Secretary Remarks

Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC July 17, 2016 The United States is deeply concerned by the decision of a Bahraini court to dissolve the opposition Al Wefaq political society and liquidate its assets. This ruling is the latest in a series of disconcerting steps in Bahrain, including the Government of Bahrain's revocation of Sheikh Isa Qassem’s citizenship and the arrest of human rights activist Nabil Rajab. We take note of the government’s prior outreach to th...

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Regions: Bahrain , United States

Topics: Human Rights and Democracy

Interview John Kerry Secretary of State CBS Studio Washington, DC March 26, 2016 MR DICKERSON: We sat down earlier with Secretary of State John Kerry, who is just back from Brussels. We asked him how worried he was about another terror attack in Europe. SECRETARY KERRY: Well, I think everybody’s concerned, because for several years now foreign fighters have been returning from Syria or from other locations and implanting themselves in the communities, and this is the threat that we’ve all be...

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Regions: Argentina, Belgium , Cuba , Iran , Iraq , Russia , Syria , United Kingdom , United States

Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy

Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State U.S. Chamber of Commerce Washington, DC December 8, 2014 Thank you very much, Myron, and I accept the nomination. (Laughter.) I am happy to be here with all of you. It’s got to be hard walking around with everybody calling you brilliant, don’t you think? (Laughter.) Not a bad way to go. Ladies and Gentlemen, Distinguished Guests all, Ambassadors, Your Excellencies, my great friend former Secretary General of the Arab League Amr Moussa, former Deputy Secr...

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Regions: Egypt , France , Iran , Israel , Italy , Jordan , Morocco , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Tunisia , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank

Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium December 3, 2014 Good morning, everybody. Thank you very, very much for being here. Can everybody hear? Mr. Secretary-General, Mr. Prime Minister, Excellencies, welcome everybody. I just want to begin the meeting by stressing that despite the location, this is not a NATO event. And as you noticed, there are no signs or any evidence other than the location, which is purely a matter of logistics but nobody is meant to misinterpret. This is the first ...

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Regions: Belgium , Iraq , United Kingdom , United States

Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy

Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Lester B. Pearson Building Ottawa, Canada October 28, 2014 FOREIGN MINISTER BAIRD: (In French.) President Obama and Secretary Kerry were among the very first world leaders to show their solidarity after the attack here in Ottawa. And John, you are the first to make a journey to do so in person, and that is recognized and greatly appreciated by all Canadians. On behalf of the Government of Canada, as a member of parliament from Ottawa, I want to thank you for that. I...

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Regions: Afghanistan, Bahrain , Canada , France , Iraq , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States

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

Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State UN Headquarters New York City September 24, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: Philip, thank you very much and thank you for chairing, and I appreciate enormously everybody’s indulgence. I’m sorry to be late. Because the foreign fighters forum is still going on, the President asked me to chair for some of the prime ministers and heads of state still there, and I need to go back in a moment, so I am very grateful for everybody’s indulgence with respect to that. ...

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Regions: France , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Tunisia , United Kingdom , United States

Topics: Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC September 22, 2014 QUESTION: Joining us now on set, the Secretary of State John Kerry. Great to have you on board, sir. SECRETARY KERRY: Good to be here. Thank you. Good to be back. QUESTION: Let’s start with a kind of overarching question here: Who is in the coalition in the Muslim world and beyond standing with us? SECRETARY KERRY: Well, we have more than 50 countries total now. But in the immediate vicinity in the region, I think you saw we...

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Regions: Afghanistan, Bahrain , Iran , Iraq , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States

Topics: Energy

Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State New York, NY September 19, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much, Your Excellency, Mr. al-Jafari, for a very important statement, and we appreciate very much your leadership and the new government’s efforts. Now it’s my privilege to make a statement in my capacity as Secretary of State of the United States. Let me start again by thanking every single one of you for participating in this session. I’ve seen in the last weeks traveling around how ...

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Regions: Afghanistan, Australia , Bahrain , Egypt , France , Iran , Iraq , Syria , United Kingdom

Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Wajbah Palace Prime Minister's Quarters Doha, Qatar March 5, 2013 The video is available with closed captioning on YouTube . PRIME MINISTER HAMAD: (Via interpreter) In the name of God, the most merciful, the most compassionate, first of all, we’d like to welcome our friend Mr. John Kerry, the Secretary of State of the United States of America, on his visit to Qatar. This is not his first visit, but this is his first as Secretary of State. (In English) Is it wo...

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Regions: Afghanistan, France , Iran , Israel , Korea, North , Korea, South , Qatar , Syria , United Kingdom , United States

Topics: Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation