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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Loy Henderson Auditorium Washington, DC November 2, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning. AUDIENCE: Good morning. SECRETARY KERRY: How are you doing? Everybody good? AUDIENCE: Yeah. Good. SECRETARY KERRY: Good. The loudest “yeah” was over here. Where are you from? QUESTION: Sri Lanka. SECRETARY KERRY: Sri Lanka. Well, you have reason to be loud. That’s good. I appreciate – Sri Lanka’s done some amazing things in the last years. So Evan, t...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Nazarbayev University Astana, Kazakhstan November 2, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: (In Kazakh.) (Applause.) I’m working at it, folks. (Laughter.) Thank you very, very much, President Katsu. Thank you. As all of you know, President Katsu had a very long and very distinguished career at the World Bank, and I was not at all surprised to learn that he had been working very hard to create economic opportunities for the next generation now of Central Asian leaders. So he is...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Samarkand, Uzbekistan November 1, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: Excuse me. Well, Mr. President, thank you. Thank you very much for your very generous welcome here to Uzbekistan and to Samarkand. It’s a great privilege for me to be here, and it is a magnificent city – a UNESCO World Heritage Site. So I already wish I had more time to be able to spend here. And as the world knows, Samarkand has long been a center of world events from the time of Alexander the Grea...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Press Briefing Room Washington, DC July 28, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning, everybody. How are you? AUDIENCE: Morning. SECRETARY KERRY: Is everybody good? So I’m going to make – David, I want you out here with me, if you would. Tom, why don’t you come out here on the other side. Thank you, sir. I’m going to make a statement, and then I need to rush out of here because I have a phone call literally in about 10 minutes. And I’ll leave...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State George Marshall East Auditorium Washington, DC November 21, 2013 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you all for coming. This is by far one of the best parts of this job, is when you get to recognize extraordinary talent and you see families and friends, colleagues, people come together to celebrate extraordinary talent and service to our country. So I’m thrilled to be here and I apologize to all of you that we’re running just a little bit behind. We had an overflow ...
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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Intercontinental Hotel Tashkent, Uzbekistan October 23, 2011 QUESTION: Secretary Clinton, welcome back to Meet the Press. I want to start with Iraq and the President’s decision about withdrawal. As you know, Republicans have already piled on, suggesting that the prospect of sectarian violence once U.S. troops leave is real, among them Mitt Romney saying that it unnecessarily endangers the success that the United States has had in Iraq by withdraw...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State GM Plant Tashkent, Uzbekistan October 23, 2011 Well, please, everyone be seated and good day to you. Thank you for being here and for touring this magnificent, impressive new factory facility. I’m pleased to be here with Foreign Minister Ganiyev and also want to acknowledge Mr. Rosu Pulof, chairman of GM’s Uzbek partner company, and to thank Juergen Spendel, general director of GM, and all of the distinguished guests. I also would like to tha...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC September 29, 2011 SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon, everyone. I am very pleased to have the foreign minister of Nigeria here, and I will address the concerns that we discussed. But I first want to begin with a statement about the assault on Ambassador Robert Ford and our Embassy staff in Syria this morning. We condemn this unwarranted attack in the strongest possible terms. Ambassador Ford and his aides were conducting normal...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Michael H. Posner Assistant Secretary , Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Washington, DC December 10, 2010 ASSISTANT SECRETARY POSNER: Welcome, everybody, and happy Human Rights Day. Please have a seat. Sixty-two years ago, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which established, really, for the first time, the universality of human rights – every human being ...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Eurasian University Astana, Kazakhstan November 30, 2010 AMBASSADOR ZHARBUSSYNOVA: Ladies and gentlemen, today I am truly honored to welcome the Secretary of State Madam Hillary Clinton. Madam, all of us present here today are grateful that despite the challenging schedule and the long flight, you were willing to have this meeting with representative of the civil society and other organizations and students of the university. Now that Astana air is fille...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Lahore, Pakistan October 30, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, thank you all very much. And I what I hope we can do in the time that we have is just have a very free-wheeling conversation. I will answer as many questions as we can get to in the time allotted. I am very determined on this trip to, as you have seen, go into many different settings and have people ask the questions that are on their minds. It has troubled me to see the level of distrust and jus...
