at the Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol. The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer is widely regarded to be one of the most successful environmental treaties ever and was the first treaty to achieve universal ratification. This global agreement has put the stra...

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    Regions: Rwanda , United Kingdom , Yemen

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements

  • Secretary Clinton: Travel to Senegal, South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, and Benin

    July 31, 2012 to August 10, 2012 Travels With Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Photos Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled to Africa July 31 through August 10, 2012. During this trip, the Secretary emphasized U.S. policy commitments outlined in the Presidential Policy Directive - to strengthen democratic institutions, spur economic growth, advance peace and security as well as promote opportunity and development for all citizens. The Secretary’s first stop was Sene...

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    Regions: Somalia , South Africa , Sudan , Uganda , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy

  • International Day of Persons With Disabilities

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC December 3, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Hello everyone. On behalf of the entire State Department, I am really pleased to join in recognizing the 25th annual International Day set aside to honor the one billion people around the world who have disabilities. Here in the United States, after many, many years of discrimination and delay, we have finally made substantial progress in ensuring that persons with disabilities are able to exercise their full rights. ...

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    Regions: Armenia , Georgia , Kenya , Peru , United States

    Topics: Energy, Human Rights and Democracy

  • Remarks at the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP22) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Marrakech, Morocco November 16, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you so much, everybody. I apologize for being a few moments late. There was a fire and then there was some traffic backed up, and so here I am and here are you, and thank you for being here. Let me begin by thanking our terrific U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Jonathan Pershing. I couldn’t be luckier than to have him in this job. He was over at the Energy Department for a while. We stole him fro...

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    Regions: Antarctica, Brazil , China, Fiji , France , Greenland , India , Morocco , New Zealand , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs

  • Press Availability With New Zealand Prime Minister John Key

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Premier House Wellington, New Zealand November 13, 2016 PRIME MINISTER KEY: Okay, good morning. So we had a great opportunity to welcome Secretary Kerry to New Zealand and to catch up with him after his brief but I’m sure important trip down to Antarctica. Let me just start by saying what we’ve been saying for a very long period of time, that the relationship with the United States is probably in the best shape it’s been for decades. I think a grea...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, Antarctica, Australia , China, Iraq , Nauru , New Zealand , Peru , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, The Ocean and Polar Affairs

  • Remarks With New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully Before Their Meeting

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State The George Hotel Christchurch, New Zealand November 10, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Can I just say before we sit down, I want to say what a pleasure it is for me to be in New Zealand, back in New Zealand for me, the first trip as Secretary but I’ve been here before and love it. And I really – I want to express the appreciation of President Obama and the American people for the tremendous cooperation with New Zealand on so many issues. First of all, New Zealand...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, Antarctica, China, New Zealand , United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, The Ocean and Polar Affairs

  • Remarks With Students at the University of Chicago's Institute of Politics

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Chicago, Illinois October 26, 2016 MODERATOR: It is an honor to welcome a Secretary of State to the University of Chicago. It is part of the mission of the Institute of Politics to facilitate these kinds of opportunities for you to interact with practitioners and leaders, and so we’re really pleased on that account. But I – our other mission is somewhat larger than that, which is: We live in a somewhat dispirited time in our politics. I don’t know ...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, China, France , Georgia , Germany , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Japan , Korea, North , Lebanon , Nigeria , Philippines , Qatar , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Somalia , Syria , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam , Yemen

    Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs, Treaties and International Agreements

  • John Kerry: Travel to Kenya, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Bangladesh, India and China, August 22-September 5, 2016

    Photos from China» Photos from Bangladesh and India» Photos from Kenya, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and Switzerland» Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Nairobi, Kenya, on August 22 to meet with President Kenyatta to discuss regional security issues and counterterrorism cooperation, as well as bilateral issues. Secretary Kerry also met with Kenyan Foreign Minister Amina Mohamed and other regional foreign ministers to discuss key challenges in East Africa, including the prospects for re...

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    Regions: Bangladesh , China, India , Kenya , Saudi Arabia , Sudan , Syria , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Remarks During Meet and Greet at Embassy Dhaka

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Embassy Dhaka Dhaka, Bangladesh August 29, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: (In progress) blessed to have a terrific ambassador. She has fought against corruption in Senegal. She has been in so many difference places making a difference, India struggling at a time when we were doing the nuclear program and so forth. And when she said you are the best embassy in the world, everybody here knows she only tells the truth, right? (Laughter.) So, Marcia, thank you for what you do. T...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, Bangladesh , China, India , Korea, North , Libya , Pakistan , Somalia , Syria , United Kingdom , Yemen

    Topics: Energy, Global Health

  • Remarks at the Opening of the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Summit

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Stanford University Memorial Auditorium Stanford, California June 23, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY:  Thank you so much.  You’re the best.  I love you.  You are terrific. Thank you so much.  Thank you.  (Cheers.)  Patricia, thank you.  Thank you so much.  Good morning, everybody.  Are you all energized?  (Cheers.)  I saw that video.  I thought I’d quit as Secretary and become an entrepreneur immedia...

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    Regions: United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs

  • Remarks at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy

    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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    Regions: Afghanistan, Antarctica, China, France , Germany , Iran , Iraq , Mexico , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Tunisia , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs, Treaties and International Agreements

  • Remarks at the Miami Dade Honors Ceremony

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Miami, FL April 14, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you. Wow, thank you so much. Thank you for a very, very generous welcome. Eric, thank you for an absolutely splendid, terrific introduction. I am enormously appreciative for it. And I have to tell you, the four of you were just absolutely spectacular. Congratulations to you. It’s just really wonderful. (Applause.) I was listening to Eric’s introduction and he told me beforehand in back here that he kind of ...

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    Regions: Colombia , Cuba , South Africa , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Remarks at the World Economic Forum

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Davos, Switzerland January 22, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Klaus, thank you very, very much. Hello, everybody. Good morning to you. Klaus, first of all, thank you for your very warm, generous introduction. I especially want to thank you for your superb leadership of the World Economic Forum for many years. As you’ve said, it’s been my honor to come here. This may have been the hardest trip of all. I was looking up at the mountain, fresh snow, and I saw those b...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, Chad , China, Cuba , France , India , Iran , Iraq , Japan , Korea, North , Korea, South , Libya , Niger , Nigeria , Norway , Somalia , Switzerland , Syria , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Remarks before the Daily Press Briefing

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC January 7, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Happy New Year. QUESTION: Happy New Year. SECRETARY KERRY: How are you all doing? Nice to see you all. Thank you very much. So I really just – I wanted to drop by this afternoon not to steal any of John’s thunder, if that’s even possible, by taking questions. There will be plenty of time for that, believe me, over the course of the next few weeks and beyond that. But I wanted to share with you a coupl...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, Argentina, China, Iran , Korea, North , Mexico , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements

  • The United States and Central Asia: Partners for the 21st Century

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Nazarbayev University Astana, Kazakhstan November 2, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: (In Kazakh.) (Applause.) I’m working at it, folks. (Laughter.) Thank you very, very much, President Katsu. Thank you. As all of you know, President Katsu had a very long and very distinguished career at the World Bank, and I was not at all surprised to learn that he had been working very hard to create economic opportunities for the next generation now of Central Asian leaders. So he is...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, China, India , Iran , Iraq , Kazakhstan , Korea, South , Russia , South Africa , Tajikistan , United Kingdom , United States

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

  • Conversation With Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government Director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Professor Graham Allison

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Charles Hotel Cambridge, Massachusetts October 13, 2015 MR ALLISON: So thank you very much. Apologies for a short delay, but it’s a great honor to welcome to Harvard tonight our Secretary of State, and I’m Graham Allison, the Director of the Belfer Center. I would say we have not seen the Secretary of State exhibit such energy and determination in bringing home an agreement like the Iranian nuclear agreement. So the real purpose for me tonight is to, wit...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, China, Denmark , Egypt , Ethiopia , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Jordan , Korea, North , Lebanon , Libya , Oman , Peru , Russia , Sudan , Syria , Turkey , Uganda , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Venezuela , Vietnam

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs, Treaties and International Agreements

  • Video Remarks for Concordia Summit

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC October 5, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: A warm welcome and hello to all of you participating in Concordia’s fifth annual summit. I’m very sorry that I wasn’t able to be with you in person today, but I very much want to thank Concordia and our terrific team at the State Department’s Office of Global Partnerships for their leadership in this effort. It’s obvious to all of you that we are gathering at a time and in a world that is ...

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    Regions: China, Iran , Nigeria , United Kingdom

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health

  • John Kerry: Travel to Colombo, Nairobi, Mogadishu, Djibouti, Riyadh and Paris, May 1-8, 2015

    Photos from Trip» Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Colombo, Sri Lanka, on May 1 for his first trip to the country and the first visit by a Secretary of State since 2005. In Colombo, he met government leaders, civil society members, and other representatives from the country’s diverse communities to hear and express U.S. support for their vision for a more peaceful, stable, and prosperous future for its people. Secretary Kerry also joined his hosts for the celebration of the Buddhist...

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    Regions: Djibouti , France , Kenya , Somalia , Sri Lanka , United States

    Topics: Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • Remarks With Angolan Foreign Minister Georges Chikoti After Their Meeting

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC December 17, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon, everybody. It’s a great pleasure for me to welcome Foreign Minister Chikoti of Angola to here in Washington, and very much appreciate the opportunity to reciprocate the foreign minister’s generous welcome to me when I was privileged to be in Angola last summer. We agreed that we would engage in a good dialogue on an ongoing basis, which has been absent from our relationship, frankly, for t...

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    Regions: Angola , Cuba , France , Guinea , Israel , Russia , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank , Western Hemisphere

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs, Treaties and International Agreements

  • Remarks at a World AIDS Day Event

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Eisenhower Executive Office Building Washington, DC December 1, 2014 Susan, thank you.  Thank you for a wonderfully generous introduction and thank you most importantly for your extremely important comments this morning.  And I was really sitting there thinking, as I was listening to you, the thought was occurring to me as we think of the challenges that we face in today’s world, and you were talking about both the moral compulsion of doing this as w...

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    Regions: United States

    Topics: Combating Drugs and Crime, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Remarks on U.S.-China Relations

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies Washington, DC November 4, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, thank you very much, Dean Nasr. I’ve had the privilege of knowing Vali for a while. When I was in the Senate, he was a very valuable advisor, and I can remember coming down to the State Department and meeting with him and with Richard Holbrooke and others in the early days of working on what was then called AfPak – Afghanistan, Pakistan, and part...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, Burma , China, Hong Kong , India , Iran , Korea, North , Liberia , Pakistan , Peru , Philippines , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs, Treaties and International Agreements

  • Remarks With U.K. Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC October 8, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning, everybody. I’m very privileged to be here welcoming Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond to the State Department, and I’m even more privileged to work with him and to form a partnership that gives full gusto to the meaning of the special relationship that Great Britain and the United States share. So it is important for us to be continuing – I think we – Philip mentioned to...

