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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Davos, Switzerland January 17, 2017 MR SCHWAB: Good afternoon, and before we start our session – and I know, Mr. Secretary, you will be in very good hands with my friend Tom Friedman – but allow me to be very personal. It’s your last session in your official capacity here in Davos, and I want to use this opportunity to thank you. You have been such a great friend and partner of the World Economic Forum. You have been a personal mentor to me. I reme...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State German Ministry of Foreign Affairs Berlin, Germany December 5, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, I’m going to wear that around the office for the next three weeks and see if I get any respect at all. (Laughter.) Guten Abend . Danke . Vielen dank . Thank you all for this really absolutely extraordinary and completely unexpected gathering. I’m so privileged and grateful for all of you coming here to share in this special moment, this friendship between Federal R...

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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 Lancaster House London, United Kingdom October 16, 2016 FOREIGN SECRETARY JOHNSON: Thank you. Good afternoon, everybody. Thank you very much for coming to Lancaster House. As you know, the conflict in Yemen is causing increasing international concern. The fatalities that we’re seeing there have become – I think they’re on an unacceptable level. And we’ve had a very good meeting today to discuss the way forward, and one of the things we think ...

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Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Royal Terminal Jeddah, Saudi Arabia August 25, 2016 FOREIGN MINISTER AL-JUBEIR: (In progress) (via interpreter) received this morning. U.S. Secretary of State Kerry and his royal highness the crown prince and deputy crown prince held negotiations – extensive negotiations yesterday with (inaudible) to resume the negotiations between the Yemeni parties to arrive at a peaceful solution. Today we held a discussion, the Quad discussion – that inclu...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Canadian Foreign Minister Stephane Dion, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Japanese State Minister Yoji Muto, Kuwait Foreign Minister Sabah Al Khalid Al Sabah, and Netherlands Foreign Minister Albert Gerard Koenders Dean Acheson Washington, DC July 20, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good afternoon everyone and welcome. I’m (inaudible) looking forward to it. It’s just a opportunity for you to question our co-hosts and all of us with respect to...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Foreign and Commonwealth Office London, United Kingdom July 19, 2016 FOREIGN SECRETARY JOHNSON: Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome to the Lacarno Room and a particularly warm welcome to U.S. Secretary John Kerry. We’re delighted to have this early opportunity to welcome the Secretary of State to London and for a key meeting with our international partners to discuss Syria and Yemen and the conflicts there. Secretary Kerry and I have just come from a very produ...

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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 Gudaibiya Palace Manama, Bahrain April 7, 2016 KING HAMAD: Your Excellency, Secretary Kerry, distinguished guests, it’s a great pleasure to welcome you, Secretary Kerry, and your accompanying delegation to Bahrain. Your visit comes at a crucial time for our region and the world, and highlights the importance of the deep and longstanding partnership between Bahrain and the United States of America. This historic relationship between our two nations was born not...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Davos, Switzerland January 22, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Klaus, thank you very, very much. Hello, everybody. Good morning to you. Klaus, first of all, thank you for your very warm, generous introduction. I especially want to thank you for your superb leadership of the World Economic Forum for many years. As you’ve said, it’s been my honor to come here. This may have been the hardest trip of all. I was looking up at the mountain, fresh snow, and I saw those b...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA November 10, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very, very much. Thank you. Thank you so much. Good morning, Old Dominion University. Or what are we now? Yeah, it’s still morning. (Laughter.) I am really delighted to be with you today and I very much appreciate the warm welcome. Let me just say right at the top that the work that ODU is doing with respect to sea level rise and climate change is work that every university should...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC October 28, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: (Applause.) Thank you very much. Thank you all very, very much. Bill, thanks so much for welcoming me to your new home, but thank you for remarkably generous comments. I’m very, really touched to hear them from somebody of Bill’s caliber, because as all of you know, he really was the State Department’s premier career diplomat par excellence to everybody’s standard. And now that you’ve bee...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Bloomington, Indiana October 15, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY:   Thank you very much.  I accept the nomination.  (Laughter.)  You have twice welcomed me by standing up, and I am deeply appreciative.  I will caution you all to remind you that Winston Churchill once said that the only reason people give a standing ovation is they desperately need an excuse to shift their underwear.  (Laughter.)  I know you had a much more noble concept in mi...

