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  • National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness, January 11, 2017

    Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC January 11, 2017 Congress designated January 11 as the National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness in 2007, targeting a problem with an estimated 20 million victims in every corner of the world. Human trafficking continues today to be a threat to freedom and stability, undermining the rule of law, scarring communities, and degrading the rights of individuals. We must not waver in our resolve to combat this crime. The State Department’s O...

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  • Remarks at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Cambridge, Massachusetts January 9, 2017 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much for a generous welcome to somebody who is about to become one of the most visibly unemployed people in America. (Laughter.) I am really thrilled to be here. Great, always, to be home, but it’s special to be here at MIT. And I want to begin by thanking Dean Schmittlein. Thank you very, very much. It&...

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    Regions: Antarctica, Brazil , Chile, China, India , New Zealand , Saudi Arabia , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs, Treaties and International Agreements

  • Exit Memo From Secretary Kerry to President Obama

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Cabinet Exit Memo Washington, DC January 5, 2017     Introduction When President Obama took office in 2009, the United States was engaged in two costly wars, faced the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, and had a diminished standing with many of our allies and partners around the world. The starting point for this Presidency was one of the toughest I have ever seen in my decades of public service. Over the past eight years, President Ob...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, Antarctica, Argentina, Canada , Chad , Chile, China, Cuba , France , India , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Italy , Korea, North , Libya , Nigeria , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Somalia , Sudan , Syria , Thailand , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Western Hemisphere, Yemen

    Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, 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, Treaties and International Agreements

  • Remarks at Meet and Greet With the Staff of McMurdo Station

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State McMurdo Station Antarctica November 11, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Kelly, thank you very, very much. Thank you all. I know it was coming to see me, or what? (Laughter.) No, I don’t mean to make light. Honestly, it’s very, very touching that you all came out to share a few words this evening. Kelly, thank you. That – first of all, that means a lot to me. But frankly, more importantly, being here really means a lot to me, and I’ll share a few though...

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    Regions: Antarctica, China, India , Russia , Saudi Arabia , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs, Treaties and International Agreements

  • Remarks at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Hilton Chicago Hotel Chicago, Illinois October 26, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good evening, everybody. And thank you, very, very much to Ivo Daalder. Thank you, sir, Mr. Ambassador. And thanks to the Chicago Council for Global Affairs for inviting me here. And a profound thank you to Ambassador Lou Susman for his very generous introduction. And most importantly, Marge and Lou, thank you for many, many years of extraordinary friendship. I really value it. And I thin...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, Canada , China, Iran , Israel , Japan , Korea, North , Nigeria , Russia , Rwanda , Saudi Arabia , Somalia , Syria , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam

    Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, 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

  • Remarks With Students at the University of Chicago's Institute of Politics

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Chicago, Illinois October 26, 2016 MODERATOR: It is an honor to welcome a Secretary of State to the University of Chicago. It is part of the mission of the Institute of Politics to facilitate these kinds of opportunities for you to interact with practitioners and leaders, and so we’re really pleased on that account. But I – our other mission is somewhat larger than that, which is: We live in a somewhat dispirited time in our politics. I don’t know ...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, China, France , Georgia , Germany , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Japan , Korea, North , Lebanon , Nigeria , Philippines , Qatar , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Somalia , Syria , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam , Yemen

    Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs, Treaties and International Agreements

  • Remarks at the Annual Meeting of the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (PITF)

    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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    Topics: Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • President Obama's Memorandum on Climate Change and National Security

    Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC September 21, 2016 I have been focused on climate change for decades – not just because I’m a proud environmentalist, but because scientists have been crystal clear that climate change is likely to have significant security implications over the world, including in the United States. As Secretary of State, I have seen and heard firsthand how it is already beginning to have an effect on security and stability. President Obama has un...

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    Regions: United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Global Health

  • Remarks on Community Building and Countering Violent Extremism

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Sultan's Palace Sokoto, Nigeria August 23, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you so much. Thank you. Asalaam Alaikum . Thank you very much. Maryam, thank you very, very much. Good morning everybody. Good morning to all of you – your Excellency Governor Tambuwal; your Excellency Governor Yari; your Eminence, Sultan, who was very, very kind to host us here today and whose leadership I particularly appreciate with respect to all of the interfaith efforts, which are so ...

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    Regions: Benin , Chad , France , Nigeria , United Kingdom , United States

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

  • Remarks at the Young African Leaders Initiative and Mandela Washington Fellows Event

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Rosa Kempinski Hotel Nairobi, Kenya August 22, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you, sir. Thank you. Thank you, Mshila. Thank you (inaudible). Thank you very, very much. What are these big boards on the back of the wall here? Can you explain those to me? Mshila? Who can explain that to me, these boards? PARTICIPANT: No microphone. (Laughter.) SECRETARY KERRY: No microphone? Powerful voice, though. PARTICIPANT: I can explain one of the boards. SECRETARY KERRY: One of the ...

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    Regions: Burundi , Kenya , Somalia , Sudan , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Remarks to Members of the American Chamber of Commerce

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Buenos Aires, Argentina August 4, 2016 (Applause.) Well, good morning. Good morning, everybody. Thank you very, very much. Thank you for the introduction. Thank you for being here. I’m really delighted to have a chance to be able to share a few thoughts with all of you this morning. My thanks to AmCham Argentina, to Manuel Aguirre, to Alejandro Diaz, and to Daniel Martin for making this event possible. I really appreciate it very, very much. And I want to than...