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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC October 6, 2009 QUESTION: Secretary Clinton, let me ask you about the decision that President Obama is facing. He has a critical decision to make about the road ahead in Afghanistan. How important is this in terms of not only the immediate ramifications, but for U.S. policy long-term, U.S. foreign policy? SECRETARY CLINTON: Katie, that’s, I think, one of the best ways to pose this, because you’re right – t...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC March 11, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, this is such an exciting occasion, and there were so many people who wanted to come today, but unfortunately, there is a limit to how many people we can let into this magnificent room. So there are people watching on closed-circuit TV all over this building, and beyond. And it is my pleasure to welcome you to the State Department to celebrate International Women’s Day wit...
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Joint Press Conference with President Islam Karimov Secretary Colin L. Powell Tashkent, Uzbekistan December 8, 2001 PRESIDENT KARIMOV: Ladies and gentlemen, it gives me great pleasure to welcome Secretary Powell to Uzbekistan and through him to convey my great respect to President Bush and to American people. We have just had a very open and candid exchange of views on the issues pertaining to bilateral relations as well as to the situation with the antiterrorist operation. If you think that we focused ...
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Remarks Following the OSCE Ministerial Council Secretary Colin L. Powell Bucharest, Romania December 4, 2001 SECRETARY POWELL: Thank you Mr. Chairman, Mr. Chairman, distinguished colleagues, it is a pleasure to be in Bucharest for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's Ministerial Council. Foreign Minister Geoana, I welcome this occasion to thank you here in your home for your outstanding leadership over the past year of our work. I also want to take a point of privilege at this time ...
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Press Briefing On Board Plane En Route Bucharest Secretary Colin L. Powell Bucharest, Romania December 3, 2001 SECRETARY POWELL: Who is first? QUESTION: How did it go with Sharon? Did you ask for restraint? SECRETARY: It was a very very sober meeting. The President expressed his regrets and condolences over the terrible tragedy of the night before in both Jerusalem and Haifa. They went and sat down at the photo op, they had a good discussion and Prime Minister Sharon expressed clearly the need for Chair...
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Interview on CNN's Late Edition Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC December 2, 2001 QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, thank you so much for joining us. I know this is a hectic morning for you. The Palestinian Authority has just issued a statement in the name of Yasser Arafat, saying that any faction, coalition or party within the Palestinian community that does not respect the decision of the Palestinian leadership will be considered beyond the law, especially those who claim responsibility f...
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Interview On Fox News With Tony Snow Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC November 18, 2001 QUESTION: The Taliban on the run, al-Qaida on the defensive. What's next? We'll ask Secretary of State Colin Powell. Joining us now, Secretary of State Colin Powell. Secretary Powell, let's respond to the latest news. The Northern Alliance, I gather, actually has now agreed to hold meetings outside of Afghanistan to try to form a new government. SECRETARY POWELL: Yes, Jim Dobbins, the United States ambassador...
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The Campaign Against Terrorism Secretary Colin L. Powell Senate Foreign Relations Committee Washington, DC October 25, 2001 2:30 P.M. EDT As Delivered SECRETARY POWELL: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for welcoming me back to appear before the Committee. And let me also say that I happened to read the same newspaper articles that Senator Helms did this morning, and when I saw the glaring headline, I said whoa, wait a minute, this can't be right. So I immediately asked my staff to get the transcri...
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Interview on ABC's This Week Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC September 23, 2001 QUESTION: Secretary Powell, thanks for being with us. SECRETARY POWELL: Good morning, Sam. QUESTION: Good morning. The Japanese news agency, quoting Japanese Government sources, says the United States has warned of possible new attacks this coming week. What can you tell us about that? SECRETARY POWELL: I am not familiar with that particular report, but I think we have to be...
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On-The-Record Press Briefing (1342 hrs) Secretary Colin L. Powell Remarks to the Press Washington, DC September 17, 2001 [ audio ] SECRETARY POWELL: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Sorry I'm a little late. I just got off the phone with the President of Yemen, President Salih, and we had a good conversation about the support that Yemen is giving to us in this crisis. They have been very helpful recently in the continuation of the Cole investigation and now are helping us with respect to leads in th...
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Remarks at the National Newspaper Association's 40th Annual Government Affairs Conference Secretary Colin L. Powell Remarks to the National Newspaper Association Hyatt Regency Hotel, Washington, DC March 23, 2001 SECRETARY POWELL: Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen, for that warm welcome. It's a great pleasure to have the opportunity to address you again. I think it has been almost ten years since last I had this privilege, and I remember fondly that morning. I am especially touched that General ...
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