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    Regions: France , Iraq , Liberia , Russia , Sierra Leone , Syria , Turkey , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Treaties and International Agreements

  • Remarks at the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council 30th Anniversary Gala Reception

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Four Seasons Hotel Washington, DC October 2, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you so much, Evan. Thank you. Wow, thank you. I didn’t know I was going to be interrupting cocktails. (Laughter.) I feel entirely guilty. It’s okay if you don’t eat, but not drinking is really serious. (Laughter.) Thank you very, very much. It’s sort of complicated to parachute in like this and then race off. And I think I’m hearing music accompanying my speech, wh...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, China, Indonesia , Iran , Luxembourg , Malaysia , Philippines , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs

  • U.S. Vision for Asia-Pacific Engagement

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State East-West Center Honolulu, Hawaii August 13, 2014 MR. MORRISON: Well, thank you. Aloha. I want to welcome everyone. And for our online audience, and also for the Secretary, I’d like to describe who is here in our audience. We have the mayor of Honolulu, Mayor Caldwell. We have our senator, Mazie Hirono. We have our former governor, George Ariyoshi, and our other former governor, John Waihee. We have many members of the business and intellectual and public affa...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, Australia , Burma , China, Hong Kong , Indonesia , Iran , Japan , Kiribati , Korea, North , Philippines , Solomon Islands , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs, Treaties and International Agreements

  • Remarks With Democratic Republic of the Congo President Joseph Kabila Before Their Meeting

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC August 4, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: I don’t think we need these big, formal podiums, but let me – it’s my great pleasure to welcome President Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo to Washington. I’m very, very happy he’s here. He received me in May on my trip to the D.R.C. We then talked about the efforts that he is making with respect to strengthening democracy in the Democratic Republic of Congo. And we&rsq...

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    Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Human Rights and Democracy, Treaties and International Agreements

  • Malawi's National Day

    Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC July 3, 2014 On behalf of President Obama and the American people, I congratulate the people of Malawi as they celebrate a half century of independence on July 6. This year also marks 20 years of multiparty democracy in Malawi. The recent elections served as an example of a peaceful change of government for the entire region. Malawians spoke from the ballot box and stood for the rule of law. On this day of celebration, all Malawians should be ...

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    Topics: Combating Drugs and Crime, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy

  • Welcoming Remarks at Our Ocean Conference

    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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    Regions: Guinea , Iraq , Kiribati , Nauru , Palau , Spain , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs, Treaties and International Agreements

  • Remarks at The Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State ExCeL Conference Center London, United Kingdom June 13, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. William, thank you very, very much. Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests all, and particularly my colleagues in government, I know that we all share – I must say I’ve been listening for a little while and able to watch a few of the videos and hear a few of the comments. And before I came in here, William shared with me some of the extraordinary events...

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    Regions: France , Italy , Kenya , Syria , Uganda , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Treaties and International Agreements

  • Remarks for 2014 PEPFAR Annual Meeting in Durban, South Africa

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC June 3, 2014 Good morning. Ambassador Gaspard, Patrick, thank you so much for your generous comments. We miss you here in Washington but send you our best regards and sincere thanks for all of the great work you are doing in South Africa. I also want to thank our new Global AIDS Coordinator, Ambassador Deborah Birx. Deb has hit the ground running and I don’t think she is going to stop folks. She may be the only person in government with more fre...

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    Regions: South Africa , United Kingdom

    Topics: Energy, Global Health

  • Remarks at the Transformational Trends Strategic Forum

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Four Seasons Hotel Washington, DC December 11, 2013 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, thank you, David, very, very much. Thank you, Foreign Policy Magazine. And thank you, all of you, for not singing. I really appreciate it. (Laughter.) The – I understand that you’ve had a terrific session today talking about transformational trends with a lot of speakers. I guess Danny Russel was just here, who’s doing a superb job on Asia. And I have just come from the Hill...

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    Regions: China, Egypt , Iran , Israel , Jordan , Malaysia , South Africa , Syria , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam , West Bank

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Interview With Andres Oppenheimer of CNN Espanol and The Miami Herald

    Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC December 9, 2013 QUESTION: Secretary Kerry, thanks – thank you very much for this interview. SECRETARY KERRY: Delighted. Thanks for coming up. QUESTION: Thank you. You made a big speech recently at the Organization of American States about Latin America, but there is a perception in Latin America that the U.S. doesn’t care about Latin America. And they cite, for instance, the fact that you’ve made 19 trips abroad and only two to La...

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    Regions: Brazil , Canada , Chile, China, Colombia , Cuba , Iran , Mexico , Peru , South Africa , Syria , United Kingdom , United States , Venezuela

    Topics: Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements

  • Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

    Testimony John Kerry Secretary of State Opening Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Washington, DC November 21, 2013 Well, thank you. Mr. Chairman and Ranking Member Corker and members of the committee, thanks very, very much for welcoming me here to talk about the Disabilities Treaty, which I’m very anxious to do. I’m mindful of the comments of the Ranking Member just now. I’d just start off by saying we are 100 percent prepared, as we have been, to work through wh...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, United States

    Topics: Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Treaties and International Agreements

  • Remarks to the Participants of the Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Department of State Washington, DC October 30, 2013 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good morning, everybody. How you all doing? Good? Nice to be with you. Welcome. We’re really, really happy to have you here at the State Department and we’re delighted that you are taking part in this really critical program – historic program in many ways – the Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists. I’m very grateful to our Assistant Secretary Evan Ryan for h...

