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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC January 10, 2017 QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, this journey, this part of your life, is coming to an end. You’ve traveled more than any other secretary of state. You have spent considerable time and hours on a lot of issues, from China to Russia to – from Asia to Latin America. But principally, you spent a lot of time on Israel and Palestine and you spent a lot of time on the Iran nuclear deal and you’ve spent a lot of time on Syria and...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Annapolis, MD January 10, 2017 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. Please, please, be seated. Admiral, thank you very, very much for welcoming me here to this storied academy. I am really privileged to be here, and I’m anxious to hear your questions and look forward to having a little bit of a dialogue if we can. I want to recognize Admiral Frank Pandolfe, who is class of 1980. He has served as a liaison between the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the State Depart...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Cabinet Exit Memo Washington, DC January 5, 2017     Introduction When President Obama took office in 2009, the United States was engaged in two costly wars, faced the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, and had a diminished standing with many of our allies and partners around the world. The starting point for this Presidency was one of the toughest I have ever seen in my decades of public service. Over the past eight years, President Ob...

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Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, 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 John Kerry Secretary of State The Ritz Carlton Washington, DC November 29, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very, very much, Karen. “Under the weather” is a polite word for the crud. (Laughter.) Anyway, thank you, Karen, for a wonderful introduction. And it’s with great pride that I accept the nomination. (Laughter.) Shh. It’s a little dangerous right now. (Laughter.) I am suffering from a bunch of grandchildren, all of whom are sniveling at...

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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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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC September 16, 2016 MR HELLMAN: Hello. Thanks very much. Welcome, everyone. It’s wonderful to see such an enthusiastic crowd. Let me welcome Secretary Kerry, Adrian Grenier. Thank you for joining us today as part of the first ever Our Ocean, One Future Leadership Summit. We’ve got a limited time. I’ve got a pack of questions that you’ve already given me in advance, but I’d like to just get things started by asking the Secr...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC June 21, 2016 SECRETARY ALBRIGHT: All right – or not. (Laughter.) I’m the shorter secretary. (Laughter.) Good evening and thank you all for being here. Today we are celebrating an important milestone in the life of a remarkable organization, and thanks to our host, Secretary Kerry, we are able to do this in the most wonderful and fitting venue. We are grateful to you, Mr. Secretary, for having us here and for taking the time to join us thi...

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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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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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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Valparaiso, Chile October 5, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: (In Spanish.) Thank you very much. PARTICIPANT: (Via interpreter) Thank you. (Inaudible.) SECRETARY KERRY: Buenos dias , everybody. How are you? Good. All right. I’m testing your English – better than my Spanish. What a pleasure for me to be here. Can you all see? Here, you want me to stand up? Is that better? There. I’ll stand up. It’s a real pleasure for me to be here. Mr. President, Senato...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Ronald Reagan Building Washington, DC September 19, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: (Applause.) Thank you very much. Eliot, thank you very, very much. I accept the nomination. (Laughter.) It’s wonderful to be here. I give you a lot of credit, Eliot. As someone who represents New York’s 16th District, as someone from the Bronx, thank you very much for not mentioning that the Boston Red Sox are 26 games out of first place. (Laughter.) As I had the privilege of servi...

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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Department of State Washington, DC June 16, 2014 QUESTION: Hi, everyone, and welcome to a special Yahoo livestream from the State Department with Secretary of State John Kerry. Secretary Kerry, thank you so much for joining us. SECRETARY KERRY: Happy to be with you. QUESTION: We’re going to be talking about the oceans, a subject near and dear to your heart in a moment, but of course, there is a lot going on in Iraq -- SECRETARY KERRY: Absolutely. QUESTION: -...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC June 16, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon, everybody. My distinct privilege to welcome Foreign Minister Heraldo Munoz here to Washington, and in doing so, to be able to reaffirm that Chile is unquestionably one of the strongest partners that the United States has in Latin America. And Chile is proof that if you follow democratic principles, if you have sound economic policies and good governance, you can contribute in many significant ...

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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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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC August 30, 2013 The video is also available with closed captioning on YouTube. President Obama has spent many days now consulting with Congress and talking with leaders around the world about the situation in Syria. And last night, the President asked all of us on his national security team to consult with the leaders of Congress as well, including the leadership of the Congressional national security committees. And he asked us to consult...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State National Geographic Washington, DC March 18, 2013 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube . Well, it’s my pleasure to follow the comedian from New Zealand. (Laughter.) I’m happy to follow two guys who speak kind of funny. (Laughter.) What a pleasure to be here with Ambassador Mike Moore, former prime minister, who is a great person and a terrific leader. And I am so grateful to him for the leadership of New Zealand, a country I&rsq...

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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 Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC January 30, 2013 UNDER SECRETARY KENNEDY: I have received my orders. Please sit. (Laughter.) Good morning ladies and gentlemen, Madam Secretary. Just one reminder, we are broadcasting this event on BNET, so when we get to the question period, please keep your questions diplomatic. (Laughter.) Four years ago, I stood at this microphone and said that I was about to introduce someone who needs no introduction. Since I ...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC November 8, 2012 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you all very much. Well, it’s a great delight to see all of you here. And as I look out on this audience, I see many familiar faces from the diplomatic community. And I especially thank each and every one of you for being here on this important issue. Congressman Moran, thank you for joining us ...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC December 11, 2009 MR. CROWLEY: A woman who truly needs no introduction, the 67 th Secretary of State and our global rock star, Hillary Rodham Clinton. (Laughter.) SECRETARY CLINTON: Just don’t ask me to sing, that’s all I ask. Well, it is a very great pleasure to be here today to welcome you to the first in a series of diplomacy briefings that we will be hosting here at the State Department. I want to thank all of you for being...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC May 1, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much, Director General Harry Thomas. I appreciate your leadership and words today. And it’s always a pleasure to be with so many members of the State Department family. We’re joined by career ambassadors, retired officers returning to State after decades of distinguished service, young diplomats and civil servants just beginnin...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Loy Henderson Conference Room Washington, DC April 27, 2009 Thank you, Todd. Thank you very much. Thank you. (Applause.) Well, I’m delighted to welcome all of you to the State Department for this very consequential meeting. As I look around the table, I think I have met in bilateral forums with all of the countries here, if not in multilateral forums, over the last nearly 100 days. And at each and every one of those meetings, global warming, climat...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Remarks at the Asia Society New York, New York February 13, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you, Vishakha, and thanks also to John Thornton and Jamie Metzl and the board members who are gathered here this afternoon. It is a great pleasure to be back here in this magnificent building and to have the chance to thank you for the Asia Society’s work over many decades to strengthen the relationship between America and the people and governments of Asia. B...

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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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Remarks at the Baker Institute's 15th Anniversary Gala Dinner Secretary Condoleezza Rice Rice University Houston, Texas November 13, 2008   View Video Thank you very much. Well, it’s really great to be here at Rice University and here in the state of Texas. As a matter of fact, when I told the President, with whom I was in New York earlier today, that I was on my way to Texas, he said to say hello to all of you. He said he’s going to be coming back soon. (Laughter.) I’m going to b...

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