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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC September 15, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: David, thank you very, very much. No speech tonight. I did that earlier. And everybody has had a very, very long day, but it’s my great pleasure to welcome all of you here to the Kennedy Center. And I’m deeply appreciative to David Rubenstein, the chairman, who does an extraordinary job of overseeing, managing this fabulous asset, institution that belongs to the people of the United States and is in memo...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State New Delhi, India August 31, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Swati, good morning. Thank you very, very much. Thank you very – you guys all deserve an award for being able to get here today. (Laughter.) I don’t know if you came in boats or amphibious vehicles of some kind, but I salute you for being here. Thank you very, very much for making the effort, and I am extremely honored to be here. Swati, thank you for that generous introduction. And thank you, Dr. Rao. It...
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Regions: Afghanistan, Bangladesh , China, France , India , Japan , Jordan , Pakistan , Philippines , Russia , Syria , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Manila, Philippines July 27, 2016 MS OPOSA: According to the Secretary John Kerry, the ocean is sort of in his DNA. He grew up with an affinity for the sea, first as a young boy in Massachusetts fishing and clamming, and then as an officer in the U.S. Navy. This passion for the blue world was evident when he was a U.S. senator. As chairman of the Senate Oceans and Fisheries Subcommittee, he oversaw the rewriting of fishery laws, the creation of the Stellwagen Bank S...
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Regions: Chile, Indonesia , Norway , Philippines , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Global Women's Issues
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Diaoyutai State Guesthouse Beijing, China June 6, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. (Inaudible) extraordinary experience. That’s really wonderful. I’m privileged to be here with everybody. I want to begin by thanking China’s oceanic administrator – Mr. Wang Hong, thank you very, very much for your leadership. I want to thank Cathy Novelli, our under secretary of state, for helping to organize this event together with the administrato...
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Regions: American Samoa , Antarctica, China, Samoa , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Silver Spring, Maryland June 1, 2016 MS JOHNSON: Okay. Please join me in a round of applause for our U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. John Kerry. (Applause.) SECRETARY KERRY: How are you doing? Everybody good? AUDIENCE: Yes. SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning. MS JOHNSON: Yes, good morning. SECRETARY KERRY: I get to, like, wake you up here. Anyway -- MS JOHNSON: And I want to say we’re so pleased to have you here at Montgomery Blair High School. SECRETARY KERRY: Thank ...
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Regions: Chile, Greenland , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs, Treaties and International Agreements
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Valparaiso, Chile October 5, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: (In Spanish.) Thank you very much. PARTICIPANT: (Via interpreter) Thank you. (Inaudible.) SECRETARY KERRY: Buenos dias , everybody. How are you? Good. All right. I’m testing your English – better than my Spanish. What a pleasure for me to be here. Can you all see? Here, you want me to stand up? Is that better? There. I’ll stand up. It’s a real pleasure for me to be here. Mr. President, Senato...
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Regions: Antarctica, Chile, China, Italy , Russia , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Valparaiso, Chile October 5, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, thank you, Madam Secretary-General. Thank you for your very personal and generous introduction. And Heraldo, thank you for making it so crystal clear not only how you personally are deeply committed to this effort, but also your country. And I again just want to say profoundly thank you for a very, very serious and comprehensive approach to the challenges that we face here. I’m going to pick up where Her...
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Regions: Canada , Chile, Cuba , Norway , United States
Topics: Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Catherine A. Novelli Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Loy Henderson Conference Room Washington, DC June 17, 2014 Moderator: Under Secretary Catherine Novelli Guest Speakers: Kenred Dorsett, Minister of Environment and Housing, The Bahamas Ted Waitt, Founder and Board Chairman, The Waitt Foundation Elizabeth Wright-Koteka, Chief of Staff to Prime Minister, Cook Islands Mark Spalding, President, Ocea...
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Regions: British Indian Ocean, Chile, Cook Islands , France , Georgia , Norway , Palau , Peru , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Catherine A. Novelli Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Loy Henderson Conference Room Washington, DC June 17, 2014 Moderator: Under Secretary Catherine Novelli Guest Speakers: Tommy E. Remengesau, Jr., President, Republic of Palau Heraldo Munoz, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chile Borge Brende, Foreign Minister, Norway Robert Dussey, Foreign Minister, Togo Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Managing D...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Leonardo DiCaprio Loy Henderson Conference Room Washington, DC June 17, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, welcome back, everybody. Good morning to you all. And thank you, Mr. President, for that announcement. And I think many of you saw the sneak preview in the newspaper this morning, in The Washington Post, about a major announcement that John Podesta will share at lunchtime on behalf of the President. But obviously we intend to put meaning behind our words with actions,...