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    Regions: Argentina, Belgium , Chile, United Kingdom , United States

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

  • Remarks at the Launch of the MissionOne Initiative

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington Passport Agency Washington, DC July 12, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you. Thank you, Michele, very, very much. (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Michele, thank you very, very much. Today is also an education for me. You have no idea how many times I drive by here. I had no idea – (laughter) – we had this brilliantly beautiful office over here in this building, so it’s – you’re broadening my horizons even today. I go...

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    Regions: China, Cyprus , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Countering Terrorism, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Serbia Offers Two Former Guantanamo Detainees Humanitarian Resettlement

    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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    Regions: United States

    Topics: Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • Remarks With Georgian Prime Minister Kvirikashvili

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Chancellery Tbilisi, Georgia July 6, 2016 PRIME MINISTER KVIRIKASHVILI: (Via interpretation) Please accept my warm welcome, ladies and gentlemen. We are extremely delighted to pay host to the U.S. State Secretary. It’s a great honor to receive him in Georgia, and we hold high in esteem the support of the United States Government and people toward Georgia from the day of our regaining independence. And I would like also to use this opportunity and congratulate ...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, Georgia , Russia , United Kingdom , United States

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

  • Remarks at the Aspen Ideas Festival and Conversation with Walter Isaacson

    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 With British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State London, United Kingdom June 27, 2016 FOREIGN SECRETARY HAMMOND: Good afternoon. I’m delighted to welcome Secretary Kerry today. His visit here just three days after the referendum result underlines the strength of the special relationship and indeed Britain’s many friendships around the world, and I very much appreciate him taking the time to visit with us today. The result last Friday is, of course, not the result that I wished for, and it means a diffi...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, Iran , Iraq , Syria , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Joint Press Availability With Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and UN Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura

    Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Vienna, Austria May 17, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good afternoon, everybody, and let me begin by thanking the Government of Austria again. They have very generously facilitated this latest meeting of the International Syria Support Group and they’ve facilitated two rounds before this. I want to express my appreciation to the co-chair of the task force, Sergey Lavrov, and to Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura. They have both been obviously integrally...

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    Regions: Australia , Austria , Canada , France , Iran , Iraq , Libya , Russia , Spain , Syria , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • Interview With Christiane Amanpour of CNN International

    Interview John Kerry Secretary of State U.S. Embassy London, United Kingdom May 10, 2016 QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, welcome back to the program. SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you. Happy to be here. QUESTION: You have just announced that you are signing, have signed another attempt to gain a nationwide cessation of hostilities in Syria. How do you think that’s going to work any better than the previous one? SECRETARY KERRY: Well, we’re building on the experience of the previous one. I can’t sit ...

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    Regions: China, Iran , Korea, North , Korea, South , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , United Kingdom , United States

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

  • Press Availability by Secretary Kerry

    Special Briefing John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC May 3, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning, everybody. QUESTION: Good morning? What? QUESTION: Good afternoon. Yes? SECRETARY KERRY: That too. QUESTION: Are you still on Geneva time? SECRETARY KERRY: That too. In Geneva time, it’s good evening. Anyway. So before we get started today, I want to just quickly say something about the situation in Syria. As you all know, yesterday I returned from Geneva, where I met with two key partners and ...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, China, France , Iran , Iraq , Russia , Syria , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • Remarks at the Council of the Americas' 46th Annual Washington Conference of the Americas/ U.S.-Caribbean-Central American Energy Summit Reception

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Ben Franklin Room Washington, DC May 3, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Muchas gracias . Thank you very, very much. Mr. presidents, distinguished prime ministers, ministers of everything – (laughter) – minister de todos , whatever you – but you’re masters at many, many things here – and distinguished ambassadors, distinguished guests all, we are very, very grateful to you for being here. And I can actually feel an energy in here. I’m &ndash...

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    Regions: Canada , Chile, Jamaica , Mexico , Tunisia , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Remarks At the Pacific Council on International Policy

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Omni Hotel Los Angeles, CA April 12, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Mickey, thank you very, very much. I remember you when you were six foot four and blond, and I’m not sure what you are now, but we all get cut down to size in this business. (Laughter.) I have to tell you all, first of all, what a great privilege it is to be here with the Pacific Council. I have great respect for, admiration for your commitment to all things international, and it’s a privilege fo...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, Armenia , Australia , Bahrain , Brazil , Canada , China, Colombia , India , Iran , Italy , Jordan , Korea, North , Libya , New Zealand , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Singapore , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs

  • Press Availability in Baghdad, Iraq

    Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State U.S. Embassy Baghdad Baghdad, Iraq April 8, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good afternoon everybody, and thank you for your patience. I really appreciate it. I have had a very productive series of conversations, a day of meetings here in Baghdad. And I want to thank Prime Minister Abadi, Foreign Minister Jaafari, Speaker Jibouri, and KRG Prime Minister Barzani, all of them, for the time they gave today, for the serious conversations we had, and for their par...

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    Regions: Iraq , Russia , Syria , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • Interview With Hasan Muawad of Al-Arabiya

    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

  • Senegal Offers Two Former Guantanamo Detainees Humanitarian Resettlement

    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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    Regions: Cuba , Senegal , United States

    Topics: Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • Introducing Vice President Joe Biden At the 2016 International Women of Courage Forum

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC March 29, 2016 Ladies and gentlemen, thank you. Please, everybody, sit. I will be very brief. I have to leave in a moment to go over to a meeting at the White House, and the President – and the Vice President has come over here to a meeting here, and no, we are not switching jobs, I promise you. (Laughter.) The Vice President and I have been friends for a long, long time, going way back to the 1970s, which dates both of us. But I had the pleasur...