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Testimony John Kerry Secretary of State Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Washington, DC December 9, 2014 Well, Mr. Chairman and Ranking Member Corker and all of my former colleagues, it really is a pleasure for me to be back before the Foreign Relations Committee. During my time here, I think we got some things right and we certainly wound up wishing we’d done some things differently. But I think most of us would agree – and I saw it during both parties’ chairman...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Four Seasons Hotel Washington, DC November 17, 2014 Thank you. David, thank you very much. Thank you all. Good morning to you. I’m delighted to have a chance to be able to be here and appreciate the breadth of what you all are going to be tackling over the course of the day, so I particularly am grateful. David, thank you for – everyone – rearranging schedules so that we could flip this around today, literally leaving straight from here to go to th...

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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC September 19, 2014 QUESTION: Sir, thank you for this opportunity. Let’s talk of the latest news. The Congress approved your package, aid, for the Syrian rebels. What does that mean on the ground immediately? SECRETARY KERRY: Well, it doesn’t mean anything immediately. That’s a process that’s going to take a matter of months. What it could mean immediately is the knowledge, the morale boost to people that they know that this p...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Ankara, Turkey September 12, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, thank you for being patient. I appreciate it very, very much. And good evening to all. I’m very pleased to be back here in Turkey, where I have had a series of productive meetings through the course of the day with President Erdogan and Prime Minister Davutoglu and my new counterpart, Foreign Minister Cavusoglu, who I’ve actually gotten to know pretty well in a frequency of meetings in the last wee...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State State Department Briefing Room Washington, DC September 8, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon, everybody. Tonight we mark what is unquestionably a major milestone for Iraq, and what President Obama has made clear will be a cornerstone of our efforts against ISIL. Just a few hours ago, overcoming the obstacle of ethnic and sectarian divides, the Iraqi parliament approved a new and inclusive government, one that has the potential to unite all of Iraq’s diverse...

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Op-Ed John Kerry Secretary of State The New York Times August 29, 2014 In a polarized region and a complicated world, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria presents a unifying threat to a broad array of countries, including the United States. What’s needed to confront its nihilistic vision and genocidal agenda is a global coalition using political, humanitarian, economic, law enforcement and intelligence tools to support military force. In addition to its beheadings, crucifixions and other acts of s...

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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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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 Riyadh Air Base Riyadh, Saudi Arabia November 4, 2013 FOREIGN MINISTER SAUD: (Via interpreter) In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. It’s my pleasure to welcome Secretary John Kerry and his delegation in Saudi Arabia. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques received Secretary Kerry this afternoon. In the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations and the developments in the region. I’d like to take this opportunity to address the recent media ...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia October 11, 2013 The video is also available with closed captioning on YouTube. Selamat Pagi. Good morning. (Applause.) Four thousand seven hundred delegates, 123 countries – this is really remarkable. And it’s a pleasure – (applause). Yes, it is remarkable. (Applause.) And it’s a great, great pleasure for me to be in this beautiful, dynamic city. I want to thank Prime Minister Najib. Thank you so much for your welcome,...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Iikura Guest House Tokyo, Japan October 3, 2013 MODERATOR: (Via interpreter) We would like to begin this joint press conference at the beginning. Minister Kishida, Secretary Kerry, Minister Onodera, Secretary Hagel will make initial remarks in this order, and after that I will open up the floor for questions. So I would like to invite Mr. Kishida, Minister. MINISTER KISHIDA: (Via interpreter) So let me make some initial remarks. Today, we had, for the first time in ...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State U.S. Chief of Mission Residence Paris, France September 8, 2013 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you for your patience. I want to start by thanking the Secretary General of the Arab League, Nabil Elaraby. And I particularly want to thank my friend, the Foreign Minister of Qatar, Khalid al-Atiyah. And I want to thank all of the other Arab ministers who came to Paris and joined us today for the first follow-on discussions since the negotiations b...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari Deputy Secretary Conference Room Washington, DC August 15, 2013 This video is available on YouTube with closed captions . SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good morning, everyone, and welcome. We’re very, very happy to welcome Foreign Minister Zebari and Ambassador Faily from Iraq, and the rest of the Iraqi delegation who we just met with and will be coming in here for a meeting following our opening comments. We’ve just had a ...