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    Regions: Chile, China, Egypt , France , Germany , Iceland , Iran , Iraq , Japan , Lebanon , Malaysia , Moldova , Pakistan , Peru , Russia , Spain , Syria , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam , Western Hemisphere

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Press Availability in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    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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    Regions: Brazil , Brunei , France , Iran , Italy , Malaysia , South Africa , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs

  • John Kerry: Details of Travel to New York for UNGA, September 22-28, 2013

    Photos from the trip» U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry began meetings in New York City, New York on Sunday, September 22 in conjunction with the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. While in New York, Secretary Kerry participated in a variety of meetings and side events highlighting U.S. leadership on multilateral issues – including Syria, the Middle East Peace Process, and economic diplomacy. On the margins of the UN General Assembly, Secretary Kerry met with a number...

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    Regions: France , Iran , Yemen

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements

  • Remarks With United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Hague

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office London, United Kingdom September 9, 2013 The video is also available with closed captioning on YouTube. FOREIGN SECRETARY HAGUE: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. It’s a great pleasure to host my great friend and colleague, John Kerry, here in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office once again. Of course, we have spent most of our time discussing the crisis in Syria. But I want to begin by paying tribute to Secretar...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, France , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Lebanon , Russia , Syria , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Meeting With Staff and Families at Embassy New Delhi

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Embassy New Delhi New Delhi, India June 25, 2013 AMBASSADOR POWELL: Mr. Secretary, please. A very big thank you to you. We are delighted that you came. I think yesterday advanced our relationship with India, this very, very key relationship, in very important ways. And I assure you that team India not only has prepared for your visit, but we will prepare for the next one by working on that action plan that you talked about, and we are delighted that we were able to ...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, China, Ghana , India , Iran , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • John Kerry: Details of Travel to the Middle East, Africa, and France, May 21-28, 2013

    Loading Map... Photos from the trip» Secretary Kerry traveled May 21 to Muscat , where he met with senior Omani officials to discuss a range of bilateral and regional issues.  On May 22, the Secretary visited Amman , where he met with key international partners to further explore ways that the international community can work towards bringing together both sides of the conflict and developing a path toward a negotiated political solution to the crisis in Syria. On May 23-24, Secreta...

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    Regions: France , United States

  • Remarks at the Annual Meeting of the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State White House Washington, DC May 17, 2013 The video is available with closed captioning on YouTube . MS. JARRETT: Good morning, everyone. I’m Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to the President and Chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls. I’d like to welcome you all to the White House. This is the second time that we have held the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons here at the White House, and in ...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, Burma , Cameroon , Haiti , Iraq , Jersey , Mexico , United Kingdom , United States

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

  • Remarks With Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo After Their Meeting

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC April 30, 2013 The video is available with closed captioning on YouTube . SECRETARY KERRY: What are we here? Good morning. I was just checking. (Laughter.) (In Spanish.) I’m delighted to welcome Foreign Minister Garcia-Magallo here to Washington. Spain is an extraordinarily valued ally and a partner of the United States, and this year we mark the 500 th anniversary of Ponce de Leon’s landing in Florida. And the minister will be...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, Germany , Iran , Israel , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Spain , Syria , United States

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  • Remarks With Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide After Their Meeting

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  • Remarks With French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius

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  • Remarks at Youth Connect: Berlin

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  • Remarks With Foreign Secretary William Hague After Their Meeting

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Foreign and Commonwealth Office London, United Kingdom February 25, 2013 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube . FOREIGN SECRETARY HAGUE: Ladies and gentlemen, it’s a great honor to welcome the 68 th Secretary of State of the United States of America, John Kerry, to London today and to the Foreign Commonwealth Office. Secretary Kerry, we are delighted that you chose the United Kingdom as your first destination overseas. My own first vi...

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  • Remarks at Swearing-in Ceremony

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Ben Franklin Room Washington, DC February 6, 2013 Thank you. Mr. Vice President, thank you for an unbelievably generous, warm Oath of Office and your comments before them. I want to share with all of you that as a recovering politician – (laughter) – I’ve grown used to being sworn at; it’s really nice to be sworn in. (Laughter and applause.) I will say more about the Vice President in a moment, but I want to say thank you to my colleagues fro...

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  • Secretary Clinton Holds a Global Townterview

    Townhall Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Newseum Washington, DC January 29, 2013 Video is available with closed captioning on YouTube . MS. SALES: Hello. I’m Leigh Sales from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Welcome to this town hall-style event with the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who has her last day at the State Department this Friday. This is a town hall with a difference though because we have people all around the world ready to ask to questions from Britain to...

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  • Remarks at the Foreign Policy Group's "Transformational Trends 2013" Forum

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State The Newseum Washington, DC November 29, 2012 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very much, David, and I’ll look forward to seeing your Ellen DeGeneres imitation. I’m very pleased to be here, and I want to thank all of you for your attention to this event and the topics that have been covered. Before I begin, I want to say a few words about the unfortunate and counterproductive resolution at the United Nations General Assembly that just passed, beca...

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  • Remarks at Feed the Future: Partnering with Civil Society

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Waldorf Astoria Hotel New York City September 27, 2012 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube SECRETARY CLINTON: Good morning, everyone, and welcome to this event about Feed the Future and the work we are doing together. I am delighted to be here with someone whom I admire so much and am very enthusiastic about, and that is President Joyce Banda from Malawi. Thank you so much, my friend. (Applause.) And I want to thank Nick Kristo...

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  • Remarks With Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Great Hall of the People Beijing, China September 5, 2012 MODERATOR: (Via interpreter.) Ladies and gentlemen, the joint press conference of Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will now begin. Now Foreign Minister Yang will make an opening statement. FOREIGN MINISTER YANG: (In Chinese.) MODERATOR: (Via interpreter.) Now Secretary Clinton will make an opening statement. SECRETARY CLINTON: Let me begin by thanking Foreign Min...

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  • Remarks at "Diplomacy at Home for the Holidays"

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Diplomatic Reception Rooms Washington, DC December 14, 2011 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Welcome, welcome, welcome. We’re so pleased to see you here again this year, and want to wish you a very happy, happy holiday season. I want to thank Ambassador Marshall and her amazing team at Protocol, and of course I want to thank everyone that she thanked, because if you look around here and see all of the wonderful decorations from Erinn Valencich and her...

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  • Press Availability in Busan, South Korea

    Press Availability Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Busan Exhibition and Convention Center Busan, South Korea November 30, 2011 SECRETARY CLINTON: Hello, everyone. It’s a great pleasure to be back in the Republic of Korea. Before I begin, I want to say a brief word about yesterday’s events at the British Embassy in Tehran, Iran. The United States condemns this attack in the strongest possible terms. It is an affront, not only to the British people but also to the international commu...

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  • Town Hall Meeting With Youth and Civil Society

    Townhall Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Tripoli University Tripoli, Libya October 18, 2011 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very much, President Krekshi and to all the deans and faculty and students of Tripoli University. Good afternoon. I am deeply honored to be here with you today. I appreciate greatly the president’s kind words about the support that our government provided. But the victory is yours, the future is yours, and it is a personal honor to be here in the heart of a liberated T...

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  • Interview With Reuters

    Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC October 11, 2011 QUESTION: Thanks very much for doing this. SECRETARY CLINTON: I’m happy to do it – glad this worked out. QUESTION: We should have tea more often. (Laughter.) SECRETARY CLINTON: That’s right. Exactly. Well, when I invited you, I wanted to talk about these two speeches that I’m giving this week. And obviously, there are a lot of other things going on in the world. But just so that I fulfill my oblig...

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  • Remarks at the Kumpuris Distinguished Lecture Series: Audience Question and Answer Segment

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Clinton Presidential Center Little Rock, Arkansas September 30, 2011 MODERATOR: Thank you. And now we’re going to open it up for questions. And let me assure you there’s going to be a lot of hands from the Clinton School side, so you’re going to see me call on them a lot. I just want to be very clear on that. To start if off, let me ask the president of the student body of the Clinton School to ask the first question. QUESTION: Thank yo...

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  • Remarks With Chelsea Clinton at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting Conversation During the Closing Plenary

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Sheraton Midtown Hotel New York City September 22, 2011 PRESIDENT CLINTON: That’s great. Let’s give them all another hand, that’s terrific. (Applause.) We are now going to proceed to have a conversation between the Secretary of State and her daughter. (Laughter.) And let me say, I am very grateful for all of those who participated in this Clean Cookstove announcement. Because all along, the premise of CGI has been that the private secto...

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  • Town Hall on Empowering Civil Society for Central Asia's Future

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Eurasian University Astana, Kazakhstan November 30, 2010 AMBASSADOR ZHARBUSSYNOVA: Ladies and gentlemen, today I am truly honored to welcome the Secretary of State Madam Hillary Clinton. Madam, all of us present here today are grateful that despite the challenging schedule and the long flight, you were willing to have this meeting with representative of the civil society and other organizations and students of the university. Now that Astana air is fille...

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  • Interview With Bob Schieffer of CBS Face the Nation

    Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Lisbon, Portugal November 21, 2010   QUESTION: And the Secretary of State is speaking to us from Lisbon, Portugal. Madam Secretary, thank you. You and the President met with President Karzai of Afghanistan while you were there. Is he still wanting to reduce the American presence in Afghanistan? SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, Bob, first, I think that what happened in Lisbon by the NATO ISAF alliance was extremely important. It was basically a resounding ...

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  • Interview With Cynthia McFadden of ABC's Nightline

    Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Grand Hyatt Hotel Melbourne, Australia November 7, 2010 QUESTION: I want to ask you, Madam Secretary, about Haiti. One – over a billion dollars appropriated to help the Haitians and the – in the wake of devastation last year. And, in fact, it’s an appropriate question here because this trip to Australia was originally scheduled to happen a year ago. SECRETARY CLINTON: Mm-hmm. QUESTION: None of that billion dollars has been spent. SECR...

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  • Speech and Townterview with Australian Broadcasting Company

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Melbourne, Australia November 7, 2010 MODERATOR: Hello, I’m Leigh Sales. Welcome to this ABC News special, Hillary Rodham Clinton: An Australian Conversation. Let me explain today’s format. The Secretary of State will address our audience here in Melbourne for about 10 minutes or so and I’ll briefly interview her afterwards. I’ll then open the floor to questions from our audience will go for about three quarters of an hour. In our...

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  • Remarks With Foreign Minister Kevin Michael Rudd

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Grand Hyatt Melbourne, Australia November 6, 2010 FOREIGN MINISTER RUDD: Well, good afternoon and good evening, ladies and gentlemen. First of all, on behalf of the Australian Government, can I say how welcome Secretary of State Clinton is to Australia? You are not only well known in our country, Hillary, I believe you're well loved in our country. And it's good to have you here, good to have you here in Melbourne, which is one of our finest citi...

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  • Remarks at Reception Hosted by New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray Stuart McCully

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Parliament Complex Wellington, New Zealand November 4, 2010 SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, I am delighted to be here. This is both a great opportunity on behalf of my country and also a great personal pleasure, because when my husband and daughter came, had a memorable visit 10 years ago, I was running in the Senate and I could not leave my campaign. So I am delighted finally for myself to experience this wonderful, warm welcome. And I am honored to participat...