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    Regions: United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Interview With Greg Palkot of Fox

    Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium March 25, 2016 QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, last time we met was in Paris for the terror there. Since then we’ve had San Bernardino, we’ve had Turkey, the Mideast, and now Brussels, and now the sad news today that at least two Americans have been killed and it’s all tied to ISIS. What do you say to those who say the Obama Administration’s policy of slow and steady regarding ISIS is just not enough? You might be regaining terri...

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    Regions: Argentina, Belgium , Cuba , Syria , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • Remarks Before Meeting With Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Moscow, Russia March 24, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, Sergey, thank you very much. First of all, thank you for welcoming me back to Moscow, and indeed, this is my third visit. And I think it’s fair to say that each of the visits that I’ve had and (inaudible) have permitted us to be able to find some path forward – not always as far as we would like, but we have made progress in trying to deal with some very difficult challenges. I think it’s f...

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    Regions: Russia , Syria , United States

    Topics: Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • Remarks With Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State The Kremlin Moscow, Russia March 24, 2016 MODERATOR: (Via interpreter) Distinguished colleagues, we are beginning the press conference of the ministers of foreign affairs here of the Russian Federation and the U.S. FOREIGN MINISTER LAVROV: (Via interpreter) Ladies and gentlemen, today the State – the Secretary of State of the U.S. have had a day of negotiations in the Russian capital. First, we had a long meeting in the ministry of foreign affairs, and now, th...

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    Regions: Germany , Iran , Iraq , Jordan , Korea, North , Liberia , Libya , Russia , Syria , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Treaties and International Agreements

  • Interview With Mikhail Gusman of Rossiya 24

    Interview John Kerry Secretary of State U.S. Embassy Moscow Moscow, Russia March 23, 2016 QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, welcome to Moscow. It’s very good to have you here. Last period – I think the last, like, a year – your third time here. What does it mean? Are we getting back to normal now, though? SECRETARY KERRY: Well, we’d like to get back to it. We’re making progress. I think that Foreign Minister Lavrov – Sergey Lavrov and I have had a very productive relationship ...

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    Regions: Russia , Syria , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States

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

  • Remarks With Georgian Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC March 15, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon, everybody. Thank you for being here with us. It’s my privilege today to welcome the Foreign Minister of Georgia, Mikheil Janelidze. I’m very happy to have him here. I have had the privilege of traveling several times to Georgia previously, and it’s very much my hope to be able to get there somewhere in the course of the next months. Before I say a few words about Georgia, wi...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, France , Georgia , Jordan , Saudi Arabia , Syria , United States

    Topics: Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements

  • Press Availability With French Foreign Minister Ayrault, German Foreign Minister Steinmeier, British Foreign Secretary Hammond, EU High Representative Mogherini, and Italian Foreign Minister Gentiloni

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Paris, France March 13, 2016 FOREIGN MINISTER AYRAULT: (Via interpreter) (In progress) This is a conflict that next Tuesday will be completing its fifth year of existence. Now the intra-Syrian negotiations should resume tomorrow and they will be very difficult. But together we would like to restate the support we want to give to the moderate opposition. The moderate opposition has decided to attend the Geneva talks and to sit around the table for the negotiations. W...

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    Regions: France , Germany , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Italy , Libya , Qatar , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen

    Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • Remarks With German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC February 29, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Good evening, everybody. Well, Frank-Walter and I wanted to take advantage of Leap Year, the extra day in February, so we figured we’d get together once again. We are hardly, hardly strangers. We spent an enormous amount of time in Vienna, in Lausanne, in Montreux, in Geneva, and already in Munich this year, and we’ve spent a lot of time working together, cooperating, and talking about the cri...

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    Regions: France , Germany , Greece , Iran , Jordan , Lebanon , Libya , Russia , Syria , Ukraine , 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, Treaties and International Agreements

  • Budget Hearing - Department of State and Foreign Assistance

    Testimony John Kerry Secretary of State Opening Remarks Before the House Appropriations Committee on Foreign Operations Washington, DC February 24, 2016 Well, thank you, Madam Chairman and Ranking Member Lowey and Mr. Chairman Rogers of the full committee, all the members, thank you very much. My apologies for being late. I had a phone call that came in that I had to take at the last minute, and I apologize for keeping any of you waiting. Look, I want to just start by saying we really appreciate your tr...

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    Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • Remarks With Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Ben Franklin Room Washington, DC February 23, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon, everybody. I’m delighted to welcome Minister Wang Yi back to the State Department to the Ben Franklin Room and back to Washington. And we had a – this is about the third time that we have now met in the last weeks, and we’ve had occasion to have a lot of conversations about all of the topics of interest between our countries. As I have said many times, the United St...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, China, Iran , Korea, North , Philippines , Russia , Syria , Taiwan , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • Review of the FY 2017 State Department Budget Request

    Testimony John Kerry Secretary of State Opening Remarks Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Washington, DC February 23, 2016 Well, Mr. Chairman, thank you.  Senator Cardin, all my former colleagues and friends on the committee, I’m really happy to be here.  I think we have a chance to have a very important conversation, and I appreciate both of your opening comments very, very much, both in tone and tenor. And I want to begin just by thanking all of you.  I know it’s...

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    Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • Press Availability with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh

    Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Amman, Jordan February 21, 2016 FOREIGN MINISTER JUDEH: (Via interpreter) So, allow me to welcome the U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. John Kerry. He is an intimate friend, and I would like to stress that we are jointly keen on to maintain these consultation and communication relationships, especially with respect to the joint challenges that we are facing in this country and across the world. This consultation comes within the historical – solid histor...

