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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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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton    Secretary of State Rajiv Shah    USAID Administrator Ronald Reagan Building Washington, DC December 17, 2010 MR. STEINBERG: Thank you for that welcome and thank you for coming to the program here today. I’m Don Steinberg and it’s my pleasure to introduce today’s proceedings to mark the release of the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Defense Review, or QDDR. SECRETARY CLINTON: Development. (Laughter.) MR. STEINBERG: Hmm. (Laughter.) Le...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Christchurch, New Zealand November 5, 2010 MR. FENWICK: Madam Secretary, welcome to Christchurch, and especially welcome to this place, the Antarctic program where New Zealand celebrates one of its most important and enduring connections with the United States. Half a century ago, as a result of the friendship between Admiral George Dufek and Ed Hillary, our countries decided to build our two bases in Antarctica, virtually (inaudible) on the shores of Ro...

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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 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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Testimony Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Opening Remarks Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Washington, DC April 22, 2009 (9:50 a.m. EDT) SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Ranking Member. Greetings to many friends and former colleagues. It is a pleasure to be here with you this morning. This Committee has been the source of many advances in our nation’s foreign policy and I look forward to working with you to continue that tradition. When I appeare...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Mexico City, Mexico March 25, 2009 MODERATOR: (via interpreter.) Good afternoon to all of you. We have here with us today State Secretary of the United States, Mrs. Hillary Clinton, and the (inaudible) First Ministry of Mexico, Ambassador Patricia Espinosa. Both will be conveying an initial message right now, and then after that we shall go into the question-answer period.   FOREIGN MINISTER ESPINOSA: (via interpreter.) Good afternoon, friends, and ...

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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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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 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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