Secretary Remarks

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

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

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

Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State 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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Regions: Poland , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam

Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, The Ocean and Polar Affairs

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

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

Topics: Human Rights and Democracy

Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC June 10, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, good afternoon. It’s a great pleasure to be here today with Foreign Minister Balázs. We just concluded an excellent bilateral meeting. I wanted to just put our relationship into a bit of a historical context. It was 20 years ago this month that Hungarians began taking down the barbed wire along their country’s border with Austria. In the years since, the United States an...

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Regions: Afghanistan, Germany , Hungary , Russia , United States

Topics: Human Rights and Democracy, Treaties and International Agreements

Remarks at the Swearing-in Ceremony of the Honorable Nancy Brinker As Chief of Protocol Secretary Condoleezza Rice Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC October 10, 2007 View Video (11:08 a.m. EDT) SECRETARY RICE: Thank you very much. Thank you. I'm delighted to join this august group to swear in Nancy Brinker as our next chief of protocol. Nancy, you've clearly brought a lot of friends and a lot of admirers to help you celebrate this day. I especially want to recognize our First Lady Laura Bush who is ...

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Regions: Hungary , United Kingdom , United States

Topics: Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy

Interview by Noah Adams of National Public Radio on "All Things Considered" Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC September 27, 2001 SECRETARY POWELL: Hello. QUESTION: Hi, Mr. Secretary. It's Noah Adams here. SECRETARY POWELL: Hello, Noah. How are you? QUESTION: I'm fine. I appreciate you helping us. Can we go ahead and start? Are you all set? SECRETARY POWELL: Yes. QUESTION: Good. You've had meetings today with King Adbullah of Jordan and the Turkish Foreign Minister, Mr. Cem. And I'm just curious, ...

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Regions: Afghanistan, Iraq , Jordan , United Kingdom , United States

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

Preserving U.S. Global Leadership Secretary Colin L. Powell Address at Roundtable Meeting at the State Department Washington, DC July 10, 2001 Thank you very much, Lonny, and thank you Brian and Pat for your interventions as well, and to welcome you all here to the State Department today, and to begin by thanking you for what you have been doing as a group to support the 150 Account and to support the State Department. It's a great pleasure to be here, of course, with Lockheed Martin, with whom I've had...

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Regions: China, Japan , United Kingdom

Topics: Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation

Remarks to the Press Following Trip to Africa and Hungary Secretary Colin L. Powell Press availability En route to Washington, DC, from Hungary May 30, 2001 SECRETARY POWELL: (In progress) The action is back in New York. I am encouraged that there is general agreement, and I want to say that again -- general agreement -- that the way we have been applying the sanctions, in recent times, have lost some of their effectiveness and it's wise to look at a change. The difficulty, of course, is in the details,...

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Regions: France , Germany , Hungary , Uganda , United Kingdom , United States

Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Treaties and International Agreements

Remarks to the Press on Trip to Africa and North Atlantic Council Meeting Secretary Colin L. Powell Press conference En route Budapest, Hungary May 27, 2001 QUESTION: How do you think U.S. policy towards Africa has changed as a result of the trip? SECRETARY POWELL: I think, as a result of the trip, we have made clear to Africa that it will be a priority for us. I think there was some doubt about that, but between President Bush's statements in recent weeks and his actions with respect to Angola, and the...

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Regions: Hungary , South Africa , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States

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