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    Regions: Iran , Iraq , Jordan , Russia , Syria , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Countering Terrorism, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements

  • Interview With Hayvi Bouzo of Orient TV

    Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Munich, Germany February 13, 2016 QUESTION: Thank you so much for giving us the time today, Secretary of State John Kerry. I want to start by talking about the cessation of violence and the statement that you released yesterday with Lavrov about Syria. They’re talking about entering aid to the besieged areas and cessation of violence and not ceasefire. Can you please tell us the difference? SECRETARY KERRY: Well, a ceasefire implies the end of the conflict i...

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    Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Remarks at the 2016 Munich Security Conference

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Bayerischer Hof Hotel Munich, Germany February 13, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you, Wolfgang. Thank you very much. Well, Wolfgang, thank you for reminding me that everything I’m doing now is a last. (Laughter.) It’s a little – depending on what I decide to do, so maybe not. (Laughter.) I am really happy to be back in Munich and I’m very happy to share thoughts with this, the 52nd edition of the Security Conference. And I think if you all thin...

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

  • Press Availability at the International Syria Support Group

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, United Nations Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura Munich, Germany February 12, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good evening, everybody. Let me start by thanking Foreign Minister Steinmeier and the people of Germany for hosting this important meeting of the International Syria Support Group on the margins of the Munich Security Conference, and we’re very grateful to our colleague, Frank Walter, for his help and assistance in th...

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    Topics: Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • Remarks at the World Economic Forum

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Davos, Switzerland January 22, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Klaus, thank you very, very much. Hello, everybody. Good morning to you. Klaus, first of all, thank you for your very warm, generous introduction. I especially want to thank you for your superb leadership of the World Economic Forum for many years. As you’ve said, it’s been my honor to come here. This may have been the hardest trip of all. I was looking up at the mountain, fresh snow, and I saw those b...

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  • Remarks at the Annual Meeting of the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (PITF)

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State The White House Washington, DC January 5, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Valerie, thank you very much. Happy New Year to everybody. Welcome back to this meeting. Actually, this is a meeting that allows us to step back into 2015, because we were supposed to have the meeting in 2015, and now we’re going to have two meetings in 2016, so just pretend this is 2015 and you’re very happy about it. (Laughter.) I’m delighted to be here with Susan Coppedge, our ambas...

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  • Remarks on Climate Change and National Security

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA November 10, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very, very much. Thank you. Thank you so much. Good morning, Old Dominion University. Or what are we now? Yeah, it’s still morning. (Laughter.) I am really delighted to be with you today and I very much appreciate the warm welcome. Let me just say right at the top that the work that ODU is doing with respect to sea level rise and climate change is work that every university should...

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  • Conversation With Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government Director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Professor Graham Allison

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Charles Hotel Cambridge, Massachusetts October 13, 2015 MR ALLISON: So thank you very much. Apologies for a short delay, but it’s a great honor to welcome to Harvard tonight our Secretary of State, and I’m Graham Allison, the Director of the Belfer Center. I would say we have not seen the Secretary of State exhibit such energy and determination in bringing home an agreement like the Iranian nuclear agreement. So the real purpose for me tonight is to, wit...

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  • All Climate Change Is Local

    Op-Ed John Kerry Secretary of State Michael R. Bloomberg, U.N. Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change Bloomberg View October 8, 2015 When world leaders gather in Paris in December to negotiate a global agreement on climate change, they will have a powerful ally standing behind them and urging them onward: mayors. In fact, mayors have already helped set the stage for success in Paris, by establishing models of cooperation that provide a strong foundation for the negotiations. Thr...

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  • Government Formation in Kosovo

    Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC December 9, 2014 We congratulate Kosovo on the constitution of its Assembly and formation of its government -- the first democratic transition of political authority resulting from free and fair elections in all of Kosovo’s territory. This coalition government, and the process that led to its formation, demonstrate the resilience and vitality of Kosovo’s democratic and political institutions. We applaud President Jahjaga for her st...

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  • Remarks at a World AIDS Day Event

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Eisenhower Executive Office Building Washington, DC December 1, 2014 Susan, thank you.  Thank you for a wonderfully generous introduction and thank you most importantly for your extremely important comments this morning.  And I was really sitting there thinking, as I was listening to you, the thought was occurring to me as we think of the challenges that we face in today’s world, and you were talking about both the moral compulsion of doing this as w...

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  • Remarks With U.K. Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC October 8, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning, everybody. I’m very privileged to be here welcoming Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond to the State Department, and I’m even more privileged to work with him and to form a partnership that gives full gusto to the meaning of the special relationship that Great Britain and the United States share. So it is important for us to be continuing – I think we – Philip mentioned to...

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  • Roundtable Discussion With Press in Paris

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Chief of Mission Residence Paris, France September 15, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: All right. I want to make – I know we get crunched a little bit, but I really want to lay out some things that I think are very important and then you guys can ask some questions. Let me begin by saying that I sat in that room today with – how many nations were there? Thirty? MS. PSAKI: Twenty-six. SECRETARY KERRY: Twenty-six total? STAFF: Thirty delegations. SECRETARY KERRY: Th...

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  • Remarks at the American Guadalcanal Memorial in Honiara, Solomon Islands

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State American Guadalcanal Memorial Honiara, Solomon Islands August 13, 2014 Well, good afternoon, everybody, and thank you so very much for joining me here this afternoon, for joining all of us here this afternoon. More especially thank you for the privilege to me of being here in this rather extraordinary place where so much was decided by so many courageous people who put themselves on the line. We are very, very honored this afternoon that two of those people are actu...

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  • Press Availability on Syria and Iraq

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State U.S. Embassy Baghdad Baghdad, Iraq June 23, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good afternoon. I have a quick comment I want to make on a topic other than the visit here to Iraq, and then I’ll proceed to make some comments about the visit here. And then I look forward to taking some questions. Today, the International Maritime Task Force completed the extraordinary mission of removing the final 8 percent of declared chemical weapon precursors from Syria. So I want to...

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  • Removal of Declared Chemical Materials from Syria

    Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC June 23, 2014 Today, the international maritime task force completed the critical mission of removing the last 8 percent of declared chemical weapons precursors from Syria. With this step, 100 percent of the declared chemicals are out of war-torn Syria. We congratulate the OPCW-UN Joint Mission and the entire international coalition, which operated under dangerous conditions to remove more than 1,000 tons of declared chemical weapons materials...

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  • Opening the Next Steps Panel of Our Ocean Conference

    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 at the Transformational Trends Strategic Forum

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Four Seasons Hotel Washington, DC December 11, 2013 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, thank you, David, very, very much. Thank you, Foreign Policy Magazine. And thank you, all of you, for not singing. I really appreciate it. (Laughter.) The – I understand that you’ve had a terrific session today talking about transformational trends with a lot of speakers. I guess Danny Russel was just here, who’s doing a superb job on Asia. And I have just come from the Hill...

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  • Remarks at President Obama's World AIDS Day Event

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State The White House Washington, DC December 2, 2013 Gayle, thank you very, very much. Thanks for your tremendous leadership and your collaboration in this effort, and to all of our distinguished colleagues in the Obama Administration and distinguished guests here, all of whom the President – most of whom, many of whom the President named – we’re grateful to you for being here and being part of this. And I thank the President for convening this really r...

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  • Remarks at the Partnership Symposium of The Global Fund's Fourth Replenishment Conference

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Willard Hotel Washington, DC December 2, 2013 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. Thank you. Dr. Mboi, thank you very, very much for a very generous introduction. Thank you for your leadership, and thank you for traveling from so far to be here. And I know you haven’t adjusted yet. I asked her if she’d adjusted to the time difference, and she didn’t even answer, she was so stunned. (Laughter.) It’s a pleasure to be here with so many leaders...

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  • Remarks With Qatari Foreign Minister Khalid al-Atiyah Before Their Meeting

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State U.S. Chief of Mission Residence Paris, France October 21, 2013 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. I want to thank Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius for his gracious hospitality here in Paris, and I will be meeting with him tomorrow morning. I look forward to that meeting. And I want to express my deep appreciation to Secretary General Elaraby of the Arab League and to the members of the Arab League Follow-On Committee in the Mideast peace process for their commitme...

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  • On the Occasion of Armenia's Independence Day

    Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC September 19, 2013 On behalf of President Obama and the American people, I extend my warmest wishes to the people of Armenia as you celebrate your Independence Day on September 21. The United States and Armenia have a strong relationship based on historic ties and mutual respect. I am proud and grateful for the enduring friendship of many in the Armenian community. As someone who for three decades represented Massachusetts, which boasts one of...

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  • Saudi Arabia's Contribution to the UN Centre on Counterterrorism

    Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC August 8, 2013 We welcome and applaud today’s $100 million donation by His Majesty King Abdullah, on behalf of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to the UN Centre on Counterterrorism (UNCCT). His Majesty’s generous donation, on the occasion of Eid al Fitr, demonstrates once again the Kingdom’s commitment to supporting multilateral institutions and strengthening international cooperation on counterterrorism. With these funds, we hop...

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  • Remarks at the Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies (GLIFAA) Pride Event

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC June 19, 2013 The video is also available with closed captioning on YouTube. SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you. Please, please, please, please. Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you very, very much. Ken, thank you for a generous welcome. Thank you all. Secretary Pat Kennedy and Director General Linda Thomas-Greenfield, thank you for being here, and others. We appreciate it. Tara, every...

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  • Remarks With Guatemalan President Otto Fernando Perez Molina

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Antigua, Guatemala June 4, 2013 PRESIDENT MOLINA: (Via interpreter.) Thank you so much. I want to say hello to the members of the media and thank them for being here today. We’re going to begin a bilateral meeting now with Secretary of State John Kerry, and I want to take this opportunity to give him a very warm welcome to Guatemala. It’s a pleasure for us to have him here with us, not only in Guatemala, but at this General Assembly of the Organization o...

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  • Remarks at the Annual Meeting of the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons

    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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  • White House Forum To Combat Human Trafficking

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC April 9, 2013 This video is also available with closed captioning on YouTube . Good morning, everyone. I’m really sorry that I’m not able to be with you today to celebrate some of the real heroes in the fight against modern slavery. I think you know that I’m traveling to the Mideast and to a ministerial meeting in London, but I wanted to be able to share with you all personally how committed I am to this struggle, and how grateful I ...

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  • Testimony to the House Foreign Affairs Committee

    Testimony Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Opening Remarks Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Washington, DC January 23, 2013 This video is available on YouTube with closed captions . Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and I thank you and the Ranking Member and members of the committee, both of longstanding tenure and brand new members, and I appreciate your patience for me to be able to come to fulfill my commitment to you, actually to the former chairwoman, that I would be here to dis...

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  • Testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

    Testimony Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Opening Remarks Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Washington, DC January 23, 2013 This video is also available with closed captioning on YouTube . Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member, members of the committee, both older and new. I’m very grateful for this opportunity and I thank you very much for your patience to give me the chance to come and address these issues with you. As both the Chairman and the Ranking Member ha...

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  • Remarks at the Opening Plenary of the U.S.-Morocco Strategic Dialogue

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Moroccan Foreign Minister Saad-Eddine Al-Othmani Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC September 13, 2012 SECRETARY CLINTON: Good morning. Well, let me welcome our friends and colleagues from Morocco here to the Benjamin Franklin Room on the eighth floor of the State Department for this very important first session of the U.S.-Morocco Strategic Dialogue. Before I begin to address the significance of this Strategic Dialogue and the next step in our long r...

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  • Remarks in Recognition of International Human Rights Day

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Palais des Nations Geneva, Switzerland December 6, 2011 Good evening, and let me express my deep honor and pleasure at being here. I want to thank Director General Tokayev and Ms. Wyden along with other ministers, ambassadors, excellencies, and UN partners. This weekend, we will celebrate Human Rights Day, the anniversary of one of the great accomplishments of the last century. Beginning in 1947, delegates from six continents devoted themselves to drafti...

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  • Foreign Policy Magazine: America's Pacific Century

    Op-Ed Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Foreign Policy Magazine October 11, 2011 The future of politics will be decided in Asia, not Afghanistan or Iraq, and the United States will be right at the center of the action. As the war in Iraq winds down and America begins to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan, the United States stands at a pivot point. Over the last 10 years, we have allocated immense resources to those two theaters. In the next 10 years, we need to be smart and systematic about wh...

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  • Women and Agriculture: A Conversation on Improving Global Food Security

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Intercontinental Hotel New York City September 19, 2011 Moderated by Nick Kristof MODERATOR:  Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming the Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State of the United States; Nick Kristof, moderator and columnist for The New York Times; Reema Nanavaty, director for economic and rural development for the Self-Employed Women’s Association; Paul Polman, chief executive officer of Unilever; His Excel...

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  • Remarks at Town Hall Meeting on the First Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review, "Leading Through Civilian Power"

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton    Secretary of State Rajiv Shah    USAID Administrator Ronald Reagan Building Washington, DC December 17, 2010 MR. STEINBERG: Thank you for that welcome and thank you for coming to the program here today. I’m Don Steinberg and it’s my pleasure to introduce today’s proceedings to mark the release of the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Defense Review, or QDDR. SECRETARY CLINTON: Development. (Laughter.) MR. STEINBERG: Hmm. (Laughter.) Le...

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  • Manama Dialogue Opening Dinner

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Ritz Carlton Hotel Manama, Bahrain December 3, 2010 SECRETARY CLINTON: Good evening, Your Majesty, Royal Highnesses, Highnesses, ministers, ambassadors, excellencies, ladies and gentlemen: It is a great pleasure for me to join you this year for the seventh annual Manama Dialogue. And I want to congratulate the International Institute for Strategic Studies for the vision of this Dialogue and for convening what I am sure will be another thought-provoking c...

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  • Remarks at the Australia-United States Ministerial

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Michael Rudd, Australian Defense Minister Stephen Francis Smith Government House Melbourne, Australia November 8, 2010 FOREIGN MINISTER RUDD: Thank you very much. First of all, could I say to both the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State how terrific it’s been to have you here in Melbourne. Back in Washington, I said to both Hillary and Vira, a friend to Bob, we intende...

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  • Remarks at Christchurch Town Hall Meeting with Students and Civic Leaders

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Christchurch, New Zealand November 5, 2010 MODERATOR: Hello, everyone. My name is Dr. Therese Arsenau. I’m from the University of Canterbury. And I have to say I have a very easy job this afternoon. I’m introducing a woman who needs absolutely no introduction. It’s fair to say that Mrs. Clinton has been at the very heart of American political power and a political heavyweight for two decades, and she’s now brought these incredible...

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  • Meet and Greet at Embassy Kabul with Employees and Their Families

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton    Secretary of State Karl W. Eikenberry    U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan , Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Embassy Kabul Kabul, Afghanistan November 18, 2009   AMBASSADOR EIKENBERRY: Well, good evening, members of this very great United States civilian and military and Afghan team. We’re deeply honored and very pleased to have with us today the 67 th Secretary of State of the United States of America, Hillary Rodham Clin...

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  • Remarks With Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi

    Press Availability Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Islamabad, Pakistan October 28, 2009 FOREIGN MINISTER QURESHI: Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. (Inaudible.) Let me welcome you, Madame Secretary, once again, to Pakistan to the Foreign Office. We’re delighted to have you here because we know that you’re a friend of Pakistan. We know what your views are for this region, for Pakistan, and certainly this visit of yours will build bridges and deepen our relationship further. I think t...

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  • Interview With Sami Abraham of Geo TV

    Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Interview released on October 28, 2009 Washington, DC October 26, 2009 QUESTION: Pakistan being a front-line state in war against terror has often been described by the U.S. policymakers an important ally of Washington. However, recent reaction in Pakistan over the Kerry-Lugar bill has suggested that there’s a wide gap between how the things are being understood in Washington and how the efforts are being interpreted in Islamabad.   Today, w...

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  • Remarks at the U.S.-Iraq Business and Investment Conference

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Hyatt Regency Washington, DC October 20, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Good morning. I am delighted to be with you this morning, and I thank Dr. Sami for those very important introductory comments about the planning and the achievements that have already gone into this conference. I’m very grateful that Prime Minister Maliki could be here leading the Iraqi delegation. We are sold out. There were hundreds of people turned away, and more people are still c...

