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  • Remarks at the Women's Foreign Policy Group Conference

    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 at the Truman Scholarship Foundation Reception

    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 at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy

    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 at Equal Futures Partnership

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Waldorf Astoria Hotel New York City September 22, 2014 MS. JARRETT: (In progress.) -- Russell, who you will be hearing from this afternoon as well. This is our fifth high-level meeting for the Equal Futures Partnership, and they seem to get more impressive with each one. Since Secretary – then-Secretary Clinton and I launched Equal Futures back in 2012, we have been bringing countries together and rallying worldwide commitment to the economic and civic empower...

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    Topics: Combating Drugs and Crime, Global Women's Issues, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Remarks at the World Food Prize Ceremony

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC June 18, 2014 Ken, thank you very, very much for reminding me of the years that have passed. (Laughter.) And first, let me begin with a profound apology to everybody here. I don’t make it a practice to run over your schedules; unfortunately the world is not cooperating with mine today. (Laughter.) So I was not able to get down here in time, and I’m going from here upstairs for the unveiling of former Secretary Condo...

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  • International Day of the Girl

    Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC October 11, 2013 The video is also available with closed captioning on YouTube. When many of the world’s 850 million girls go to sleep tonight, they will dream about futures that sadly –tragically–are nearly impossible for them to achieve. In too many countries, the promise of the next generation of girls is at risk. In too many communities, the contributions of girls are not valued, their well-being is not protected, and the...

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    Topics: Global Women's Issues

  • Remarks at a Meeting of the Equal Futures Partnership

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Waldorf Astoria Hotel New York City September 23, 2013 SECRETARY KERRY: (In progress) and to the distinguished ministers, I want to thank you. I want to thank you for being here, all of you, very, very much. We appreciate it. As Cathy mentioned, this is the third high-level meeting of the Equal Futures Partnership, and we’re delighted to have former heads of state as well as some other distinguished leaders, foreign ministers. All of you are so (inaudible) to ...

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    Topics: Global Women's Issues, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • International Women's Day

    Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC March 7, 2013 On March 8, the United States joins people around the globe in honoring women and celebrating their contributions toward building a more peaceful, just, and prosperous world. The State Department, which has been led by strong, smart, and remarkably capable diplomats from Madeleine Albright to Condoleezza Rice and my predecessor Hillary Rodham Clinton, stands as a lasting example of the powerful change that determined women can ma...

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    Topics: Global Women's Issues, Human Rights and Democracy

  • Remarks at Swearing-in Ceremony

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Ben Franklin Room Washington, DC February 6, 2013 Thank you. Mr. Vice President, thank you for an unbelievably generous, warm Oath of Office and your comments before them. I want to share with all of you that as a recovering politician – (laughter) – I’ve grown used to being sworn at; it’s really nice to be sworn in. (Laughter and applause.) I will say more about the Vice President in a moment, but I want to say thank you to my colleagues fro...

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  • Secretary Clinton Hosts the Swearing-in Ceremony for Joe Macmanus, U.S Representative to the U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Vienna and the International Atomic Energy Agency

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton    Secretary of State Capricia Penavic Marshall    Chief of Protocol Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC November 9, 2012 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, this is a day we have tried to avoid, and successfully, for quite some time. (Laughter.) But now, unfortunately the day has arrived. So I’m putting on my game face, Joe, looking like I’m happy. (Laughter.) Because today we are honori...

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  • Manama Dialogue Opening Dinner

    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 in Advance of the United Nations General Assembly

    Speech Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Brookings Institution Washington, DC September 18, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Thank you very much. Well, it is a great delight to be back here at Brookings through that revolving door, which really does go both directions. I spoke with Strobe shortly after I was asked to take this job as Secretary of State and began thinking about who needed to be in this new Administration. And he ruefully said, “I know you’re going to decimate the pl...

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  • Townterview Hosted by Suttichai Yoon and Veenarat Laohapakakul of World Beat

    Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Phya Thai Palace Bangkok, , Thailand July 22, 2009 View Video at The Nation MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Secretary of State Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton. (Applause.) SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Thank you. MODERATOR: And the host of today’s event is Nation’s group editor Mr. Suttichai Yoon and Nation’s channel editor, Ms. Veenarat Laohapakakul. QUESTION: Good morning, everyone. Of course, everyone has been waiting f...

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  • Town Hall on the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review at the Department of State

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

  • Town Hall Marking Women's History Month at the Department of State

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC March 12, 2009 (11:30 a.m. EDT) SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, good morning. And it’s wonderful to be here today for this special occasion. I want to thank our musicians and singer, as you can see from the program, the Lavenia Nesmith Quartet. And I’m delighted – John Robinson told me that he was determined to have an all women’s musical performance. So I thanked John for that. (Applause.) I want t...

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    Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Asahi Shimbun Interview: U.S. and Japan Working in Partnership on Regional Issues

    Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Interview With Yoichi Funabashi and Yoichi Kato of Asahi Shimbun Tokyo, Japan February 17, 2009 QUESTION: Secretary Clinton, thank you very much. We really appreciate your sharing your precious time with us. Our first question is about North Korea. What would you say the biggest difference between your Administration’s policy towards North Korea, particularly North Korean nuclear issue, and the previous administration’s policy towards North...