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Loading Map... Photos From the Trip» DipNote: U.S. and India: World’s Oldest and Largest Democracies Share Historical Ties» Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Doha, New Delhi, Jeddah, Kuwait City, Amman, Jerusalem, Ramallah, Tel Aviv, and Bandar Seri Begawan from June 21 to July 2. On June 22-23 in Doha, the Secretary met with senior Qatari officials to discuss bilateral and regional issues. The Secretary also participated in a meeting with the "London 11" foreign...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Bayan Palace, Kuwait June 26, 2013 AMBASSADOR TUELLER: Mr. Secretary, it’s a real pleasure to welcome you here to Kuwait, and you have here one of the most dedicated, professional, creative groups of embassy employees that I’ve had the pleasure to work with, and they’re delighted to welcome you here. And without further ado, introduce you to the staff of the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait. Mr. Secretary. SECRETARY KERRY: Cool. Thank you very much, Mr. Amba...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Ministry of Foreign Affairs Kuwait City, Kuwait June 26, 2013 DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SABAH: (In Arabic.) SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much, Your Excellency. Thank you for your welcome, your generous welcome. And I also want to thank His Highness, the Amir, Sheikh Ahmad al-Sabah, and His Highness, the Prime Minister, Sheikh Jabir al-Mubarak al-Sabah. We’re very grateful for the welcome here. I want thank the Amir for his very longstanding and steadfast suppor...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC June 11, 2013 MS. PAULI: This is a tall podium. Oh, I’ve never been this tall before. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests. My name is Rosemarie Pauli. I’m the Assistant Chief of Protocol, and your MC for this ceremony. It is my pleasure to welcome you at the swearing-in of Deborah K. Jones to be the next Ambassador to Libya. (Applause.) We are also very privileged to have the Secretary of State...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari Monroe Room Washington, DC December 12, 2011 SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon. It’s my honor to welcome Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari and his distinguished delegation here to the third meeting of our political and diplomatic Joint Coordination Committee. We have had a series of very constructive discussions, starting at dinner last night and going through the meetings at the White House with the President, and...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium Washington, DC November 7, 2011 Thank you. Well, it’s a great pleasure for me to be here this evening. And I thank my friend and my predecessor, Madeleine Albright, for not only that kind introduction, but for her extraordinary leadership, and in particular of NDI. Thanks also to Shari Bryan and Ken Wollack for inviting me here today. And I want to begin by wishing an Eid Mubarak to Muslims here tonight and around the wo...

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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC October 11, 2011 QUESTION: Thanks very much for doing this. SECRETARY CLINTON: I’m happy to do it – glad this worked out. QUESTION: We should have tea more often. (Laughter.) SECRETARY CLINTON: That’s right. Exactly. Well, when I invited you, I wanted to talk about these two speeches that I’m giving this week. And obviously, there are a lot of other things going on in the world. But just so that I fulfill my oblig...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Ritz Carlton Hotel Manama, Bahrain December 3, 2010 SECRETARY CLINTON: Good evening, Your Majesty, Royal Highnesses, Highnesses, ministers, ambassadors, excellencies, ladies and gentlemen: It is a great pleasure for me to join you this year for the seventh annual Manama Dialogue. And I want to congratulate the International Institute for Strategic Studies for the vision of this Dialogue and for convening what I am sure will be another thought-provoking c...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC June 8, 2009 Thank you so very much. Thank you for those really kind remarks, Audrey [Sheppard], and for this wonderful award. Audrey has been such a great friend throughout the years on behalf of women’s issues and particularly on behalf of Sewall-Belmont and the National Women’s Party. And really, we are grateful to you for that steadfast support. (Applause.) Audrey is completing her final term as president of the NWP, and sh...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Foreign Press Center Washington, DC May 19, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It’s a real pleasure to be here with you today. We believe that a free press is an integral part of our democracy. And as I said earlier this month on World Press Freedom Day, President Obama and I are determined to continue the United States’ commitment to media freedom worldwide. And I’m very proud of the State Department’s long t...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State New York, New York May 18, 2009 Thank you so much. I am thrilled to be here and to participate in this important commencement of this great university – this great college, because I, too, am a graduate of a women’s college – (applause) – and I think it’s the best investment that I and my parents ever made. It is my honor, therefore, to join you in celebrating. And I want to congratulate all of the student speakers, who I th...

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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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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Interview With Jodi Kantor of the New York Times Washington, DC February 6, 2009 QUESTION: Well, thank you so much for giving me a couple of minutes. The goal is a really nuanced, substantive profile of Special Representative Holbrooke. Boy, that’s a mouthful.   SECRETARY CLINTON: Yes.   QUESTION: You know, that gets – that doesn’t so much do a retread of his past, but really talks about the match between man and mission, an...

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Interview With The Washington Post Editorial Board Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC January 12, 2009 QUESTION: We’re on the record? MR. MCCORMACK: Yep. QUESTION: Well, I’ll take the privilege of starting with our favorite subject. What do you think – what have we learned from the latest pipelines discussion between Russia and Ukraine and Europe? And is this one different from the last one, and do you see the Russians learning anything different? SECRETARY RICE: Well, I think w...

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Interview With Sylvie Lanteaume, Lachlan Carmichael, and Jordi Zamora Barceló of Agence France-Presse Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 22, 2008 QUESTION: Thank you. I guess we’ll start by looking forward a little bit, and I know you welcomed the election of Barack Obama – SECRETARY RICE: Yes. QUESTION: – and for what it meant for the United States, and also how the outside world looked at Obama. But why do you think there is such overwhelming support around the...

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Interview on NBC's Meet the Press with David Gregory Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 21, 2008 QUESTION: But first, we welcome back the Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for her 20 th appearance on this program over the past eight years. Thank you for being willing to come on the program and explain your views all these times. SECRETARY RICE: It’s a pleasure to be with you, David. QUESTION: Thank you. SECRETARY RICE: And congratulations on taking over the post. QUESTION: Thank ...

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Remarks From Daughters and Sons Meeting at the Council on Foreign Relations Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 17, 2008 MS. MITCHELL: Welcome. This is so wonderful for me to see all of you, many of you friends, many of you sons and daughters of friends. I am Andrea Mitchell from NBC News, Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, and you all know our very special guest, the Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice. Welcome to the Council on Foreign Relations. And tonight is a very special evening...

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Interview With Maria Bartiromo of CNBC Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 11, 2008 QUESTION: Secretary Rice, nice to have you on the program. SECRETARY RICE: Nice to be with you, Maria. QUESTION: Thank you so much for joining us. So final days in office here and you have been busier than ever. SECRETARY RICE: Right. QUESTION: You went to Mumbai. Tell me what your impression was on the ground in India. SECRETARY RICE: Well, I was in India to do a couple of things. First, to send a very st...

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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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Interview on ABC's This Week With George Stephanopoulos Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 7, 2008 QUESTION: Hello again. We begin today in one of her final interviews as Secretary of State with Condoleezza Rice. Madame Secretary, welcome back to This Week. SECRETARY RICE: Thank you. Good to be with you, George. QUESTION: So you are not coasting in your final days. SECRETARY RICE: Right. QUESTION: Just back from India and Pakistan, of course, after those horrific attacks in Mumbai. And i...

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Remarks at the Women's Foreign Policy Group Annual Luncheon Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 10, 2007 View Video SECRETARY RICE: Well, thank you very much. And thank you, Ann, for that kind introduction. And I just want to say that it is true that we had an ambassador named Tom Korologos in Belgium who was very, very successful, but we also had Ann McLaughlin, and that made it terrific for the United States of America. So thank you for your service on behalf of the country. (Applause.)...