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  • Remarks at Food Security Event Co-Hosted with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon During the UN General Assembly

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Waldorf-Astoria Hotel New York, NY September 26, 2009 ( A short film produced by the Department of State on the United States’ Commitment to Global Food Security is shown .) (Applause.) SECRETARY GENERAL BAN: Honorable Secretary of State Clinton, President Kagame, Prime Minister Hasina, distinguished heads of state and government, honorable ministers, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to welcome you to this important event, a...

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  • Remarks Upon Receipt of the Roosevelt Institute's Four Freedoms Award at the Roosevelt Institute's Four Freedoms Medals Gala Dinner

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Waldorf-Astoria New York City September 11, 2009   SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Thank you so very much. Oh, what an evening and what inspiration I certainly have derived from the stories and the words of our four honorees. I am deeply grateful for that very kind introduction, Dick. I thank everyone associated with the Institute, particularly Anne Roosevelt, who has been a friend for a number of years. I am also pleased that my successor and friend,...

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  • Remarks at the ASEAN Regional Forum

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Sheraton Grande Laguna Laguna Phuket, Thailand July 23, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon. Let me start by saying we’ve had a series of very productive sessions here in Phuket, and I’ve had the opportunity for the first time to engage with the nations of ASEAN and our regional partners on issues of common concern, to sign the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation, and to lay the groundwork for even stronger partnerships as we move forward. I&r...

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  • Announcement of Counter-Piracy Initiatives

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC April 15, 2009 The following statement was made today at a press availability with Haitian Prime Minister Michele Duvivier Pierre-Louis after their meeting. SECRETARY CLINTON: But before I turn to the important issues that we discussed today about Haiti, I’d like to take a moment to discuss an issue that affects us all, and that is the scourge of piracy. The attempted capture of the Maersk Alabama and the attack yesterday on the Libe...

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  • Remarks With Haitian Prime Minister Michele Duvivier Pierre-Louis After Their Meeting

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC April 15, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon. I am so delighted to extend a warm welcome to the prime minister of Haiti and to her distinguished delegation. She and I were together at the donors conference on behalf of Haiti yesterday. And as you know, I will be traveling to Haiti tomorrow. But before I turn to the important issues that we discussed today about Haiti, I’d like to take a moment to discuss an issue that affects us ...

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  • Remarks With Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith, and Australian Defense Minister Joel Fitzgibbon

    Press Availability Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State , Bureau of Public Affairs Washington, DC April 9, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Before I get started and talk about the important and substantive meeting we had today, I want to say a word about the situation involving the Maersk ship. Secretary Gates and I are fully engaged in this matter. We consider it a very serious matter. These people are nothing more than criminals. And we are bringing to bear a number of our assets, including naval and...

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  • Remarks With French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner After Their Meeting

    Press Availability Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Remarks With French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner After Their Meeting Treaty Room Washington, DC February 5, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon. FOREIGN MINISTER KOUCHNER: Good afternoon. SECRETARY CLINTON: I was – FOREIGN MINISTER KOUCHNER: (In French.) SECRETARY CLINTON: We’ll do the translation. I was delighted to welcome Foreign Minister Kouchner here today. We’ve had a very useful and productive discussion on a w...

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  • Remarks with Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson

    Remarks with Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson Secretary Condoleezza Rice Ben Franklin Room Washington, DC October 25, 2007 View Video SECRETARY RICE: Good morning. In May 2006, the United States offered the Iranian Government an historic opportunity to improve its relations with the international community and with us. We said that our nation deeply respects the Iranian people and that we are eager to build a better future together. We offered Iran new incentives to cooperate and negotiate wit...

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  • Interview by John Kerin of the Australian Financial Review

    Interview by John Kerin of the Australian Financial Review Secretary Condoleezza Rice Sydney, Australia September 6, 2007 QUESTION: Look, I just wanted to begin by just asking you about the four-way talks involving India, Australia, Japan and the United States. Just to get your view on -- you know, there's been a bit of debate in Australia about whether it's about China or not about China -- SECRETARY RICE: Right. QUESTION: -- and for what the American view is, I guess, of those particular talks and how...

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  • Interview With Patrick Poivre d'Arvor of TF-1

    Interview With Patrick Poivre d'Arvor of TF-1 Secretary Condoleezza Rice Paris, France June 25, 2007 QUESTION: (In French.) SECRETARY RICE: I talked today at the conference; asking others about obligations that heads of state undertook in the United Nations General Assembly called the (inaudible). And it means that when there are innocent populations like the kind that we’ve seen in Darfur – first of all, there’s a responsibility of their government, but if their government cannot or w...

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  • Two Plus Two Ministerial: Joint Press Availability With U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi, and Director General Shigeru Ishiba of the Defense Agency of Japan

    Two Plus Two Ministerial: Joint Press Availability With U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi, and Director General Shigeru Ishiba of the Defense Agency of Japan Secretary Colin L. Powell and Japanese Officials The State Department, Washington, DC December 16, 2002 [ audio ; DSL/cable ; dial-up modem ] SECRETARY POWELL: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz and I have just completed very good meetings with o...

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  • Roundtable with European Journalists

    Roundtable with European Journalists Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC October 28, 2002 SECRETARY POWELL: I'm sorry to keep you waiting. I've had phone calls. QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, do you have a deadline in mind for the negotiations in the UN? SECRETARY POWELL: I don't have a specific deadline. But obviously, we have to bring this to closure in the near future. We have narrowed our differences considerably, but there still are differences. We are working hard to see if those differences can be...