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    Regions: China, Japan , Korea, North , Russia , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Remarks at Signing Ceremony for U.S.-U.A.E. Agreement on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy

    Remarks at Signing Ceremony for U.S.-U.A.E. Agreement on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy Secretary Condoleezza Rice Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC January 15, 2009 MODERATOR :Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. The United States Secretary of State, the Honorable Condoleezza Rice and the Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates, His Highness, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan, today are signing the U.S.-U.A.E. Agreement for Cooperation Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy. Ladies and...

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  • Remarks at Stakeout After Signing Ceremony for U.S.-U.A.E. Agreement on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy

    Remarks at Stakeout After Signing Ceremony for U.S.-U.A.E. Agreement on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy Secretary Condoleezza Rice Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC January 15, 2009 SECRETARY RICE: Thanks for being respectful of that. QUESTION: Thank you for coming back. SECRETARY RICE: Yes, sure. QUESTION: Do you have any comment on the bombing of the UN warehouse in Lebanon today? And then secondly, we understand that you’re working out a deal with the Israelis on tunnels, and also on crossi...

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    Regions: Iran , Lebanon , United Kingdom

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • Interview With April Ryan of American Urban Radio

    Interview With April Ryan of American Urban Radio Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC January 14, 2009 QUESTION: I’m with our esteemed Secretary of State, Dr. – Secretary of State, Dr. Condoleezza Rice. And it’s always a pleasure to sit and talk with you, and I thank you for keeping your promise as we were in the Rose Garden at an African visit and you said, yes, we will do this. And today, as we are conducting this interview, we’ve got a lot of news going on. Not the obvio...

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  • Interview With Mike Schneider of Bloomberg TV

    Interview With Mike Schneider of Bloomberg TV Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC January 13, 2009 QUESTION: Madame Secretary, we appreciate this opportunity. SECRETARY RICE: A pleasure to be with you, Mike. QUESTION: What is it like, as you sit here in this magnificent room, in the center of American diplomatic power, to know that in a few days, this is all part of your past? SECRETARY RICE: Well, I’m very excited about moving on, quite frankly. It’s been a great eight years. It&rsquo...

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    Topics: Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • Interview With Andrea Mitchell of MSNBC

    Interview With Andrea Mitchell of MSNBC Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC January 12, 2009 QUESTION: Thank you very much. Madame Secretary, Iran. The President-elect has said that he wants a change of approach to Iran. Do you think a change of approach, engagement with Iran, can work? SECRETARY RICE: Well, it’s not an issue of engagement or non-engagement with Iran. It’s a question of whether or not Iran is willing to make a strategic choice to move in a different direction. And ther...

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  • Interview With The Washington Post Editorial Board

    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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  • Release of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Fifth Annual Report to Congress

    Release of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Fifth Annual Report to Congress Secretary Condoleezza Rice Ambassador Mark Dybul, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Washington, DC January 12, 2009 View Video SECRETARY RICE: Good morning. I am pleased this morning to release the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief 2009 , the Annual Report to Congress. This report highlights the achievements of the first five years of PEPFAR, the largest commitment by any nation to combat a singl...

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    Regions: Botswana , Mozambique , Namibia , South Africa , Uganda , United Kingdom , United States , Zimbabwe

    Topics: Combating Drugs and Crime, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • 100th Anniversary of the U.S.-Canada Boundary Waters Treaty

    100th Anniversary of the U.S.-Canada Boundary Waters Treaty Statement by Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC January 9, 2009 January 11 marks the 100 th anniversary of the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909. We note with pride the century of cooperation with Canada in managing water quality, quantity, and environmental health along our 5,525-mile border. The Treaty also established the International Joint Commission, which has played a vital role as an independent steward of these shared resources. Co...

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    Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Treaties and International Agreements

  • Signing Ceremony for the United States and Georgia Charter on Strategic Partnership

    Signing Ceremony for the United States and Georgia Charter on Strategic Partnership Secretary Condoleezza Rice Remarks With Georgian Foreign Affairs Minister Grigol Vashadze in the Treaty Room Washington, DC January 9, 2009 View Video   SECRETARY RICE: Good morning. I am very pleased to welcome here my colleague, Georgian Foreign Minister Vashadze, to sign the United States-Georgia Charter on Strategic Partnership. Georgia is a very important partner of the United States, a valued partner. Our rela...

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  • Stakeout after Signing Ceremony with Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze

    Stakeout after Signing Ceremony with Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze Secretary Condoleezza Rice Treaty Room Washington, DC January 9, 2009 SECRETARY RICE: I promised I would come back and take some questions because I did not want to take Gaza questions during the Georgian (inaudible). QUESTION: Madame Secretary? SECRETARY RICE: Yes. QUESTION: Why should the – why should the U.S. abstention on the Gaza resolution not being taken as ambivalence about the terms? SECRETARY RICE: The U.S. ab...

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  • Interview With Rita Braver of CBS Sunday Morning

    Interview With Rita Braver of CBS Sunday Morning Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 22, 2008 QUESTION: You know, other than the President and Vice President, you have become such a symbol for this Administration. What’s that been like for you? SECRETARY RICE: Oh, I don’t think of myself as a symbol. I just think of myself as someone who’s tried to do a good job on behalf of the country. And I think we have managed to keep the country safe. And for those of us who were t...

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  • Interview With Sylvie Lanteaume, Lachlan Carmichael, and Jordi Zamora Barceló of Agence France-Presse

    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

    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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  • Interview With the Financial Times

    Interview With the Financial Times Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 19, 2008 QUESTION: Secretary, thanks so much for the interview. I wonder if we could begin just asking what do you make of the people who say that in your second term you really made a valiant effort to rebuild the international ties which frayed in the first? SECRETARY RICE: Well, obviously, in the first term, we had to do some difficult things, not all of which were well received in all quarters. I might note, I thin...

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  • Remarks at the Signing Ceremony for the United States-Ukraine Charter on Strategic Partnership and Security

    Remarks at the Signing Ceremony for the United States-Ukraine Charter on Strategic Partnership and Security Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 19, 2008 Guest: Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Volodymyr Ohryzko View Video SECRETARY RICE: I am delighted to be here with my colleague, the Foreign Minister of Ukraine. Ukraine obviously is a very important partner for the United States and a good friend. We have long believed that Ukraine’s independence, its democracy, is essential ...

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    Regions: Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy

  • Interview With Robert McMahon of Council on Foreign Relations

    Interview With Robert McMahon of Council on Foreign Relations Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 18, 2008 QUESTION: Okay. So, Secretary Rice, the town is pretty much abuzz over inauguration planning, and I’d like to go back to the last inauguration, where the President issued a pretty bold statement and a bold program about democracy promotion, especially in the Middle East. And you were very much involved in that early on. Nowadays, we hear less of it, although I know you’ve...

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  • Interview With Sandra Sobieraj Westfall of People Magazine

    Interview With Sandra Sobieraj Westfall of People Magazine Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 18, 2008 SECRETARY RICE: This is Condi Rice, how are you? QUESTION: Hi, it’s Sandra – SECRETARY RICE: Yes, how are you? QUESTION: – from People Magazine. Good. How are you? SECRETARY RICE: Fine, thank you. QUESTION: Thanks for taking time out. SECRETARY RICE: Sure. QUESTION: I know you are still way too busy. SECRETARY RICE: (Laughter.) That’s okay. QUESTION: We’re ...

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    Topics: Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Global Health

  • Remarks From Daughters and Sons Meeting at the Council on Foreign Relations

    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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  • Combating the Scourge of Piracy

    Combating the Scourge of Piracy Secretary Condoleezza Rice New York, New York December 16, 2008 SECRETARY RICE: Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Mr. Secretary General. And thank you very much to all my colleagues for participating in this very important Security Council session on piracy. Obviously, we are here because the outbreak of piracy and the increasing threat to commerce, to security, and perhaps most importantly, to the principle of freedom of navigation of the seas is ...

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    Regions: Djibouti , Somalia , United States

    Topics: Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, The Ocean and Polar Affairs

  • Remarks at the United Nations Security Council

    Remarks at the United Nations Security Council Secretary Condoleezza Rice UN Headquarters New York City December 16, 2008 View Video   SECRETARY RICE: Thank you very much, Mr. President, and thank you, Secretary General. Colleagues, the situation today in the Middle East is very different than when President Bush came to office in 2001. At that time, the Camp David effort had collapsed; Israelis and Palestinians were in a vicious cycle of violence; suicide bombers were murdering innocent Israelis i...

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  • Situation in Somalia

    Situation in Somalia Secretary Condoleezza Rice Remarks Following the UN Security Council Meeting on the Situation in Somalia New York City, New York December 16, 2008 View Video   SECRETARY RICE: I’ve just attended a very successful Security Council session on piracy. The Security Council adopted Resolution 1851, which is a very strong resolution that deals with issues of detention of pirates, with the prosecution of pirates, with the ability to use all necessary means on land as well as at ...

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  • Roundtable With Associated Press

    Roundtable With Associated Press Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 15, 2008 SECRETARY RICE: Well, I thought that we’d spend a few moments discussing the work that we’re going to do in New York. I’ll leave in a few minutes to go to New York. Today, we will have a meeting that the British are sponsoring on Zimbabwe. And the purpose of that meeting is to review the situation in Zimbabwe, but I think the position of the United States is well known on this, that we’ve...

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    Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Interview With Maria Bartiromo of CNBC

    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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  • Remarks at Pathways to Prosperity Plenary Session I

    Remarks at Pathways to Prosperity Plenary Session I Secretary Condoleezza Rice Panama City, Panama December 10, 2008 SECRETARY RICE: Thank you very much, and I am really delighted to join my foreign minister colleagues and the trade ministers here for our Pathway ministerial. It’s our first opportunity to get together after the heads of state meeting. This groundbreaking forum is bringing together partners who share a fundamental commitment to expanding opportunities for their people. And that com...

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  • Remarks at Signing Ceremony With Panamanian First Vice President and Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis

    Remarks at Signing Ceremony With Panamanian First Vice President and Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Secretary Condoleezza Rice Panama City, Panama December 10, 2008 SECRETARY RICE: Thank you very much, and I would like to recognize all of the Panamanian officials and the students and the former Fulbright scholars who are joining us today. And I'm really particularly happy to be here with First Vice President and Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis, who has been not only a great colleague, but a terrific friend...

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  • Interview on CBS News Radio with Dan Raviv and Charles Wolfson

    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 With Michele Kelemen of NPR

    Interview With Michele Kelemen of NPR Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 9, 2008 QUESTION: So before we look back, I want to sort of look ahead because you’re very emotional talking about what this moment in history means to have an African American president coming in. And I wonder if you think that’ll help the U.S. overcome its image problems in the world. SECRETARY RICE: Well, the U.S. so-called image problems, I think, also relate largely to the fact that people sometimes...

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  • Remarks At the 2008 International Human Rights Day Awards Ceremony

    Remarks At the 2008 International Human Rights Day Awards Ceremony Secretary Condoleezza Rice Treaty Room Washington, DC December 8, 2008 View Video SECRETARY RICE: Well, thank you, David. And thank you for your excellent leadership of the bureau. This week, we are joining in solidarity with human rights defenders across the globe in marking the 60 th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Universal Declaration is celebrated by men and women of every...

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  • Interview on ABC's This Week With George Stephanopoulos

    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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  • Interview on CNN's Late Edition With Wolf Blitzer

    Interview on CNN's Late Edition With Wolf Blitzer Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 7, 2008 QUESTION: Madame Secretary, thanks very much for coming in. SECRETARY RICE: Pleasure to be with you, Wolf. QUESTION: You’re just back from the region, India, Pakistan. How concerned are you that these nuclear rivals, that there could be a misconception out there, a miscalculation, and this tension between the two of them, which is real right now, could escalate? SECRETARY RICE: Well, we hav...

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  • Remarks With Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen

    Remarks With Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen Secretary Condoleezza Rice Copenhagen, Denmark December 5, 2008 PRIME MINISTER RASMUSSEN: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this press conference. I have had a very fruitful meeting with Secretary Rice. Secretary, your decision to visit Copenhagen is an illustration of the strong bilateral relationship between the United States and Denmark. We have cooperated closely on a wide range of international issues, and we have had a high frequency of const...

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  • Remarks by Secretary Rice En Route Pakistan

    Remarks by Secretary Rice En Route Pakistan Secretary Condoleezza Rice En Route Pakistan December 4, 2008 SECRETARY RICE: All right, we don’t have a great deal of time, so I’ll mostly take your questions. But let me just say that I’m now going to go to Pakistan to discuss the response. And it’s -- really has to be an international response to the events in Mumbai. The Pakistani Government has made clear its intention to cooperate, because Pakistan also is at war with these extrem...

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  • Press Conference in New Delhi, India

    Press Conference in New Delhi, India Secretary Condoleezza Rice New Delhi, India December 3, 2008 SECRETARY RICE: Good afternoon. I wish to start by just underscoring what President Bush has said a couple of days ago, and that is that the United States of America wants to express its deepest condolences to the people of India and particularly to the people of Mumbai. The United States stands in solidarity with India in meeting this challenge and this testing and terrible time. I think perhaps we have so...

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  • Remarks With Indian Minister of External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee

    Remarks With Indian Minister of External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee Secretary Condoleezza Rice Hyderabad House New Delhi, India December 3, 2008 MINISTER MUKHERJEE: Good evening, friends in the media, Her Excellency Dr. Condoleezza Rice, who is Secretary of State. This evening, I have just concluded discussions with Her Excellency Dr. Condoleezza Rice, who is Secretary of State. She has especially come to express the solidarity of the United States of America with India in the wake of the heinous attacks ...

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  • Remarks at NATO Headquarters

    Remarks at NATO Headquarters Secretary Condoleezza Rice NATO Headquarters Brussels, Belgium December 2, 2008 View Video SECRETARY RICE: Good evening. Well, I have just concluded my last ministerial as the Secretary of State for the United States. And I had a chance to participate, obviously, in the discussions of the important issues before us, but also for a moment to reflect with my colleagues on the extraordinary eight years that I have spent here, first as National Security Advisor accompanying Pres...

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  • Remarks With United Kingdom Foreign Secretary David Miliband

    Remarks With United Kingdom Foreign Secretary David Miliband Secretary Condoleezza Rice London, England December 1, 2008 View Video FOREIGN SECRETARY MILIBAND: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. And welcome to One Carlton Gardens. Above all, welcome to my colleague and friend, Condi Rice, for her nearly 24-hour visit in the UK. So we’re delighted to have you back. It’s not like it’s a quiet time in foreign affairs at the moment, so I don’t want to tempt fate by saying this is ...

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  • World AIDS Day 2008

    World AIDS Day 2008 Statement by Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 1, 2008 In 2003, President George W. Bush launched the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) – the largest international commitment by any nation to combat a single disease in history. As a result of this initiative, there are HIV-positive mothers in Zambia giving birth to healthy babies. There are health care workers being trained to provide HIV counseling and testing to their communities ...

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  • Remarks on the NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting

    Remarks on the NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC November 26, 2008 View Video    SECRETARY RICE: All right. I wanted to come down before the Thanksgiving holiday and before some significant meetings that I’ll participate in next week, just to give you a little bit of an update on where we are on a couple of issues and then I’m happy to take your questions. As you know, I’m going to travel to Brussels to attend the NATO foreign ministers ...

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  • Remarks With Press Secretary Dana Perino, and Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs Daniel Price

    Remarks With Press Secretary Dana Perino, and Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs Daniel Price Secretary Condoleezza Rice Aboard Air Force One En route Andrews Air Force Base November 23, 2008 Released by the White House Office of the Press Secretary 1:55 P.M. EST SECRETARY RICE: I just want to say a few words and then I'll take your questions. The President I think made the point that he had come to APEC every year of his presidency, even after September 11th, when he went to ...

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  • Remarks At the American Red Cross Humanitarian Prize Ceremony

    Remarks At the American Red Cross Humanitarian Prize Ceremony Secretary Condoleezza Rice American Red Cross Washington, DC November 19, 2008 SECRETARY RICE: Thank you very much. Well, thank you for that very kind introduction, Bonnie. It’s really great to be here at the American Red Cross. The American Red Cross is simply an inspiration to Americans. The American Red Cross is always there, always there in times of need, always there in times of want, always there in times of hurt. And because of t...

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  • Remarks at the Baker Institute's 15th Anniversary Gala Dinner

    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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  • Interview With Steve Scully of C-SPAN

    Interview With Steve Scully of C-SPAN Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC November 10, 2008 QUESTION: Secretary of State Rice, how does the world view America? SECRETARY RICE: Well, the world views America still, I think, as a place where you can be anybody and do anything, where it doesn’t matter where you came from; it matters where you’re going. I think that’s why there was such great interest in our recent election, because it talked about overcoming old wounds. And I think m...

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  • Remarks After the Quartet Meeting

    Remarks After the Quartet Meeting Secretary Condoleezza Rice Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt November 9, 2008 Other Attendees: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, High Representative for European Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana, European Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner, and Quartet Representative Tony Blair View Video MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, we are now starting the...

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  • Remarks With Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad

    Remarks With Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad Secretary Condoleezza Rice Jenin November 8, 2008 PRIME MINISTER FAYYAD: (Via interpreter). Good evening. I would like, at the beginning, to express my utmost pleasure to receive Madame Secretary of the United States of America, Secretary Rice, in Jenin. This is for us, as Palestinians, a historic visit for numerous reasons. This is the first visit conducted by a Secretary of State of the United States to Jenin. When I say it is historic for more than...

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  • Remarks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas

    Remarks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Secretary Condoleezza Rice Ramallah November 7, 2008 PRESIDENT ABBAS: (Via interpreter.) In the name of God, the merciful and the compassionate, once again I welcome Dr. Rice, who visits us today. This visit and the previous visits have expressed extensive and brilliant diplomatic – American diplomatic efforts towards the Middle East. And here it is important to thank President Bush, who had laid the foundations for such diplomatic efforts at Annapo...

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  • Remarks With Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni

    Remarks With Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni Secretary Condoleezza Rice Tel Aviv, Israel November 6, 2008 FOREIGN MINISTER LIVNI: Hello. I would like to welcome my friend and colleague, Secretary Rice, in the region once again. You come at a time when the election process in the United States has ended, while here it is just beginning. Let me first express my personal admiration and congratulations for the wonderful example of a democratic process that the elections in the United States represent. ...

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  • Press Conference by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice

    Press Conference by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 21, 2007 View Video (10:17 a.m. EST) SECRETARY RICE: Good morning. I'm here principally to take your questions, but I'd like to make a few remarks before doing that. 2007 has been a busy and challenging year, but also a positive one. I want to highlight just a few issues on which we've focused. I was just in Iraq and I can tell you that Iraq today is a different country than it was two -- a year ag...

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  • Interview With Josef Joffe of Die Zeit Newspaper

    Interview With Josef Joffe of Die Zeit Newspaper Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 20, 2007 QUESTION: Here's number one. Zbig Brzezinski has formulated the central paradox of American foreign policy; never has American power been that high, never its authority and legitimacy so low. Do you agree? SECRETARY RICE: No. QUESTION: Why not? SECRETARY RICE: Because I see -- QUESTION: He was a predecessor. SECRETARY RICE: Yeah -- no, he wasn't my predecessor -- oh, at the NSC. QUESTION: At -- o...

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  • Interview With Sylvie Lanteaume and Lachlan Carmichael of Agence France Presse

    Interview With Sylvie Lanteaume and Lachlan Carmichael of Agence France Presse Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 20, 2007 QUESTION: Okay, I'll fire away first then. SECRETARY RICE: Yes, let's get started. QUESTION: Well, the P-5+1 conference call was this morning. What did Nick Burns achieve this time? SECRETARY RICE: Well, they're continuing to work on a resolution. We continue to have some tactical differences about the timing, but more than that about how deep this resolution should ...

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  • Remarks With Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Bernier After Their Meeting

    Remarks With Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Bernier After Their Meeting Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 20, 2007 View Video SECRETARY RICE: Good afternoon. I'm delighted to welcome my Canadian colleague Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier from Ottawa to spend time here with me at the State Department. We've just recently saw each other in Paris at the donors conference for the Palestinians and then just a little before that at Annapolis for the Annapolis conference on Middle ...

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  • Remarks With Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari

    Remarks With Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari Secretary Condoleezza Rice Baghdad, Iraq December 18, 2007 View Video FOREIGN MINISTER ZEBARI: Okay. First of all, let me welcome you all with the -- Secretary Rice again to Baghdad. We're very pleased to see you again here among us. And I'm delighted to see a great deal of progress thanks to your efforts and the efforts of the Multi-National Forces and the Iraqi security forces. That really has changed the situation on the ground. I think today was one...