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Regions: Antarctica, Australia , Kiribati , United Kingdom
Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, The Ocean and Polar Affairs
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC June 16, 2014 ANNOUNCER : Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Secretary of State and His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco. (applause) SECRETARY KERRY : Good afternoon, everybody. Please sit and quietly continue to eat, for heaven’s sakes. (Laughter.) We don’t want anybody starving on our watch here. Thank you for what I thought was a terrific start this mo...
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Regions: France , Italy , Monaco , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, The Ocean and Polar Affairs
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Catherine A. Novelli Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment David A. Balton Deputy Assistant Secretary , Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Washington, DC June 11, 2014 MS. HARF: Hi everybody. Thank you to everyone for coming today. For those of you who I haven’t met, I’m Marie Harf. I’m the deputy spokesperson here. We’ll be ...
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Regions: Chile, France , India , New Zealand , Norway , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs, Treaties and International Agreements
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State New York City September 27, 2013 Well, thank you very much, Secretary Russel. It’s great to have you aboard. And I think everybody here appreciates your outreach and your efforts in the region, and I know everybody has confidence in your leadership. And it’s a pleasure to sit around the table with our friends from ASEAN. All of you welcomed me so warmly at our first meeting when I – my first meeting as Secretary of State. I met with many of you pre...
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Regions: Brunei , China, Malaysia , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Kiruna City Hall Kiruna, Sweden May 15, 2013 This video is available with closed captioning on YouTube. Thank you very much, Minister Bildt, and thank you for hosting this important event. I’m pleased to be joined at the table by our senior Arctic official Julia Gourley and I’m pleased also to have Senator from Alaska, Senator Lisa Murkowski, a good friend of mine from the Senate, who cares about these issues enormously. It’s an honor to be here in...
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Regions: Canada , Mexico , Sweden , United Kingdom , United States
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC November 17, 2010 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Thank you very much. Well, it is a real delight for me to take a few minutes to come and say thank you. Thank you for participating with the Overseas Security Advisory Council and being part of that effort to advance American interests around the world. And I want to thank Assistant Secretary Boswell for everything that he does every day to keep all of us all at the St...
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Regions: Afghanistan, Iraq , United Kingdom , United States
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC April 8, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, it’s wonderful to welcome Minister Fihri here today on behalf of Morocco. We are so committed to our relationship and have very high regard for the extraordinary progress that has taken place in Morocco over the last years, and we look forward to deepening and strengthening our relationship. FOREIGN MINISTER FIHRI: Me, too. I’m very happy to be here and to have the oppor...
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Interview With the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board Secretary Condoleezza Rice New York, New York June 8, 2007 QUESTION: So this is on the record and -- please, do you want to start? SECRETARY RICE: I do. QUESTION: All right. I wonder if you'd talk a little bit about Iran and particularly what the strategy of the Administration is regarding both the nuclear program and the internal dynamics inside Iran. Because at least from our vantage point, it does seem that you're sending mixed signals, seeking a...
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Regions: Brazil , China, Haiti , Iran , Iraq , Italy , Japan , Jordan , Korea, North , Libya , Panama , Poland , Russia , Spain , Syria , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States , Venezuela
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Remarks with Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Bill Graham Secretary Colin L. Powell Ottawa, Canada November 14, 2002 FOREIGN MINISTER GRAHAM: Thank you everyone for coming. This is the opening of our press conference. I just would like as an opening statement to say I took the opportunity to welcome Secretary Powell here to Ottawa. He has been here before. In fact, he was here receiving a decoration from the Governor General some time ago. He is very familiar ...
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Remarks at Ceremony Commemorating the Signing of the U.S.-Japan Peace Treaty Secretary Colin L. Powell Opera House At The Presidio San Francisco, CA September 8, 2001 Thank you Secretary Shultz for that very generous introduction. Former Prime Minister Miyazawa, Foreign Minister Tanaka, Director General Nakatani, Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz, Ambassador Yanai, Ambassador Baker, Governor Davis, Mayor Brown, I am pleased to join with you today in commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Treaty of Peace wit...
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Remarks Following Meeting With Ugandan Opposition Leaders Secretary Colin L. Powell Press availability Kampala, Uganda May 27, 2001 SECRETARY POWELL: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I just had a very interesting meeting with opposition leaders, who were encouraging me and the United States to keep pressing on issues of pluralism in the political process; open dialogue, increased dialogue between opposition leaders and the government; a desire to be able to form political parties that can actually su...
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