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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State
Seoul, Republic of Korea
Shilla Hotel
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you, everyone. Thank you, and good morning again. Thank you.
So I again want to thank President Yoon and Foreign Minister Cho for bringing us together to discuss what is one of the most transformational forces that’s shaping our future, our world, our democracies – and that is artificial intelligence.
I think it’s hard to overstate the extent to which
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Berlin, Germany December 5, 2016 MODERATOR: So my job is to introduce a man who needs no introduction. As I said in there, literally, the most consequential Secretary of State in my lifetime, which is longer than I think I would like to admit. (Laughter.) And when you just think about what this man has been able to accomplish, the impossible to the impossible to the impossible – whether it’s getting China to agree to carbon emission limits or putting tog...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State The White House Washington, DC October 24, 2016 Well, thank you, Valerie. Thank you very, very much, and my apologies to all for being a moment late. But let me second what Valerie said with respect to the efforts of everybody. This is our last meeting, as she mentioned, and I have to say that over the four years of this effort, I’m personally really grateful for and impressed by the extraordinary distance we have traveled here. This all-of-government effort h...
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Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC July 11, 2016 The United States is grateful to the Republic of Serbia for offering humanitarian resettlement to two individuals formerly in U.S. custody at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention facility. On July 11, the Department of Defense announced the transfer of a Tajik national, Muhammadi Davlatov, and a Yemeni national, Mansur Ahmad Saad al-Dayfi, to Serbia. Each detainee was unanimously approved for transfer by six U.S. government depart...
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Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC April 4, 2016 The United States is very grateful to our partner, the Republic of Senegal, for offering humanitarian resettlement to two individuals formerly in Department of Defense custody at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba detention facility. On April 4, the Department of Defense announced the transfer of two Libyan nationals to the Republic of Senegal. These two individuals, Salem Abdu Salam Ghereby (Internment Serial Number (ISN) 189) and Omar Kh...
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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Paris, France December 12, 2015 QUESTION: History made in Paris yesterday, as nearly 200 nations approved the first global agreement on climate change. The Paris accord will aim to limit global temperature increases and their catastrophic consequences by curbing greenhouse gas emissions, cutting the use of fossil fuels. President Obama gave the agreement an emphatic endorsement in a rare Saturday evening statement from the White House. (Begin clip.) PRESIDENT OBAM...
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Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC November 6, 2015 After a thorough review of the record, including extensive analysis conducted by the State Department, I have determined that the national interest of the United States would be best served by denying TransCanada a presidential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. President Obama agrees with this determination and the eight federal agencies consulted under Executive Order 13337 have accepted it. Executive Order 13337 delegates...
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Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State NATO Headquarters Brussels, Belgium December 3, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon and thanks, everybody, for being here. And thanks for your patience. In less than three months, the international community has come together to form a coalition that is already taking important steps to degrade and defeat ISIL, or Daesh. And today was an opportunity for representatives from about 60 members of the anti-ISIL coalition to come together, share their views, ...
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Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC November 20, 2014 On this year’s Transgender Day of Remembrance, we honor the memory of the innocent souls who died because of who they are and who they love. Today and every day, the United States stands with the LGBTI community and its allies to stop all acts of hate and violence against gender non-conforming people. I will never forget standing on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in 1998 to honor Matthew Shepard, a young man killed just ...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Waldorf-Astoria Hotel New York City September 24, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, thank you. Listen, thank you very, very much for being patient and hanging in here, though I noticed a lot of you have glasses in your hand with some liquid in it and therefore you haven’t been completely deprived, I can tell. This city during these days of UNGA does not lend itself well to diplomatic speed dating, and unfortunately, I sort of scheduled one too many. And I just came ...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Diaoyutai State Guesthouse Beijing, China July 9, 2014 ADMINISTRATOR ZHAO: (Via translator) Vice Premier Liu Yandong, State Councilor Yang Jiechi, Secretary John Kerry, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, we are very glad to have with you here on this U.S.-China event combating wildlife trafficking, which is aimed at raising the awareness of the international community and the general public to participate in and to support the fight against illegal wildlife...
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Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC June 20, 2014 The Department of State joins the world in celebrating LGBT Pride Month and reaffirms its commitment to the promotion and protection of the human rights of LGBT persons around the globe. In the United States, we have made marked progress in tearing down the unjust and unfair barriers that have prevented the full realization of the human rights of LGBT persons. We know there is more to do, but here, the arc of history is bending t...
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Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC June 5, 2013 The United States and the international community stand shoulder to shoulder in maintaining pressure on the Iranian regime until it fully addresses concerns about its nuclear program. That is why today I am pleased to announce that China, India, Malaysia, Republic of Korea, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Turkey, and Taiwan have again qualified for an exception to sanctions outlined in section 1245 of the National Defense Auth...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State White House Washington, DC May 17, 2013 The video is available with closed captioning on YouTube . MS. JARRETT: Good morning, everyone. I’m Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to the President and Chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls. I’d like to welcome you all to the White House. This is the second time that we have held the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons here at the White House, and in ...
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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State U.S. Consulate Vladivostok, Russia September 9, 2012 QUESTION: Secretary Clinton, thank you so much for joining us today for Bloomberg Radio. I wanted to start out by asking you about the Haqqani Network which you decided to blacklist. The Taliban who harbored al-Qaida in Afghanistan prior to the 9/11 attacks have never been blacklisted. Should they be next? SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, we do very intensive analysis before we designate someone as a foreign...
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Press Statement Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC September 7, 2012 Today, I have sent a report to Congress saying that the Haqqani Network meets the statutory criteria of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) for designation as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). This action meets the requirements of the Haqqani Network Terrorist Designation Act of 2012 (P.L. 112-168). Based on that assessment, I notified Congress of my intent to designate the Haqqani Network as an FTO un...
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Address Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC December 19, 2011 Thank you. Well, it is wonderful to be back at Georgetown to give all of the students an excuse not to keep studying for their last finals. (Laughter.) That’s what accounts for the enthusiastic response here in Gaston Hall. But thank you so much, President DeGioia. This great university has such a long history of nurturing diplomats and peacemakers and at least one former president who ...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Secretary of Treasury Tim Geithner Treaty Room Washington, DC November 21, 2011 SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, good afternoon, everyone. I am delighted to welcome Secretary Geithner here to the Treaty Room of the State Department, and I also welcome his team and thank my team for the work that they have been doing with respect to Iran. Recent days have brought new evidence that Iran’s leaders continue to defy their international obligations and violate interna...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Georgetown University's Gaston Hall Washington, DC December 14, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. It is wonderful being back here at Georgetown in this magnificent Gaston Hall, and to give you something to do during exam week. (Laughter.) It’s one of those quasi-legitimate reasons for taking a break – (laughter) – which I’m very happy to have provided. I want to thank Jas for his introductory remarks, and clearly, those of you wh...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium March 6, 2009 FOREIGN MINISTER SCHWARZENBERG : Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Sorry that you – we kept you waiting for such a long time, but I have some good news. Madame Secretary confirmed that President Obama accepted the invitation to participate in the EU-27 plus United States in a formal summit in Prague on April 5th, 2009. This is great news for Europe, and I genuinely believe that the summit will represent an import...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier Remarks Following Meeting Washington, DC February 3, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, good afternoon. I’m very pleased to be here today with Foreign Minister Steinmeier. We have had an excellent and broad discussion. Germany is one of our closest allies, and we greatly value opportunities like today to discuss the issues that affect our nations and the international community as a whole. I conveyed to th...
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Remarks On Financial Aspects of Terrorism at Office of Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Secretary Colin L. Powell Vienna, Virginia November 7, 2001 (2:05 p.m. EST) SECRETARY POWELL: Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. It is a pleasure to be out here this afternoon. And, Mr. President, Secretary O'Neill, Attorney General Ashcroft and Mr. Sloan, I also add my congratulations to the earlier speakers for the wonderful work that is being done here. It is a pleasure to be here really because, with ...
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Campaign Against Terrorism Secretary Colin L. Powell House International Relations Committee Washington, DC October 24, 2001 [ As Delivered ] As Prepared Mr. Chairman. Mr. Lantos. Members of the Committee. I am pleased to appear before you today to update you on our nation�s diplomatic response to the September 11 terrorist attacks, as well as to report to you on my recent trip to Pakistan, India, and China. Before I begin, I would like to take a moment to commend you, Mr. Chairman, along with this Comm...
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Interview on CBS's Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer Secretary Colin L. Powell Shanghai, People's Republic of China October 21, 2001 MR. SCHIEFFER: And we begin now with the Secretary of State, who joins us from Shanghai. Mr. Secretary, thank you very much for coming. SECRETARY POWELL: Thank you, Bob. MR. SCHIEFFER: American ground troops went into Afghanistan yesterday. The Pentagon says it was a successful mission, but this morning, as perhaps might be expected, the...
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Remarks at Business Event Secretary Colin L. Powell Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China October 18, 2001 U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE REPRESENTATIVE : Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. It is a pleasure for all of us to be here. This event never would have happened without the full cooperation of each member of the US-APEC Business Coalition, the US-China Business Council, the Pacific Basin Economic Council, the National Center for APEC, the US-ASEAN Business Council, and the US National Committee for Pac...
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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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Interview on Meet the Press Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC September 23, 2001 QUESTION: But first, the Secretary of State is with us. General Colin Powell, welcome. SECRETARY POWELL: Good morning, Tim. QUESTION: Twelve days ago, America was attacked like never before. Where are we in terms of response? SECRETARY POWELL: In terms of response, we have begun a broad campaign against the perpetrators of this attack, and also against terrorism in general. &...
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Interview on CNN's Late Edition Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC September 16, 2001 MR. BLITZER : Now let's go back to the diplomatic effort involving the United States to try to put together a coalition against terrorism. Earlier today I spoke with the Secretary of State, Colin Powell. Mr. Secretary, thank you so much for joining us. Who is responsible for these attacks? SECRETARY POWELL : Well, the prime suspect, I think, is the al-Qaida organization, which is ess...
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On-The-Record Briefing (1430 hrs) Secretary Colin L. Powell Remarks to the Press Washington, DC September 12, 2001 [ audio ] SECRETARY POWELL: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I thought what I would do is to update you on the activities of the last several hours since I spoke to the press this morning. Let me begin once again by saying that our hearts go out to all the victims and to their families. It is a tragedy, but as the President has made clear, it is a tragedy that we are strong enough to o...
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