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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State U.S. Embassy Manama, Bahrain April 7, 2016 AMBASSADOR ROEBUCK: I’m just going to say a word quickly to introduce our guest of honor here today. We’re delighted to have Secretary of State John Kerry with us. I first met Secretary Kerry years ago as a control officer in Damascus, Syria, where he visited, did a great visit. And it was a delight to show him around then. He’s a great friend of the Foreign Service and of the embassies overseas. He’...
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Regions: Bahrain , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism
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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Manama, Bahrain April 7, 2016 QUESTION: Mr. Kerry, first of all, you must have heard the reports that Syrian regime troops and their allies are launching a major attack against the opposition south of Aleppo. Is – this is the end of the truce? SECRETARY KERRY: No, they’re launching an attack, to our understanding, against Nusrah. And under the cessation of hostiles, Nusrah and Daesh are both targets of everybody. So we will be talking directly with the...
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Regions: Bahrain , China, Iran , Iraq , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Four Seasons Hotel Manama, Bahrain April 7, 2016 FOREIGN MINISTER AL-JUBEIR: (Via interpreter in progress) – group works, six group works in different issues, and with regard to the defense of the GCC countries against any attack and how to counterattack the – and how to deal with the challenges in the region whether in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Libya. And we reviewed the peace efforts and the Palestine issue. Also we reviewed the efforts to counter t...
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Regions: Bahrain , Iran , Iraq , Jordan , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen
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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
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Photos from the trip» Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Rome, Italy, to lead the U.S. delegation to the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL Small Group Ministerial. Coalition partners reviewed progress to date and discussed ways to further intensify commitments across all lines of effort to degrade and defeat this terrorist group. Other nation countries represented included Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, European Union, France, Germany, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, New Z...
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Regions: Canada , France , Italy , Norway , Syria , United Kingdom
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC November 19, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning, everybody. It’s my pleasure to welcome Sheikh Khalid al-Khalifa, the foreign minister of Bahrain. And I’m very happy to have had a chance this morning to have a thorough, in-depth discussion on all of the issues of concern in the region and the issues that we worked on bilaterally. Needless to say, we focused significantly on the challenge of the regional conflict, the people in ...
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Regions: Bahrain , Syria , United States
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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
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Riyadh, Saudi Arabia November 4, 2013 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. Thank you very much. (Applause.) Thank you very, very much. How are you all? Everybody good? Did anybody here care that the Red Sox won? I saw one hand go up – two, three. (Laughter.) Well, at least somebody is staying in touch. That’s great. Well, it’s good to be here with everybody. I understand you have a new welcome to the great 120 kids family, and we have Lucas &ndash...
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Regions: Bahrain , Egypt , Iran , Saudi Arabia , United Kingdom , Yemen
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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC January 29, 2013 QUESTION: Madam Secretary, thank you so much for joining us. Important moment as you leave this office. Are you thinking about your legacy? Henry Kissinger negotiated peace with Vietnam; Jim Baker had Middle East accords; of course, there was the Marshall Plan with George Marshall. What do you want your legacy to be? SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, Andrea, I think given the inheritance we had when we came into office in this Ad...
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Regions: Afghanistan, Burma , China, Iran , Israel , Korea, North , Libya , Mali , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Treaties and International Agreements
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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC October 26, 2011 QUESTION: Secretary Clinton, thank you very much for sitting down with the BBC. And the response to our call for questions has been overwhelming. The thousands of viewers we have across the Persian-speaking world have sent in their questions. And in a matter of a few days, back when we were initially scheduled to speak with you in the spring, and, of course, in the last 24 hours, got over 1,500 comments on the website, a...
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Regions: Afghanistan, Bahrain , China, Egypt , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Libya , Mexico , Syria , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation
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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC October 11, 2011 SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, originally when I set this up, I had wanted to do this for a while and I thought the – let me make sure everybody’s got their mikes here – I thought that the fact that I’m giving two speeches this week, one tomorrow at the Center for American Progress on American leadership and to talk about a lot of the sort of durable values and interests that shape our policies today an...
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Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation
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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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Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Treaties and International Agreements
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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Manama, Bahrain December 3, 2010 QUESTION: Madam Secretary, thank you for speaking to the BBC. There’s a lot of anger in the UK today because since 2001 345 British troops have died there, and yet it appears as though the United States doesn’t think very highly of the efforts made by British troops in Afghanistan. SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, Kim, first let me say that is absolutely untrue. I cannot speak for every opinion ever uttered by anyon...
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Regions: Afghanistan, Bahrain , Iran , Iraq , Pakistan , Russia , United Kingdom , United States
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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