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  • A Civilian Partner for Our Troops

    A Civilian Partner for Our Troops Secretary Condoleezza Rice Op-Ed with Senator Richard G. Lugar The Washington Post December 17, 2007 It is unusual in Washington when an idea is overwhelmingly supported by the president, a bipartisan majority of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the State Department, and both the civilian and military leadership of the Pentagon. But that is the case with the proposed Civilian Reserve Corps, a volunteer cadre of civilian experts who can work with our military to p...

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  • Interview With David Pujadas of France 2 Television

    Interview With David Pujadas of France 2 Television Secretary Condoleezza Rice Paris, France December 17, 2007 QUESTION (Via interpreter) : As mentioned earlier, we are meeting with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Good evening and thank you for having us here. Do you really believe in the creation of a Palestinian State and in peace in the region as early as 2008 when there have been so many failures in the past? SECRETARY RICE: Yes. Well, it is certainly going to be ambitious to have the creation ...

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  • Press Availability After Her Meeting With French President Nicolas Sarkozy

    Press Availability After Her Meeting With French President Nicolas Sarkozy Secretary Condoleezza Rice Paris, France December 17, 2007 SECRETARY RICE: Thank you for welcoming me here at Elysee Palace. It has been many issues that the United States and France are working on together. Because we have such a deep friendship and a deep partnership built on values, we're able to take on the many challenges that we face. We've had a discussion of the Middle East, in particular the situation in Lebanon and the ...

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  • Remarks at the Palestinian Donors Conference

    Remarks at the Palestinian Donors Conference Secretary Condoleezza Rice Paris, France December 17, 2007 I am very pleased to be here in Paris today. I would like to thank President Sarkozy for hosting this important conference, and I would like to thank the co-chairs of this event: our friends from Norway, the European Commission, and Former Prime Minister Blair, the Quartet’s Special Representative. All of you have been steadfast and supportive partners of the Palestinian people. Thank you very m...

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  • Briefing En Route Paris, France

    Briefing En Route Paris, France Secretary Condoleezza Rice En Route Paris, France December 16, 2007 SECRETARY RICE: Okay, we can just go directly to questions. You know that we're going to Paris for the donors conference, the kind of next event for the international community after Annapolis. And the goal here is to focus on that part of the movement toward a Palestinian state that we consider to be absolutely essential to creating a two-state solution; that is, capacity building for the Palestinian sta...

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  • USA Today Editorial Board Roundtable

    USA Today Editorial Board Roundtable Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 11, 2007 (3:15 p.m. EST) SECRETARY RICE: All right. Why don't we launch right in, because I think we only have about 45 minutes. MR. MCCORMACK: 45 minutes, on the record. QUESTION: Okay. Thank you for taking the time to meet with us. SECRETARY RICE: Of course, glad to do it. QUESTION: We can see a lot of progress on the ground in Iraq and in many different ways, but it's very hard to see through to the endgame, which...

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  • Remarks at the 2007 International Human Rights Day Awards Ceremony

    Remarks at the 2007 International Human Rights Day Awards Ceremony Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 10, 2007 View Video SECRETARY RICE: Thank you. Thank you very much, Jonathan. It's a pleasure to be here. And I am especially to be joined by Senator Lugar, who is a tireless defender of human rights and I might say also a tireless defender of diplomacy. Thank you so much for being here, Senator. This week, we join in solidarity with nongovernmental groups and other human rights defender...

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  • Remarks at the Women's Foreign Policy Group Annual Luncheon

    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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  • Meeting with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi

    Meeting with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi Statement by Secretary Condoleezza Rice Addis Ababa, Ethiopia December 5, 2007 Today, I met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and representatives of the Ethiopian government to discuss issues of bilateral importance to both of our nations, with a focus on Ethiopia’s relations with Somalia, Sudan and Eritrea. Other areas of discussion included regional security and fighting terrorism; democracy and human rights; economic development and fo...

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  • Senate Passage of the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement

    Senate Passage of the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Statement by Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 4, 2007 I am gratified by the Senate’s bipartisan approval of the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement. This is a strong agreement that will benefit both our countries. U.S. businesses, workers, farmers, and ranchers will now be able to compete on a level playing field with their Peruvian counterparts, and U.S. investors will have greater opportunities to play a positive role in the ...

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  • Remarks at the U.S.-Palestinian Public-Private Partnership Promoting Economic and Educational Opportunities for the Palestinian People

    Remarks at the U.S.-Palestinian Public-Private Partnership Promoting Economic and Educational Opportunities for the Palestinian People Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 3, 2007 SECRETARY RICE: Well, thank you very much. I'm going to just say a few words and then I think we should have a little time for discussion. We have little time, because I'm going to take the co-chairs over to meet the President in a little while and so we don't want to be late for the President. But I just wanted ...

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  • Announcement of General James Jones as Special Envoy for Middle East Security

    Announcement of General James Jones as Special Envoy for Middle East Security Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC November 28, 2007 (3:15 p.m. EST) SECRETARY RICE: Good afternoon. Today it is my pleasure to announce General Jim Jones as my new Special Envoy for Middle East Security. Building security in the Middle East is the surest path to making peace in the Middle East and General Jones is the best individual to lead our efforts in this essential endeavor. General Jones is taking up his post at...

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  • Interview on ABC Nightline With Cynthia McFadden

    Interview on ABC Nightline With Cynthia McFadden Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC November 28, 2007 QUESTION: Madame Secretary, since we saw you last night, I know that more negotiations have been going on, more meetings. What can you tell us? SECRETARY RICE: Well, this morning the President hosted, first, the Israeli delegation and Prime Minister Olmert and also, President Abbas and his delegation and then they had a brief meeting together. It was principally to say to them, let's not now have...

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  • Closing Remarks at the Annapolis Conference

    Closing Remarks at the Annapolis Conference Secretary Condoleezza Rice Annapolis, Maryland November 27, 2007 View Video (6:45 p.m. EST) SECRETARY RICE: Good evening. The Annapolis Conference, which President Bush called and convened, has been the first Middle East peace event of this kind ever held on U.S. soil. The focus here has been on the obligations not only of the parties, but of the international community to achieve our shared goal of two democratic states, Israel and Palestine, living side by s...

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  • Remarks at the Annapolis Conference

    Remarks at the Annapolis Conference Secretary Condoleezza Rice As Prepared for Delivery Annapolis, Maryland November 27, 2007 Secretary General Ban, Prime Minister Blair, Fellow Ministers, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen: Good afternoon, and thank you for coming here to Annapolis. It is our hope that Annapolis will represent a significant step to realize our common vision of two states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security. And it is our hope that Annapolis can prov...

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  • Roundtable Interview with Radio, Television and Wires

    Roundtable Interview with Radio, Television and Wires Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC November 21, 2007 (10:30 a.m. EST) SECRETARY RICE: Given the large number of you here, I think I will not make any comments; we'll just go directly to questions. Okay? So let's see. Yes. QUESTION: Two quick things. One, looking at Annapolis, how do you -- just simply stated, how would you define success? And secondly, do you have any indication from either the Syrians or the Saudis that they are likely to com...

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  • Address to Delegates at the United Jewish Communities (UJC) General Assembly

    Address to Delegates at the United Jewish Communities (UJC) General Assembly Secretary Condoleezza Rice Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center Nashville, Tennessee November 13, 2007 View Video Thank you. Thank you very much for that warm welcome and thank you to Joe Kanfer for the kind introduction and for the leadership that he is providing to the United Jewish Communities. I would also like to thank my friend, Israeli Ambassador Salai Meridor, who is here today, and he is doing great work for h...

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  • Interview on the Steve Gill Show

    Interview on the Steve Gill Show Secretary Condoleezza Rice Nashville, TN November 13, 2007 QUESTION: Joining us on our newsmakers live, a very special guest who's been with us on the Steve Gill Show before. Last time she came it was a lot more controversial. She was speaking at Vanderbilt University. We even had to dispense those "Tennesseans Love Condi" t-shirts just to help show her a welcoming approach in Tennessee. And normally, we don't restrict what questions we ask or issues we get int...

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  • Interview With Colby Sledge of The Tennessean

    Interview With Colby Sledge of The Tennessean Secretary Condoleezza Rice Nashville, Tennessee November 13, 2007 QUESTION: So today, obviously with recent and historical events, what will you be speaking on? SECRETARY RICE: Well, I'm going to talk about -- first of all, to congratulate this great organization on the work that it's done, because it's an organization of various organizations that really are the best face of compassion from the United States. So that's the first thing. Secondly, I want to t...

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  • Interview With the Dallas Morning News Editorial Board

    Interview With the Dallas Morning News Editorial Board Secretary Condoleezza Rice Dallas, Texas November 9, 2007 MODERATOR: You are meeting with the Editorial Board of the Dallas Morning News. Around the table (inaudible). We are pleased to have you here and very interested in your thoughts on developments around the world, both in the short term and in the long term. I think we would probably be remiss -- oh, and I should also point out we have our international editor as well from the newsroom here. Q...

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  • House of Representatives Passage of the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement

    House of Representatives Passage of the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Statement by Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC November 8, 2007 I am very pleased by the House of Representatives’ strong bipartisan approval of the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement. The Peru Trade Promotion Agreement’s mutual benefits are clear. It benefits U.S. workers and farmers by giving our products the same treatment in Peru that Peru’s exports enjoy in the United States. It helps Peru alleviate poverty...

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  • Remarks at the 2007 Award for Corporate Excellence Ceremony

    Remarks at the 2007 Award for Corporate Excellence Ceremony Secretary Condoleezza Rice Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC November 6, 2007 View Video (9:30 a.m. EST) SECRETARY RICE: Good morning. Welcome to the State Department to the Benjamin Franklin Room. I want to thank you, Henrietta, for the introduction. Good morning to all of you here today, as well as to everybody who's joining us via satellite from Cameroon and Indonesia. It's my great pleasure to be here at the 2007 Secretary of State's Aw...

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  • Joint Press Availability With Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas

    Joint Press Availability With Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Secretary Condoleezza Rice Ramallah November 5, 2007 View Video PRESIDENT ABBAS: (Via interpreter) In the name of God, the Merciful and the Compassionate. I welcome Dr. Rice on her eighth visit during this year. And I would like to highly appreciate and commend her efforts and President Bush's efforts and their insistence on achieving peace and concluding a peace agreement within the term -- the presidential term of Mr. Bush. And there ar...

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  • Interview With Steve Centanni of Fox News

    Interview With Steve Centanni of Fox News Secretary Condoleezza Rice Jerusalem November 4, 2007 QUESTION: Madame Secretary, thanks for joining us. SECRETARY RICE: Good to be with you. QUESTION: I have to start with the situation in Pakistan, of course. It's quite serious with opposition leaders being rounded up, the Supreme Court justice being kicked out, troops in the street. You say you don't support any extra-constitutional measures in Pakistan like the one Musharraf has now taken. Do we still suppor...

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  • Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Roundtable with Traveling Press

    Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Roundtable with Traveling Press Secretary Condoleezza Rice Jerusalem November 4, 2007 SECRETARY RICE: Hello, everybody. REPORTERS: Hello. SECRETARY RICE: Okay. We don't have that much time, so why don't we just get started. Anyone want to start? QUESTION: Sure. (Laughter.) QUESTION: Time sense. SECRETARY RICE: Yes. QUESTION: It's been 24 hours now. There seems to be -- the talk is starting to sound a little bit more conciliatory coming out of Bhutto who says she's not...

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  • Remarks at Expanded Neighboring Countries of Iraq Foreign Ministers Meeting

    Remarks at Expanded Neighboring Countries of Iraq Foreign Ministers Meeting Secretary Condoleezza Rice Istanbul, Turkey November 3, 2007 SECRETARY RICE: Thank you very much. Let me join my colleagues in thanking the Government of Turkey for arranging this meeting here in Istanbul, this beautiful city. I would like to thank Prime Minister Erdogan for coming this morning to lead off. And Turkey has made excellent arrangements and is very greatly appreciated. The United States remains, of course, completel...

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  • Briefing En Route Ankara, Turkey

    Briefing En Route Ankara, Turkey Secretary Condoleezza Rice En Route Ankara, Turkey November 1, 2007 SECRETARY RICE: We're headed, obviously, to Turkey for two important events. First, to have a set of bilateral discussions with the Turks, important strategic relationship. We have a number of issues to discuss. We can get into them during your questions. And then, of course, the neighbors ministerial which will take place. And during that ministerial, I think we'll take the opportunity to have some addi...

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  • Remarks at the Dedication Ceremony of the George C. Marshall Conference Center

    Remarks at the Dedication Ceremony of the George C. Marshall Conference Center Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC October 26, 2007 View Video SECRETARY RICE: Thank you very much. Thank you, Henrietta for the wonderful introduction. Thank you to the members of the Marshall family for being here and to members of the Marshall Foundation Board. I want to thank you all for coming. It's certainly an honor to be here to commemorate a man who was truly America's public servant. Through multiple careers ...

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  • The State Department and the Iraq War

    The State Department and the Iraq War Secretary Condoleezza Rice Opening Remarks Before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Washington, DC October 25, 2007 As Delivered (10:10 a.m. EDT) SECRETARY RICE: Chairman Waxman, Representative Davis, members of the Committee, thank you very much. And I hope, Chairman Waxman, I won't need the entire five minutes because I am really here to answer your questions. I want to just make a few opening contextual points nonetheless, and that is to unde...

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  • U.S. Policy in the Middle East

    U.S. Policy in the Middle East Secretary Condoleezza Rice Opening Remarks Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Washington, DC October 24, 2007 View Video As Delivered (9:40 a.m. EDT) SECRETARY RICE: Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. And thank you, Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen. I want to thank the members of the Committee for this opportunity to address this extremely important set of policy issues. I have a longer statement, Mr. Chairman, but in order to permit full questions, I think I will just s...

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  • Opening Remarks at the Office of the Historian's Conference on U.S.-Soviet Relations in the Era of Détente, 1969-1976

    Opening Remarks at the Office of the Historian's Conference on U.S.-Soviet Relations in the Era of Détente, 1969-1976 Secretary Condoleezza Rice East Auditorium Washington, DC October 22, 2007 View Video SECRETARY RICE: Thank you very much, Marc. Thank you for that wonderful introduction. And thank you also for your leadership and hard work over these years. And good morning, and welcome, everyone, to the Department of State. What brings us together today is a truly remarkable achievement, both i...

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  • Interview With Neil Cavuto of Fox Business Network

    Interview With Neil Cavuto of Fox Business Network Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC October 19, 2007 QUESTION: Secretary, I do want to -- I have a lot of area I'd like to cover with you. First on the markets on this, the 20th anniversary of the 1987 crash, a concern globally about what's happening not only to our dollar but concern about the strength of our economy. And it seems to be rattling investors everywhere. Is this a worry for you as well? SECRETARY RICE: Well, here let me just quote Se...

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  • Briefing En Route London, England

    Briefing En Route London, England Secretary Condoleezza Rice En Route London, England October 18, 2007 SECRETARY RICE: This trip was important to get a sense of where the parties are, to have a chance to see what needs to be done to help them achieve what they're trying to achieve. Obviously, this is the beginning of a process and it’s the most serious process that they've had in some time. And so I talked not only about the document but also about how they could, in advance of any meeting that wo...

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