Secretary Remarks

Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Greenwald Pavilion, Aspen Institute Aspen, Colorado June 28, 2016 MR ISAACSON: Thank you very much. It’s a great honor and pleasure for us to have a man I’ve admired – most of us have admired – for many years, a man who – U.S. Naval, served in Vietnam, won the Purple Heart – I mean, three Purple Hearts, the bronze medal, the silver medal, has been a senator, candidate for president, and now our Secretary of State. In the past two ...

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Regions: Afghanistan, Canada , Colombia , Egypt , France , Germany , Iran , Iraq , Ireland , Israel , Jordan , Pakistan , Philippines , Syria , Turkey , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank

Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs

Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh Phnom Penh, Cambodia January 26, 2016 AMBASSADOR HEIDT: Hi you guys, are you ready to hear from the Secretary of State? (Applause.) Mr. Secretary, this is a very enthusiastic crowd. Standing before you is a good chunk of Embassy Phnom Penh’s 786 employees. SECRETARY KERRY: Wow. AMBASSADOR HEIDT: That’s hard-working and talented employees. That’s 132 American staff, 653 Cambodians, and 1 third-country national. And we’r...

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Regions: Cambodia , United Kingdom

Topics: Climate and Environment, Global Health

Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Ben Franklin Room Washington, DC October 7, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: Toria, thank you very much. Welcome, everybody, to the Ben Franklin Room of the State Department. Friends from Germany and intrepid leader Fred Kempe, Bill Harrop, and all the generous contributors to the Diplomacy Center, as well as to our brilliant seventh and eighth floors, we are deeply appreciative for your generosity. And special guests, everybody – it is really wonderful to see you here. ...

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Regions: Argentina, Australia , Canada , China, Germany , United Kingdom , United States

Topics: Human Rights and Democracy

Op-Ed John Kerry Secretary of State Politico Magazine July 8, 2014 Boko Haram’s horrifying abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria ignited universal calls for help to “bring back our girls.” President Barack Obama responded with urgency, but lost in the story is that one tool the United States would like to have at our disposal is hampered by the absence of U.S. ambassadors in neighboring Cameroon and Niger. Both embassies have been without ambassadors for more than eight mon...

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Regions: Cameroon , Egypt , Guatemala , Iraq , Kuwait , Moldova , Niger , Nigeria , Syria , United Kingdom , United States

Topics: Human Rights and Democracy

Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Budapest, Hungary October 5, 2012 I am delighted to be able to send greetings to all of you as you come together to tackle the full range of cyber policy issues.  As I said last year when we launched our International Strategy for Cyberspace, the issues you’re working on represent a new foreign policy imperative for the United States.  That’s why we are building  an environment in which norms of responsible behavior guide state...

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Regions: China, Hungary , Russia , United States

Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State United Nations Headquarters New York City September 30, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: The 6,195 th meeting of the Security Council is called to order. The provisional agenda for this meeting is before the Council in document S/Agenda 6,195, which reads, and I quote: “Women and Peace and Security,” end of quote. Unless I hear any objection, I shall consider the agenda adopted. The agenda is adopted.   I should like to inform the Council that I ...

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Regions: Argentina, Austria , Burkina Faso , Canada , Chad , Chile, China, Costa Rica , Croatia , France , Guinea , Iraq , Ireland , Italy , Japan , Liberia , Mexico , Norway , Russia , Rwanda , South Africa , Sudan , Tanzania , Turkey , Uganda , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam

Topics: Energy, Global Women's Issues, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

Release of the Seventh Annual Trafficking in Persons Report Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC June 12, 2007 View Video (10:07 a.m. EDT) SECRETARY RICE: Thank you all for coming. I'd like to thank Ambassador Mark Lagon who just twelve days ago assumed his duties as director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. And it's my pleasure to be here today to release that report. Human traffickers prey on the most vulnerable members of society, most often innocent women and children...

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Regions: Hungary , Israel , Peru , Slovenia , Taiwan , United States

Prepared Statement for the Record on the President's International Affairs Budget for FY 2002 Secretary Colin L. Powell Testimony Before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations Washington, DC May 15, 2001 As Delivered As Prepared Mr. Chairman, members of the subcommittee, I am pleased to appear before you for the first time as Secretary of State, and to testify in support of the President's International Affairs Budget for FY 2002. This Budget represents a needed increase in the Dep...

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Regions: Afghanistan, Argentina, Armenia , Azerbaijan , Bolivia , Chile, China, Colombia , Cyprus , Eritrea , Ethiopia , Guatemala , India , Ireland , Israel , Jordan , Korea, North , Moldova , Mongolia , Nepal , Netherlands , Nigeria , Pakistan , Panama , Peru , Philippines , Russia , Sierra Leone , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank , Western Hemisphere

Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Cyber Issues, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Treaties and International Agreements

Prepared Testimony on the President's International Affairs Budget for FY 2002 Secretary Colin L. Powell House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Other Programs Washington, DC May 10, 2001 [As Delivered] As Prepared Mr. Chairman, members of the subcommittee, I am pleased to appear before you for the first time as Secretary of State, and to testify in support of the President�s International Affairs Budget for FY 2002.  This Budget represents a needed increase in...

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Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Cyber Issues, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Treaties and International Agreements