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  • Remarks Following the OSCE Ministerial Council

    Remarks Following the OSCE Ministerial Council Secretary Colin L. Powell Bucharest, Romania December 4, 2001 SECRETARY POWELL: Thank you Mr. Chairman, Mr. Chairman, distinguished colleagues, it is a pleasure to be in Bucharest for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's Ministerial Council. Foreign Minister Geoana, I welcome this occasion to thank you here in your home for your outstanding leadership over the past year of our work. I also want to take a point of privilege at this time ...

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  • World AIDS Day

    World AIDS Day Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC November 29, 2001 [ video ] The theme of this year's World AIDS Day is "I care. Do you?" The answer of President Bush and the American people is a resounding "Yes." We care and we are taking action, here at home and within the international community. At the Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly in June, the United States joined with countries of every continent, culture and creed. We declared our collective resolve to stem the wor...

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  • Remarks at the 2001 Africare Bishop John T. Walker Memorial Dinner

    Remarks at the 2001 Africare Bishop John T. Walker Memorial Dinner Secretary Colin L. Powell Hilton Washington Hotel Washington, DC November 6, 2001 9:00 P.M. EST SECRETARY POWELL: Thank you so very much, ladies and gentlemen for that warm welcome. Alma and I are indeed very, very pleased to be with you this evening on this special occasion, as every Africare dinner is a special occasion, and a special privilege to be in the company of the Walker family and to celebrate the life of Bishop Walker once ag...

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  • On-The-Record Briefing (1430 hrs)

    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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  • Remarks at Joint Task Force

    Remarks at Joint Task Force Secretary Colin L. Powell Full Accounting Hanoi, Vietnam July 26, 2001 SECRETARY POWELL: Good morning everybody. How are you? QUESTION: Good morning. QUESTION: We weren�t able to hear anything that you said. We were just wondering if you wanted to share any of your reflections. SECRETARY POWELL: Well, I thanked the members of the Joint Task Force � Full Accounting for the work that they do to find those that are left behind, and I expressed my thanks to them on behalf of the ...

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  • Release of the 2001 Trafficking In Persons Report

    Release of the 2001 Trafficking In Persons Report Secretary Powell and Others Remarks at Special Briefing Washington, DC July 12, 2001 Other speakers were: Paula J. Dobriansky, Under Secretary, Global Affairs; R. Rand Beers, Assistant Secretary, International Narcotics and Law Enforcement; and Margot A. Sullivan, Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. SECRETARY POWELL: Good morning, everyone. I am here today to announce the release of the Departmen...

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  • Address at United Nations Special Session on HIV/AIDS

    Address at United Nations Special Session on HIV/AIDS Secretary Colin L. Powell United Nations General Assembly New York City, New York June 25, 2001 SECRETARY POWELL: Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, I commend you and Ambassador Wensley, Ambassador Ka, and Dr. Piot of UNAIDS for pioneering this Special Session of the General Assembly. This will go down as an historic moment in the history of the United Nations. Ladies and gentlemen, the world has entered an age of immense promise. The spread of de...

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  • Interview by Cheryl Martin and Others

    Interview by Cheryl Martin and Others Secretary Colin L. Powell BET's "Lead Story" With Cheryl Martin, Clarence Page, DeWayne Wickham, and Armstrong Williams Washington, DC June 3, 2001 MS. MARTIN: Welcome to the program. I'm Cheryl Martin. Secretary of State Colin Powell just returned from a week-long visit to Africa, visiting four countries -- Mali, South Africa, Uganda and Kenya. He is the first Secretary of State in history to visit the continent this early in his tenure. We are pleased to have Secr...

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  • Programs to Support Uganda's Fight Against HIV/AIDS

    Programs to Support Uganda's Fight Against HIV/AIDS Secretary Colin L. Powell AIDS Support Organization, Mulago Hospital Kampala, Uganda May 27, 2001 SECRETARY POWELL: Thank you very much ladies and gentlemen. Thank you Mr. Ambassador. I know I speak for my wife, Alma, and all the other members of my delegation here when I thank everyone who made this afternoon possible for us. It was indeed a moving experience to see the performers, it was a deeply moving experience to see the dedicated women, it was a...

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  • Press Remarks with South African President Thabo Mbeki

    Press Remarks with South African President Thabo Mbeki Secretary Colin L. Powell Remarks to press with President Mbeki Pretoria, South Africa May 24, 2001 PRESIDENT MBEKI: Ladies and gentlemen, good evening. Let me say very briefly that I was very happy indeed to see Secretary of State Colin Powell. I�m very glad that he is here. We have had a short discussion. One thing to reaffirm, confirm, is the very strong and warm relations that exist between the United States and South Africa, and to look at some...

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  • Testimony on the President's International Affairs Budget for FY 2002

    Testimony on the President's International Affairs Budget for FY 2002 Secretary Colin L. Powell Testimony before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations Washington, DC May 15, 2001 [As Prepared] As Delivered Well, thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for your warm welcome, and I thank you for your opening statement. And Senator Leahy, I thank you for your opening remarks, and I look forward to hearing from the other members of the Committee during the question and answer period. And I...

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  • Testimony on the President's International Affairs Budget for FY 2002

    Testimony on the President's International Affairs Budget for FY 2002 Secretary Colin L. Powell House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Other Programs Washington, DC May 10, 2001 Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and thank you, Mrs. Lowey, for those opening remarks and thank you for allowing my full statement to go into the record. What I would like to do, Mr. Chairman, is to summarize that statement, touching on a few high points, and then before going to your que...

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