Secretary Remarks

Testimony Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Opening Remarks Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Washington, DC January 23, 2013 This video is available on YouTube with closed captions . Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and I thank you and the Ranking Member and members of the committee, both of longstanding tenure and brand new members, and I appreciate your patience for me to be able to come to fulfill my commitment to you, actually to the former chairwoman, that I would be here to dis...

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Regions: Afghanistan, Algeria , India , Mali , Saudi Arabia , Tunisia , United Kingdom , United States

Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy

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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Regions: Algeria , Mali , Saudi Arabia , Tunisia , United Kingdom , United States

Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy

Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Embassy Algiers Algiers, Algeria October 29, 2012   AMBASSADOR ENSHER: Good afternoon. Thanks very much, and we are just so honored again to have the Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton with us again, the second time in a year. It’s only a very small number of countries who have the privilege of hosting the Secretary twice in a year, and it’s a reflection on all of you that she chose to come back here again, and because you’v...

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Regions: Algeria

Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Lima, Peru October 15, 2012 QUESTION: Secretary Clinton, thank you so much for joining CNN. I want to talk a little bit about the Benghazi attack. September 11th, the evening of this horrible day you get a call that the consulate in Benghazi was attacked, and the Ambassador has died. What goes through your head at that moment? SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, Elise, this was a many-hour ordeal that we were all involved in, and I was deeply concerned, as you wo...

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Regions: Peru , United Kingdom , United States

Topics: Countering Terrorism

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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Regions: Angola

Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC November 17, 2010 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Thank you very much. Well, it is a real delight for me to take a few minutes to come and say thank you. Thank you for participating with the Overseas Security Advisory Council and being part of that effort to advance American interests around the world. And I want to thank Assistant Secretary Boswell for everything that he does every day to keep all of us all at the St...

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Regions: Afghanistan, Iraq , United Kingdom , United States

Topics: Countering Terrorism, Global Health, The Ocean and Polar Affairs

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

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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Regions: Afghanistan, China, Iraq , Korea, North , Mexico , Russia , United Kingdom , United States , Western Hemisphere

Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

Farewell Ceremony for Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Welch Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 18, 2008 SECRETARY RICE: Good morning. Well, this is really a bittersweet moment for me. David, could you manage to come up where you can be seen? (Laughter.) There we are. I think many of you now know that we are saying goodbye to David Welch as Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs. David is, simply put, one of the finest Foreign Service officers of...

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Regions: Egypt , Iraq , Israel , Morocco , United Kingdom

Topics: Human Rights and Democracy

Keynote Address at the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) 23rd Annual Briefing Secretary Condoleezza Rice Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC November 19, 2008 View Video Thank you very much. And thank you, Eric, for that kind introduction. And I want to thank Eric for his great leadership of the Diplomatic Security Service. And I’m very glad that when he noted that this would be my last meeting with OSAC, that you realized that that was not intended to be an applause line. (Laughter.) I...

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Regions: Iraq , United Kingdom

Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

Interview With Jonathan Karl of ABC Secretary Condoleezza Rice Jerusalem October 15, 2007 QUESTION: You know, it was not that long ago that President Bush raised the possibility of having a Palestinian state by the end of his administration. Realistically, best case scenario, how much do you think can be accomplished? SECRETARY RICE: Well, the President first raised the notion of having a Palestinian state for the first time in American policy, and we pursued that. We are in a period in which there is s...

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Interview with Larry Kudlow of Kudlow & Company on CNBC Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC October 9, 2007 QUESTION: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, thank you very much, ma'am, for coming back on Kudlow & Company. SECRETARY RICE: Good to be with you. QUESTION: All right. Madame Secretary, there's a couple of front page story news items this morning that are worth tracking down. One of them -- I mean, we're a financial network. Qatar -- the oil minister of Qatar is saying that oil sho...

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Regions: Afghanistan, Iran , Iraq , Qatar , United Kingdom , United States

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

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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Regions: Afghanistan, China, France , Germany , India , Iran , Iraq , Pakistan , Russia , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank

Topics: Countering Terrorism, Science, Technology, and Innovation