Secretary Remarks

Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC November 18, 2015 Well, Bill, thank you very, very much. Good morning to everybody. Thank you all for taking time to be here. Thank you for, Bill, your – not just the introduction, but for your outstanding leadership of the Diplomatic Security Service. And I want to thank Schlehr from Raytheon and from my home state, and the 34 member organizations of OSAC for your tremendous contributions at a moment where the reality of...

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Address John Kerry Secretary of State University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA February 20, 2013 Video is available with closed captioning on YouTube . Thank you. Thank you very, very much. Thank you. Good morning. Thank you for an extraordinarily warm welcome, Charlottesville. I am really honored to be here. Senator Tim Kaine, thank you very, very much for your generous words of introduction. Tim, as he mentioned, has only been on the Foreign Relations Committee, I guess now for a total of a few week...

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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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Testimony Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Opening Remarks Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Washington, DC January 23, 2013 This video is also available with closed captioning on YouTube . Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member, members of the committee, both older and new. I’m very grateful for this opportunity and I thank you very much for your patience to give me the chance to come and address these issues with you. As both the Chairman and the Ranking Member ha...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC December 19, 2011 Thank you very much, Eric, and thanks to all of you at DS, and particularly the Uniformed Division for their extraordinary efforts on behalf of this very special event. I am so pleased to finally be here, because the last two years both mother nature and scheduling conflicts kept me from attending, so I wanted to be sure that I made it today and to thank all of you who have so generously contributed. I especially want to ...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton    Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke    Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan  Treaty Room Washington, DC December 7, 2009 AMBASSADOR HOLBROOKE: Madame Secretary, thank you for doing this wonderful event to honor one of the bravest and best Foreign Service officers I’ve ever been privileged to work with.   Before I turn it over to the Secretary, I want to remind you all that Secretary Clinton was in Pakistan just a ...

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

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

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17th Annual Overseas Security Advisory Council Briefing Secretary Colin L. Powell Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC November 14, 2002 (9:00 a.m. EST) Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen, for the warm welcome. And I thank you, Ambassador Taylor, General Taylor, for that very kind introduction. I am very pleased that you have finally been advised by and consented to by the Senate, and the President should attest your nomination at any moment, and then we will finish this rather lengthy process ...

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