Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State
Washington, D.C.
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting; addressed EU Justice and Home Affairs Council.
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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...
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 John Kerry Secretary of State Chatham House London, United Kingdom October 31, 2016 MR NIBLETT: Welcome to Chatham House, excellencies, lords, ladies, and gentlemen, and welcome also to this 2016 Chatham House Prize ceremony. We’re delighted that so many of our members are here with us today; also supporters, guests, thank you very much for making the time. Our Chatham House Council members, our Panel of Senior Advisors, our Second Century Committee, representative of U.K. Government, oppo...
Regions: Afghanistan, China, France , Iran , Ireland , Israel , Qatar , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Tipperary, Ireland October 30, 2016 FOREIGN MINISTER FLANAGAN: Good morning, everybody. Welcome to the Golden Vale of Tipperary on this beautiful autumn morning, and in particular I want to especially welcome Secretary of State John Kerry not only to Ireland but to the heart of Ireland to receive the highly acclaimed Tipperary International Peace Award. Today, the Secretary of State joins a long list of awardees which includes Nelson Mandela, Mikhail Gorb...
Regions: Canada , Iran , Ireland , Korea, North , Russia , Syria , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam , Yemen
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Palo Alto, California October 10, 2016 MS BOYD: So, Mr. Secretary, welcome to Silicon Valley and thank you for joining us today. SECRETARY KERRY: Happy to be here. Thank you. MS BOYD: I’m going to dive right in because we have a little bit less time than we planned. And I wanted to start with the big news from Friday. And since so much news broke on Friday, I should probably be a little more specific. (Laughter.) So on Friday, the Obama Administration official...
Regions: Argentina, China, Cuba , France , Iran , Russia , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam
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 John Kerry Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium October 5, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, Federica, thank you. Thank you very much and thank you for your personal leadership. President Tusk and President Ghani, Secretary-General Ban, Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, Your Highness, Your Excellencies all, and friends all, I’m personally really delighted to be here with everybody today. And I want to begin just by thanking our hosts, the combination of the EU and Afghanistan, particularly High...
Regions: Afghanistan, Belgium , China, Iran , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Global Women's Issues
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Concert Noble Brussels, Belgium October 4, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, je suis John Kerry. (Laughter.) Welcome. Karen, merci, danke schon, dank u wel , and thank you – I’m really delighted to be here in the heart of Europe. I’m delighted to be in this extraordinary library building of great history, and I thank you, all of you, for taking time to come and to listen and to share thoughts and engage in something of a dialogue – a little one-sid...
Regions: Afghanistan, Belgium , China, Denmark , France , Germany , Iran , Russia , Syria , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam
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, Treaties and International Agreements
Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Cartagena, Colombia September 26, 2016 QUESTION: Secretary of State John Kerry, welcome to Cartagena. SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you. QUESTION: Welcome to NTN24 and RCNTV. SECRETARY KERRY: My pleasure. Nice to be with you. QUESTION: Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Kerry. Mr. Secretary, United States has strongly supported the Colombian peace process since day one. What are the main reasons for this support? SECRETARY KERRY: Well, we’ve been deeply invested in Colombia...
Regions: Colombia , Norway , United States
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Natural History Museum New York City September 19, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Buona sera a tutti . Good evening, everybody. (Applause.) I want to thank the voice of God for my introduction and share with you, all of you, how special it is to be here tonight at this really extraordinary gathering. Distinguished prime ministers, my colleague foreign ministers, distinguished ministers and distinguished guests all: We thank you for coming out. This is an extraordinary, impre...
Regions: Afghanistan, China, Iran , Iraq , Italy , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan Building New Delhi, India August 30, 2016 MINISTER SWARAJ: (In progress, via interpreter) … the finalization of which President Obama and Prime Minister Modi played key roles. We have agreed to scale our collaboration in clean energy and to quickly operationalize the various initiatives that were announced during Prime Minister’s visit to facilitate investment in this sector from U.S. into India. We look forward to wor...
Regions: Afghanistan, France , Germany , India , Iraq , Japan , Pakistan , 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, Treaties and International Agreements
Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State San Martin Palace Buenos Aires, Argentina August 4, 2016 FOREIGN MINISTER MALCORRA: (Via interpretation, in progress) …to this press conference to be followed by a working lunch, which some ministers will be joining to expand on some of the items on our agenda. We have essentially – we have – hello? (Interruption to interpretation.) (Via interpretation, in progress) …meeting between the teams of the foreign ministry and the State...
Regions: Argentina, Colombia , Iran , Syria , United Kingdom , United States , Venezuela
Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Justus Lipsius Building Brussels, Belgium July 18, 2016 HIGH REPRESENTATIVE MOGHERINI: Thank you very much. John, welcome. It’s an honor and it’s been a pleasure to welcome you for the first time at the Foreign Affairs Council with the 28 foreign ministers of our union just a few days after our leaders summit in Warsaw, where we clearly reaffirmed that transatlantic unity has never been so important and so strong. And the EU-U.S. relationship ...
Regions: Belgium , Canada , France , Germany , Russia , Syria , Turkey , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements
Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC June 21, 2016 On behalf of President Obama and the American people, I extend warmest wishes to Grand Duke Henri and the people of Luxembourg as you celebrate your National Day on June 23. The United States and Luxembourg share a strong commitment to the transatlantic partnership, global security, and wider prosperity. The United States deeply values Luxembourg’s role as a founding member of NATO and the European Union, and its leadership...
