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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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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Four Seasons Hotel Manama, Bahrain April 7, 2016 FOREIGN MINISTER AL-JUBEIR: (Via interpreter in progress) – group works, six group works in different issues, and with regard to the defense of the GCC countries against any attack and how to counterattack the – and how to deal with the challenges in the region whether in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Libya. And we reviewed the peace efforts and the Palestine issue. Also we reviewed the efforts to counter t...
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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Chief of Mission's Residence Paris, France November 17, 2015 QUESTION: Is it worth it to put troops on the ground now to prevent an attack on the United States? SECRETARY KERRY: Well, as you know, President Obama made the decision some time ago to put American Special Forces on the ground in order to augment the ability of Syrian Arabs and Kurds and others to do the job. And it’s getting the job done. It is working. Unfortunately, as we know, there are fight...
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Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Vienna, Austria November 14, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: (In French.) I’ll just say what I said, the last part, in English. I want to make sure that it is absolutely crystal clear that the United States stands with France and the rest of the world in our resolve to eliminate the scourge of violent extremist groups from the face of the Earth. And make no mistake: that resolve has only grown stronger in the wake of this unspeakable brutality. And I think Se...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Madrid, Spain October 19, 2015 FOREIGN MINISTER GARCIA-MARGALLO: (Inaudible.) Good morning, and I’m very grateful (inaudible). I’m delighted to meet with you. Last time we had a meeting was in Washington (inaudible) in September (inaudible), just a month ago. Now we meet again (inaudible). Now I will speak (inaudible). (In Spanish.) SECRETARY KERRY: Well, thank you very much, Jose. Buenos Dias. (In Spanish.) Thank you for the privilege of being here. And...
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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Waldorf Astoria Hotel New York City, DC September 24, 2014 QUESTION: Chris, thank you, and we’d like to also welcome our viewers who are joining from around the world as we take this first opportunity to interview Secretary of State John Kerry at this amazing time in history right now. Welcome to the program. SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you. QUESTION: Welcome to CNN, Secretary Kerry. SECRETARY KERRY: Well, I’m very happy to be here. Thank you. QUESTION: Can...
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Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Cairo, Egypt September 13, 2014 FOREIGN MINISTER SHOUKRY: (Via interpreter) Today we had discussions, (inaudible) long discussions during which the U.S. Secretary met President Abdelfattah al-Sisi, and this was an opportunity for them to discuss bilateral relations in details and openly. And they addressed several issues regionally and on the global (inaudible), the situation in Iraq or Syria or Libya, in addition to developments related to the cease-fire...
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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Jeddah, Saudi Arabia September 11, 2014 QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, thank you for your time today. SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you. QUESTION: I want to start off by talking about the President’s address last night. He didn’t seem to define what victory is. He talked about degrading and destroying ISIS, but what does the endgame look like? SECRETARY KERRY: Well, the endgame looks like an ISIS that no longer can threaten the United States of America, no longer t...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Riyadh Air Base Riyadh, Saudi Arabia November 4, 2013 FOREIGN MINISTER SAUD: (Via interpreter) In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. It’s my pleasure to welcome Secretary John Kerry and his delegation in Saudi Arabia. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques received Secretary Kerry this afternoon. In the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations and the developments in the region. I’d like to take this opportunity to address the recent media ...
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Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Cairo, Egypt November 3, 2013 FOREIGN MINISTER FAHMY: (Via interpreter) Good evening, Mr. Secretary. In the beginning, I would like to extend my thanks and welcome to you here in Egypt, especially at a time when the Middle East is witnessing very sensitive developments and when there is a need for international harmony and communications. With regards to the U.S.-Egyptian relations, we believe that they are very important to Egypt and we would like to fur...
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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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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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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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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC May 31, 2013 The video is also available with closed captioning on YouTube. SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning, everybody. It’s a tremendous pleasure for me to welcome Guido Westerwelle here to Washington and particularly to be able to thank him again for his wonderful welcome of me in Berlin on my first trip as Secretary of State. I remember it well. I had a great visit and I am very grateful to him, to Chancellor Merkel, to the governme...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Foreign Ministries Rome Rome, Italy May 9, 2013 This video is available with closed captioning on YouTube. MODERATOR: Good afternoon, everyone. Minister Bonino and Secretary of State Mr. Kerry have just completed their talk and they will now make some statements to the press. Thank you. FOREIGN MINISTER BONINO: Good morning. (Inaudible) I met in person, but it’s not the first time Secretary of State (inaudible) in his capacity. So you are muchly welcome and it...
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Testimony John Kerry Secretary of State Opening Remarks Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Washington, DC April 18, 2013 Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Corker, and members of the committee, thank you very much. It’s a privilege to be back here, though still a little surreal to be on this side of the dais. But I’m honored to be back here, and I thank all of you for your generous comments and particularly for the cooperation on any number of issues along the way. Thank you for your me...
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Testimony John Kerry Secretary of State Opening Remarks Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Washington, DC April 17, 2013 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube . Well, thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I ask you just to remember what goes around comes around. (Laughter.) Thank you, Mr. Chairman and Congressman Engel, Ranking Member. Thank you for your comments about Boston. It’s impossible for me to express my sadness and my anger, frankly, over those terrible even...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Opening Remarks Before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Washington, DC April 17, 2013 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very, very much, Madam Chairwoman and Madam Ranking Member, my good friend Nita Lowey, Chairman Rogers, and members of the committee. It’s great to appear before you. This is a privilege for me. I like the intimate setting, and I look forward to having good dialogue with everybody. We do indeed...
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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 Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State State Reception Center Perth, Australia November 14, 2012 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube FOREIGN MINISTER CARR: Ladies and gentlemen, it was Dr. Johnson who said, “Keep your friendships in good repair.” And in that spirit, AUSMIN concluded in its meeting today, very much in the spirit of business as usual, steady as she goes, no new strategic content or announcements but a matter of consolidation. If I draw you...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC November 17, 2010 SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, I’m delighted to welcome Foreign Secretary Hague back for his second visit to the State Department this year. Of course, we’ve been in close and seemingly constant contact since he became foreign secretary. We were together in New York yesterday for a session of the UN Security Council which William chaired and we’ll be together again in Lisbon for the NATO summit at the end of t...
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Speech Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC July 15, 2009 Thank you very much, Richard, and I am delighted to be here in these new headquarters. I have been often to, I guess, the mother ship in New York City, but it’s good to have an outpost of the Council right here down the street from the State Department. We get a lot of advice from the Council, so this will mean I won’t have as far to go to be told what we should be doing and how we should think about the future. Ri...
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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 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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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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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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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 With Pablo Gato of Telemundo Secretary Condoleezza Rice Panama City, Panama June 4, 2007 QUESTION: First of all, obviously there has been a very tense session, to put it mildly, today at the OAS. The Venezuelan Foreign Minister made first some accusations against the United States saying that immigrants in the U.S.-Mexico border are treated like or hunted down like animals. He says that the U.S. is basically showing hypocrisy and even went beyond saying that it reminds him of the likes of Hitl...
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United States Position on Terrorists and Peace in the Middle East Secretary Colin L. Powell Remarks at the McConnell Center for Political Leadership University of Louisville, Kentucky November 19, 2001 11:17 a.m. EST SECRETARY POWELL: Thank you so very much, ladies and gentlemen, for that warm welcome, and I thank you, Senator McConnell for that very kind and generous introduction. It is a tribute to you, Mitch, my friend, that we are all here today. The McConnell Center for Political Leadership carries...
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