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Remarks at the Organization of American States, Hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC October 9, 2007 View Video SECRETARY RICE: Thank you very much. Thank you, Carla -- Ambassador Hills, a long-time friend that very kind introduction. I would like to thank also Secretary General Insulza for welcoming us here to the Organization of American States and you have given fantastic leadership to this organization, and indeed to the hemisphere. Thank you for that....

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Interview With Matthew Swibel of Forbes Magazine Secretary Condoleezza Rice New York, New York September 30, 2007 Complete Interview Series with Forbes Magazine: 8.07.2008 - 3.11.2008 - 12.03.2007 - 10.15.2007 - 09.30.2007 QUESTION:  I'd like to start out talking a little bit about your -- how you define diplomatic process, okay? So someone who worked on your team I spoke to recently said that, to him, it's like gardening, something you're tending to all the time, but you never leave it comple...

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Remarks With Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik Secretary Condoleezza Rice Vienna, Austria May 31, 2007 MODERATOR: Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to today's press briefing at the meeting of the Women's Empowerment Network. The Austrian Minister of International and European Affairs Ursula Plassnik and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will inform you about the meeting, after which we'll have the possibility to briefly ask questions. Foreign Minister, may I ask you? FOREIGN MINISTER PLASSNIK: Th...

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Press Conference on Iraq Declaration Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC December 19, 2002 [ audio ; DSL/cable ; dial-up modem ] (2:30 p.m. EST) SECRETARY POWELL: Well, good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. On November 8th, the United Nations Security Council responded to the challenge issued by President Bush in his 12 September speech to the United Nations General Assembly. On that day, the Security Council unanimously passed Resolution 1441, requiring Iraq to disarm itself of its weapons of mass...

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Interview with Khaled Al-Shami of Al Quds Al Arabi Secretary Colin L. Powell Via Telephone Washington, DC December 12, 2002 SECRETARY POWELL: Hello, how are you? Can you hear me okay? MR. AL-SHAMI: Yes, I can. Thank you very much. SECRETARY POWELL: Well, thank you very much for the opportunity to speak to you. And as you know, I have just given a speech on our new Middle East Partnership Initiative . MR. AL-SHAMI: Yes, thank you very much for your time sir, and a very good afternoon to you. And I would ...

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The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative: Building Hope for the Years Ahead Secretary Colin L. Powell The Heritage Foundation Washington, DC December 12, 2002 SECRETARY POWELL: Thank you very much, Ed, for that warm introduction. It's a great pleasure to be with you this afternoon, and Frank and Bill, good to be with you both. And to many other distinguished ladies and gentlemen, excellencies, friends, I want to thank you especially, and the Heritage Foundation, for inviting me here to spend a few mo...

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Press Briefing for High School Student Newspaper Editors Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC November 18, 2002 (11:02 a.m. EST) SECRETARY POWELL: Well, good morning, everyone. Forgive me for being a few moments late. I had a meeting that I couldn't break off fast, and then finally I said -- (Photographs being taken.) What did I walk into? A camera club? (Laughter.) QUESTION: They told them they can take pictures. (Laughter.) SECRETARY POWELL: But I finally told my guests that I have to go, I had a ...

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Interview on CNN's Late Edition With Wolf Blitzer Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC November 10, 2002 MR. BLITZER:   Secretary Powell, welcome back to Late Edition.   Thanks for coming in. Congratulations on the big win at the UN Security Council.   But the key question is this: Will Saddam Hussein comply? SECRETARY POWELL:   We don't know.   He has not complied in the past, and that is why we put in this resolution that this is a last chance. If he does not comply this t...

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Interview by the Associated Press Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC November 7, 2002 (10:30 a.m. EST) QUESTION: Guess what. Iraq. It is in the bag do you think? Is it a done deal? Richard said the other day you're making a couple of modifications they've asked for. SECRETARY POWELL: We're still working on some suggestions. If you followed the discussions at the UN yesterday, you know that different delegations raised issues. Yesterday was the first time we formally tabled a resolution. Really it ...

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Interview by Selected Print Journalists from UN Security Council Member Countries Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC November 4, 2002 (10:30 a.m. EST) SECRETARY POWELL: It is a great pleasure to welcome you all here, and to make the most use of our time, I would just throw it to questions. QUESTION: Thank you, sir. I guess my first question is, what is the deadline for the US for reaching a resolution in the Security Council? I mean, last week you said that it should be next week. SECRETARY POWELL...

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Interview on NBC's Meet The Press with Tim Russert Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC December 16, 2001 10:30 a.m. EST QUESTION: Joining us now, the Secretary of State, Colin Powell. Mr. Secretary, welcome. SECRETARY POWELL: Good morning, Tim. QUESTION: Reports on the wires that al-Qaida has fallen, that the Eastern Alliance Afghan troops, along with US bombing, have destroyed them. They are either dead or taken captive. And yet, no sign of Usama bin Laden. What can you tell us? SECRETARY POWELL: ...

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Interview on CNN's Larry King Live Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC November 26, 2001 3:05 P.M. EST QUESTION: We're at the John Quincy Adams Reception Room, the United States Department of State, Washington, DC, and it's our special pleasure to have as our guest Secretary of State Colin Powell. We are old friends, but I will call him Mr. Secretary. SECRETARY POWELL: Thank you, Larry. QUESTION: You're welcome. SECRETARY POWELL: I'll call you Mr. King. QUESTION: No, don't. Don't do that. First, be...

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United States Position on Terrorists and Peace in the Middle East Secretary Colin L. Powell Remarks at the McConnell Center for Political Leadership University of Louisville, Kentucky November 19, 2001 11:17 a.m. EST SECRETARY POWELL: Thank you so very much, ladies and gentlemen, for that warm welcome, and I thank you, Senator McConnell for that very kind and generous introduction. It is a tribute to you, Mitch, my friend, that we are all here today. The McConnell Center for Political Leadership carries...

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Campaign Against Terrorism Secretary Colin L. Powell House International Relations Committee Washington, DC October 24, 2001 [ As Prepared ] 2:10 P.M. EDT As Delivered Mr. Chairman, let me congratulate you and the members of the Committee for this hearing today, to show that the people's House is at work, the People's representatives are at work, the American government is solid and at work. We are cautious, we are taking necessary precautions. But we will not be frightened, we will not be afraid to do ...

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Release of the 2001 Trafficking In Persons Report Secretary Powell and Others Remarks at Special Briefing Washington, DC July 12, 2001 Other speakers were: Paula J. Dobriansky, Under Secretary, Global Affairs; R. Rand Beers, Assistant Secretary, International Narcotics and Law Enforcement; and Margot A. Sullivan, Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. SECRETARY POWELL: Good morning, everyone. I am here today to announce the release of the Departmen...

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Interview by Tim Russert Secretary Colin L. Powell NBC's "Meet The Press" Washington, DC June 3, 2001 MR. TIM RUSSERT: With us now, the Secretary of State, Colin Powell. Mr. Secretary, welcome. SECRETARY POWELL: Good morning, Tim. MR. RUSSERT: What is your message this morning for Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat? SECRETARY POWELL: My message for him is pretty direct and clear, and it is the message that I gave to him yesterday and have given to him previously: This is the time to bring the violence und...

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Remarks at the University of Witwatersrand Secretary Colin L. Powell Remarks to University of Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa May 25, 2001 SECRETARY POWELL: Thank you very much. Thank you. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Let me start by saying that I am deeply honored to receive a copy of your bill of rights, modeled in the fashion of our Bill of Rights. Our Bill of Rights represented the first Ten Amendments to our Constitution, and the very first of those Amendments was the right of fre...

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Prepared Statement for the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary Secretary Colin L. Powell House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary Washington, DC April 26, 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 State Department Budget for FY 2002. This Budget represents a significant ...

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Remarks with Kuwaiti Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Mohammad Al-Sabah Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC April 16, 2001 SECRETARY POWELL: Well, good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. It is a great pleasure to welcome an old friend of mine who has served with great distinction here in the United States before on behalf of his government, and that is Shaykh Mohammad Al-Sabah. The United States and Kuwait enjoy excellent relations based upon broad cooperation in political, economic and s...

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Remarks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC March 19, 2001 Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. (Applause.) Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you, Tim, for that very kind introduction. It's a great pleasure to be back here to speak to AIPAC. Amazing that it has been ten years. And it is especially charming to be introduced as the son of an immigrant to the United States who entered the shmata business. I haven't heard that in ...

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Testimony at Budget Hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC March 8, 2001 Well, thank you very much, Mr. Chairman and Senator Biden for your welcome. It's good to be back before the committee, this time as the Secretary of State. And I thank you for the prompt consideration of my nomination just a few short weeks ago. I've been the Secretary of State for five and a half weeks. I must admit it's starting to feel like five and a half months, if not fi...

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Briefing for the Press Aboard Aircraft En Route Brussels Secretary Colin L. Powell En Route Brussels February 26, 2001 SECRETARY POWELL: We've completed the Middle East portion of the trip, and I'm very pleased with it. I continued to have good conversations today with colleagues in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, and what I believe was a very, very fine meeting with President Asad in Damascus. We spoke for an hour. It was frank, direct, open, candid. He sounded very much engaged, and we concentrated principal...

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Press Availability with Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasir Arafat Secretary Colin L. Powell Ramallah February 25, 2001 CHAIRMAN ARAFAT (Interpreted from Arabic): I am very happy to extend a warm welcome to our guests and our friends: the U.S. Secretary of State, Secretary Powell, who is the current Secretary of State and a former general. Of course the two of us are generals together. I would like to thank him for coming here as he promised me, and as President Bush promised me that the Secretary woul...

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Press Remarks En Route to Kuwait Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC February 25, 2001 QUESTION: You saw Sharon, you saw Arafat. What did you accomplish today? SECRETARY POWELL: You�ll have to forgive me because of the background noise, I have a hearing loss from my infantry days. So with the background noise I�ll have to ask you to repeat. QUESTION: I said what did you accomplish today, you saw Sharon, you saw Arafat? SECRETARY POWELL: I had a good series of discussions with everyone, with Ehud Ba...

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Press Remarks with Foreign Minister of Egypt Amre Moussa Secretary Colin L. Powell Cairo, Egypt (Ittihadiya Palace) February 24, 2001 FOREIGN MINISTER MOUSSA: I would like to welcome the Secretary of State, Colin Powell, on his first visit to Egypt, especially at this juncture when a lot of things are taking place and following the serious developments in this region. We welcome the Secretary of State as we welcome the role of the United States as the main sponsor of the peace process and as a friend of...

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Press Briefing Abroad Aircraft En Route to Cairo, Egypt Secretary Colin L. Powell En Route Cairo, Egypt February 23, 2001 SECRETARY POWELL : Well good evening. Thank you all for joining me. You have more people than I've got. This is not part of your new trimmed down State Department when I see this group. Glad to have you aboard and look forward to the opportunity of speaking to you as we go around on our various trips, not only this one, but in the future. Why don't we just jump into your questions ra...

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Press Availability with German Minister of Foreign Affairs Joschka Fischer Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC February 20, 2001 SECRETARY POWELL: Good afternoon. I am very pleased to have as my guest today the Foreign Minister of Germany, Mr. Fischer, and to especially welcome him to the State Department for the first time since I have become the Secretary of State. I am confident that this is the beginning of a very close and personal relationship between the two of us, and an opportunity to stre...

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Press Briefing Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC February 9, 2001 SECRETARY POWELL: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. What a beautiful room you have down here. I hope to be spending a lot of time here with you in the months ahead. This is the first formal opportunity I've had to appear before you, although we have had a few occasions over the past few weeks. And I hope you understand that it will be my policy to do everything I can to help you do your jobs, try to do these press conferences o...

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Confirmation Hearing by Secretary-Designate Colin L. Powell Secretary-Designate Colin L. Powell Washington, DC January 17, 2001 Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman and Chairman Biden. It is a great pleasure for me to be here this morning. I am honored to appear before the Committee as the nominee of President-elect Bush to be the Secretary of State of the United States of America. I deeply appreciate the confidence that the President-elect has placed in me. If I receive the advice and consent and approval...

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