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  • Remarks With Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Ministry of Foreign Affairs Phnom Penh, Cambodia November 1, 2010 DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER HOR: (In Cambodian.) SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very much Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. I greatly appreciate this opportunity to spend this time with you discussing these matters of great importance to both of our countries. This is my sixth trip to Asia as Secretary of State but my first to Cambodia, and it represents the commitment that President Oba...

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  • Town Hall With Cambodian Youth

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Chaktomuk Theater Phnom Penh, Cambodia November 1, 2010 SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, I am delighted to be here with all of you and I thank you very much for being here on a holiday and participating in this town hall. Kalyan, thank you so much for an excellent job. And Minister of Education, thank you so much for being here with us, and our ambassador as well. I have come to Cambodia for the first time, but it is a destination I have long wanted to visit. An...

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  • Secretary Clinton: Travel to Asia

    October 27, 2010 to November 8, 2010 Travels With Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Photos (November 2-8)  |  Photos (October 27-November 1) Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled to Hawaii, Vietnam , China , Cambodia , Malaysia , Papua New Guinea , New Zealand , and Australia October 27-November 8. Secretary Clinton arrived in Honolulu on October 27 where she met with Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara to discuss a broad range of issues, including our close coord...

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  • Remarks on the Human Rights Agenda for the 21st Century

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Georgetown University's Gaston Hall Washington, DC December 14, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. It is wonderful being back here at Georgetown in this magnificent Gaston Hall, and to give you something to do during exam week. (Laughter.) It’s one of those quasi-legitimate reasons for taking a break – (laughter) – which I’m very happy to have provided. I want to thank Jas for his introductory remarks, and clearly, those of you wh...

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  • Remarks at No Limits Public Policy Conference Luncheon

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Ronald Reagan Building Washington, DC November 6, 2009 Thank you so, so much. Thank you. I told Terry after that introduction, there was no limit to his enthusiasm. (Laughter.) I cannot tell you how excited and really grateful I am to be here with all of you. I want to thank Mark for his remarkable commitment to be the chair of the board of No Limits, Ann Lewis who has served the – so many roles, who is the president of this new, but exciting organ...

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  • Interview With Cynthia McFadden of ABC's Nightline

    Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Moscow, Russia October 13, 2009 QUESTION : Well, Secretary Clinton, thank you so much for sitting down and talking to us. SECRETARY CLINTON : I'm happy to. QUESTION : So is the job what you thought it was going to be? SECRETARY CLINTON : You know, I wasn't sure that I had any preconceptions because I never thought I would do the job, so I had never thought about it. It's an incredibly demanding job, but it's also really rewarding. You get to go and try...

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  • Remarks With Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi After Their Meeting

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC October 6, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon, everyone. QUESTION: Good afternoon. SECRETARY CLINTON: It is once again a pleasure to welcome Foreign Minister Qureshi here to the State Department. I am always delighted to see him, whether it is here or in Thailand or in the Netherlands or anywhere else. And it is important because we have, once again this afternoon, engaged in a productive discussion on the broad strategic p...

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  • Remarks at the Corporate Council on Africa's Seventh Biennial U.S.-Africa Business Summit

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington Convention Center Washington, DC October 1, 2009 Thank you. Well, thank you very much, Stephen, and it is a real pleasure for me to join you today and be part of what has already been a very substantive program. I thank you and the Corporate Council on Africa for your tireless efforts to develop stronger business and trade ties between the United States and the countries of Africa. And I want to also recognize my colleague in the cabinet, the ...

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  • Remarks in Advance of the United Nations General Assembly

    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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  • Remarks at Swearing-In Ceremony for Dr. Eric Goosby Global AIDS Coordinator and Ambassador-at-Large

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton    Secretary of State Eric Goosby, M.D.    Global AIDS Coordinator  Ben Franklin Room Washington, DC September 17, 2009 [Transcript of Ambassador Goosby’s remarks provided by the Office of the U.S. Coordinator for Global AIDS] SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Well, this is such a wonderful occasion, and I am especially grateful that you were all so understanding to change the time for this event. I learned at the last minute yesterday that ...

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  • Remarks Upon Receipt of the Roosevelt Institute's Four Freedoms Award at the Roosevelt Institute's Four Freedoms Medals Gala Dinner

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Waldorf-Astoria New York City September 11, 2009   SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Thank you so very much. Oh, what an evening and what inspiration I certainly have derived from the stories and the words of our four honorees. I am deeply grateful for that very kind introduction, Dick. I thank everyone associated with the Institute, particularly Anne Roosevelt, who has been a friend for a number of years. I am also pleased that my successor and friend,...

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  • What I Saw in Goma

    Op-Ed Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Op-Ed; people.com Washington, DC August 21, 2009 The following is an Op-Ed authored by Secretary Clinton that appeared on People.com following the Secretary's trip to Africa. Read the article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20299698,00.html In 11 days of travel across Africa, I saw humanity at its worst – and at its best. In Goma last week, I saw both. The Mugunga Internally Displaced Persons Camp sits in a land of volcanoes and great lakes ...

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  • Remarks With Prime Minister Maria Pereira Neves of Cape Verde

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Sal, Cape Verde August 14, 2009 PRIME MINISTER MARIA PEREIRA NEVES: (Speaks in Portuguese.) (Applause.) SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, Mr. Prime Minister, I am absolutely delighted to be here today with you in this beautiful heart of your country. I bring greetings from President Obama, who joins me in commending you, Prime Minister, your government, and the people of Cape Verde, for making your nation a model of democracy and economic progress in Africa. We a...

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  • Address to Joint Session of Liberian National Legislature

    Address Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Capitol Building, Monrovia, Liberia August 13, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you for this great honor of having the chance to address the democratically elected legislature of Liberia. (Applause.) Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, President pro-tem, all of the members of this legislature in joint session, other dignitaries who are with us today, and especially the people of this country, a country that was engulf...

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  • Remarks With Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Ministry of Foreign Affairs Monrovia, Liberia August 13, 2009 PRESIDENT JOHNSON-SIRLEAF: Once again, I’m very pleased to welcome Secretary Clinton and her delegation to express on behalf of the Liberian people our thanks and appreciation, for Liberia has been included on the list of the African countries that she has visited during this tour. We have expressed to her how grateful we are for the partnership Liberia enjoys with the United States, the...

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  • Interview With Mo Abudu of "Moments with Mo"

    Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Abuja, Nigeria August 12, 2009 QUESTION: Madame Secretary, the challenges facing the African woman are many, from poverty to lack of education, to, you know, non-participation in governance, especially in the numbers that we require; physical abuse, sometimes mental abuse; the glass ceiling syndrome. How can we persuade our leaders that the status of women is a priority issue for them? SECRETARY CLINTON: That is such a great question, and it’s on...

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  • Interview With Umar Said Tudun Wada of Radio Freedom Kano

    Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Abuja, Nigeria August 12, 2009 QUESTION: You just had a meeting with some religious leaders, and I want to know the message you brought to them. SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, I was very honored to meet today with a significant group of Muslim and Christian leaders from here in Nigeria. And I listened to each one very carefully talk about the challenges that they were facing and what they were attempting to do. I think there were three messages: one, the nee...

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  • Meet and Greet With Embassy Personnel and Their Families

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Abuja, Nigeria August 12, 2009 AMBASSADOR SANDERS: Good afternoon, team Nigeria. EMBASSY PERSONNEL: Good afternoon. AMBASSADOR SANDERS: It is my distinct pleasure to welcome the Secretary of State of the United States of America, Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton. (Applause.) Welcome, Madame Secretary, to the home of the American people here in Nigeria. Madame Secretary, we are 960 members strong, American direct-hire, locally engaged staff, with our thre...

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  • Town Hall with Civil Society Representatives On Good Governance And Transparency

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Yar'Adua Center Abuja, Nigeria August 12, 2009 MR. ERUBAMI : Your Excellency, distinguished leaders of (inaudible). I am (inaudible). (Applause.) We are engaged in the (inaudible) democracy and (inaudible). I stand before you tonight (inaudible). We are here to honor our distinguished (inaudible) Ms. Hillary Clinton. (Applause.) SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very much (inaudible). That reminded me of an old American television show where Ed McMahon used t...

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

  • Comments En Route Kinshasa

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State En Route Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo August 10, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: (In progress) It was a very full, comprehensive discussion of every issue, unlike what I usually do on the back of the plane, this is actually on the record. And -- QUESTION: It is on the record? SECRETARY CLINTON: Yeah, yeah. And we talked about the specifics of our new bilateral strategic partnership that the foreign minister and I agreed upon yesterday. It’s g...

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    Regions: Angola , France , Madagascar , Rwanda , Sudan , United Kingdom , United States , Zimbabwe

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  • Secretary Clinton Meets Wth Embassy Personnel and Their Families

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Chief of Mission Residence Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo August 10, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: (In progress) here is expanded. We have already seen the benefit of your hard work to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. We are enrolling more than a million children in educational programs (inaudible) include governance and promotion of human rights as well as (inaudible) humanitarian assistance, and to assist American citizens...

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  • Town Hall with Search for Common Ground and Congolese University Students

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State St. Joseph's School Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo August 10, 2009 MS. BAROANI : (Via interpreter) Mrs. Secretary, Mr. Dikembe Mutombo, dear friends from the international and local press and dear friends of the students of Kinshasa, good afternoon. (Inaudible) good afternoon. AUDIENCE: (Inaudible.) MS. BAROANI: (Via interpreter) It is an honor for Search for Common Ground to be able to welcome you. That Mrs. Clinton is here in this room toda...

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    Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Remarks With Angolan Foreign Minister Assuncao Afonso dos Anjos

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Luanda, Angola August 9, 2009 FOREIGN MINISTER DOS ANJOS: (Via interpreter) Your Excellency, Secretary of State, members of the U.S. delegation, members of the country of Angola, members of the press, it’s a great pleasure to be here and meet with you after a very, very productive conversation as I’ve just had with Her Excellency Secretary Hillary Clinton. Of course, I must say that I first met Her Excellency the Secretary at the airport, whe...

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

  • Remarks at Embassy Meet and Greet

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Pretoria, South Africa August 7, 2009 Thanks to all of you, and let me begin with an apology. I know that you have been here much longer than you should have been. But in some ways, it is our collective responsibility, since you have such a program planned, that we got behind and have not caught up yet. But I did not want to miss this opportunity to come and thank you personally for what you’re doing every single day. And I am delighted to have wit...

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  • Remarks at International Development Corporation Business Event

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Johannesburg, South Africa August 7, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very much, and it's a great pleasure for me to be here. I want to express my appreciation to IDC and to BUSA and to the government for having representatives and helping to make this event an important one on my schedule of visits throughout Africa, a real highlight extraordinary opportunities that lie ahead. So I wish to thank Jeffrey and Jerry and, of course, the minister. My delega...

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  • Remarks With South African Minister of International Relations Nkoana-Mashabane

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Presidential Guest House Pretoria, South Africa August 7, 2009 MODERATOR: Madame Minister, good morning. Secretary of State Madame Clinton, Madame Minister Mashabane, we welcome you to this gathering of the media during Women's Month. Without further ado, we will now hand over to Minister Nkoana-Mashabane to make her remarks, followed by Madame Clinton. MINISTER NKOANA-MASHABANE: Well, thank you very much. Once again, welcome to South Africa. We had very...

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  • Embassy Meet and Greet

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Nairobi, Kenya August 6, 2009 AMBASSADOR RANNEBERGER : Well, please everyone, please. Thank you. Well, thank you. Thank you very much, everyone, for coming. I am extremely honored today to have with us the Secretary of State. It’s really a great pleasure and a privilege to welcome you, Madame Secretary, to the U.S. mission, and really to our mission community. That you’ve come to Africa and to Kenya first so early in your tenure is most encou...

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  • Interview With Seanice Kacungira of Capital FM

    Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Nairobi, Kenya August 6, 2009 QUESTION: It’s a pleasure to meet you. Hope you’re enjoying your stay in Kenya. And the first question that all my listeners want to know: What drives Hillary Rodham Clinton? SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, first let me say that I am very much enjoying my visit in Kenya. I only wish it were longer. And it’s been like a wonderful appetizer, so I will have to come back for the full meal and see more of the country...

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  • Townterview Hosted by CNN and KTN At The University Of Nairobi

    Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Conducted by Fareed Zakaria of CNN and Beatrice Marshall of KTN University of Nairobi Nairobi, Kenya August 6, 2009 VICE CHANCELLOR MAGOHA: Secretary Clinton, your Excellencies, Dr. Sally Kosgey, the minister for education, science, and technology, Chancellor Wanjui, PS higher education, Your Excellencies, invited guests, participants, ladies, and gentlemen, on behalf of the University of Nairobi and on my own behalf, I warmly welcome you all to the un...

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  • Interview With Andrea Mitchell of NBC

    Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Intercontinental Hotel Nairobi, Kenya August 5, 2009 QUESTION: Madame Secretary. You are here in Nairobi and we are talking about Pyongyang. And this is because of the dramatic rescue mission that your husband managed to complete successfully. I know you haven’t had time to talk to him about all of the details. As we sit here, he’s still flying back. But you did talk to him briefly. What was the feeling, the emotion? SECRETARY CLINTON: Andr...

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  • Remarks at the 8th Forum of the African Growth and Opportunity Act

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Kenyatta International Conference Centre Nairobi, Kenya August 5, 2009 Good morning. Let me thank the trade minister for those welcoming words, and tell you what a privilege it is for me to join you here today. I am very grateful to the people and Government of Kenya for hosting this AGOA Forum, and particularly to the president, the prime minister, and the entire Kenyan Government. The presence of so many distinguished leaders from across Africa reflect...

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  • Secretary Clinton: Travel to Africa

    August 3, 2009 to August 14, 2009 Travels With Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton View Answers to "Text the Secretary" Questions | Photos:  - Kenya and Congo  - Angola - Nigeria   - Liberia  - Flickr Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton began a seven-nation trip to Africa at the 8 th U.S. – Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum (known as the AGOA Forum ) in Nairobi, Kenya . This trip highlighted the Obama administration’s commi...

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  • Interview With David Gregory of Meet the Press

    Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC July 26, 2009 QUESTION: But first, here she is, the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Welcome back to Meet the Press. SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you, David. It’s great to be here with you. QUESTION: Glad to have you. And you’re here for the full hour, so we have a lot to get to. SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, with your preview into it, there’s a lot to talk about in the world today. QUESTION: Absolutely. So let’s get ri...

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  • Town Hall on the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review at the U.S. Agency for International Development

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC July 13, 2009 MR. FULGHAM: Good morning. AUDIENCE: Good morning. MR. FULGHAM: Come on, all the Starbucks coffee to drink this morning. Come on, good morning. AUDIENCE: Good morning. MR. FULGHAM: USAID and State Department colleagues and members of the press, it is my distinct pleasure to welcome you to the United States Agency for International Development. We are honored to have with us today Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as w...

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  • Interview With Manelisi Dubase of South African Broadcasting Corporation

    Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC May 19, 2009 QUESTION: Madame Secretary, let me just start, first of all, with just a general question about the new government in South Africa. What’s your general view on this new government led by Mr. Jacob Zuma? SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, it looks like President Zuma is off to a good start. I think his early comments about who would be in his cabinet and how he intended to continue a strong economic program that will benefit the ...

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  • Remarks at the Global Press Conference

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Foreign Press Center Washington, DC May 19, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It’s a real pleasure to be here with you today. We believe that a free press is an integral part of our democracy. And as I said earlier this month on World Press Freedom Day, President Obama and I are determined to continue the United States’ commitment to media freedom worldwide. And I’m very proud of the State Department’s long t...

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  • Interview with James Rosen of Fox

    Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Baghdad, Iraq April 25, 2009 MR. ROSEN: Madam Secretary, thank you once again for this honor. SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you, James. MR. ROSEN: I thought that, perhaps, we might begin by establishing for the record that, although you’re not one who is inclined, necessarily, to play favorites, that I am, in fact, you’re favorite reporter. We can acknowledge this. SECRETARY CLINTON: You’re not supposed to tell anyone that, James. (Laughte...

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    Topics: Countering Terrorism

  • Indonesian Journalists Roundtable: Expanding the U.S.-Indonesian Dialogue

    Press Availability Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Roundtable with Indonesian Journalists Jakarta, Indonesia February 19, 2009 MODERATOR: Well, thank you for joining the Secretary today. I know you're excited to talk to her. And I just wanted to let her know that all of you went to the United States to cover the U.S. General Election, and all of you are in some way covering the Indonesian parliamentary and presidential elections that are coming up. And so I thought we'd just start off by givin...

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    Topics: Climate and Environment, Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • Interview With The Washington Post Editorial Board

    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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