Regions: Luxembourg , United Kingdom , United States
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Oxford, United Kingdom May 11, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: (Applause.) Wow. I think I’m just going to stop right now. (Laughter.) Thank you for just an incredibly warm, tremendous welcome to this historic hall. It’s a great honor for me to be here. Bob, where’d you run off to? Where did he go? Thank you so much for your welcome. And Warden MacMillan, thank you very much. I appreciate it. (Inaudible) Baroness Cathy Ashton, my good friend, thank you so muc...
Regions: Afghanistan, China, Cuba , France , Guatemala , Iran , Iraq , Jordan , Lebanon , Niger , Nigeria , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , 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, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs
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...
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
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Prime Ministry Tirana, Albania February 14, 2016 PRIME MINISTER RAMA: (Via interpreter) Hello, everyone. This visit of the State Secretary John Kerry is the best start of the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the reestablishment of diplomatic relationships between Albania and the United States. That is a fact that makes me twice as happy to have the Secretary with us today. Albanians share with the United States a new history of very close ties which in April l...
Regions: Afghanistan, Albania , Syria , United States
Topics: Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
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...
Regions: Afghanistan, China, France , Germany , India , Iran , Iraq , Jordan , Lebanon , Norway , Qatar , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Turkey , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States
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 John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC February 5, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good afternoon, everybody. Thank you very much for being here with us. A few minutes ago, President Santos and members of the Colombian and American delegations completed a working lunch next door in the Jefferson Room. And now, Mr. President, I am delighted to welcome you to the Ben Franklin Room, Mr. Franklin back up there on the wall. It was named for a unique American diplomat, and I think you kno...
Regions: Afghanistan, Argentina, Cambodia , Canada , Chile, Colombia , Iran , Norway , Russia , Syria , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam , Western Hemisphere
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Vienna, Austria January 16, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Good evening, everybody. Thank you very much for your patience. And I apologize for the fact that I can’t stay to take questions, which I would like to do. But we are operating under some very tight constraints on the rest period the law allows for our pilots, because of some of the delays. So as a result, I need to get to the airport and get on the plane. But I will make a statement before doing so, and I hope...
Regions: Austria , China, France , Iran , Oman , Russia , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium December 2, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good morning, everybody. It’s a pleasure to be back in Brussels and I’m delighted to be here with Secretary-General Stoltenberg and all of my colleagues from across NATO, where, once again, we have come together to affirm our common defense commitment, to affirm our commitment to the solidarity of the alliance, and also to the goal of a Europe that is whole and free and at peace. Today,...
Regions: Afghanistan, Belgium , China, India , Iran , Iraq , Jordan , Lebanon , Russia , Syria , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Pristina, Kosovo December 2, 2015 PRIME MINISTER MUSTAFA: (Via interpreter) (Inaudible) the United States Secretary of State, Mr. John Kerry – Secretary Kerry about current political situation in the country, and about the priorities of the Government of Republic of Kosovo. I thanked him as the Secretary of State, the United States Government, and the American people for the support and assistance that the United States has given and continues to give to Kosov...
Regions: United States , Vietnam
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC November 12, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: Nancy, thank you very, very much. I apologize for being a couple minutes late over here. And I’m delighted to see a lot of friends and pleased that all of you could come here, share some thoughts this afternoon. It’s great for me to be here, and I want to thank the United States Institute of Peace for hosting all of us here this afternoon. I have to tell you I’m used to flying long distances to deli...
Regions: China, Colombia , Cuba , France , Iran , Iraq , Italy , Jordan , Lebanon , Russia , Saudi Arabia , 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
Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State U.S. Embassy London, United Kingdom December 16, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: Afternoon, everybody. Thanks for being here. Obviously, the last few days have been fairly intensive set of discussions, and we’ve covered a lot of ground, so I thought it was important to try to bring everybody up to speed on the road journeyed and the road ahead. Before I do, though, I want to address, for a moment, the tragic events that have taken place over the course of the...
Regions: Afghanistan, Australia , France , Israel , Pakistan , Russia , Syria , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank , Yemen
Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Science, Technology, and Innovation
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, ...
Regions: Belgium , China, Iran , Iraq , Peru , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium December 2, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon, everybody. I appreciate the opportunity to be able to say a few words about the agenda here in Brussels today, and in fact, in Europe this week. Just three months ago in Wales, all 28 NATO allies made a series of very important commitments, including on assurance, defense spending, readiness, and partnerships. And our meeting this afternoon focused on taking stock of where we stand on the...
Regions: Afghanistan, Belgium , France , Germany , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Lebanon , Pakistan , Russia , South Africa , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Waldorf-Astoria New York City September 23, 2014 Thank you very much, Ambassador King, and I want to thank Assistant Secretary Tom Malinowski for bringing us together today with Danny Russel. And I’m particularly grateful to our fellow ministers and diplomatic corps for being here today, and particularly grateful to my colleagues, the Foreign Minister of Japan, the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea, for being here to share in this, and Prince Zeid also...
Regions: Australia , Korea, North , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Global Women's Issues, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Admiralty House Sydney, Australia August 12, 2014 FOREIGN MINISTER BISHOP: Ladies and gentlemen, today we have welcomed to Sydney and to AUSMIN Secretaries John Kerry and Chuck Hagel, and this is the second AUSMIN meeting that the four principals here have participated in. The United States alliance is the most important security relationship for Australia, and AUSMIN is an annual opportunity for us to take stock of this relationship. And today’s discussion wa...
Regions: Afghanistan, Australia , Canada , China, Indonesia , Iran , Iraq , Japan , Korea, North , Malaysia , Russia , Syria , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
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 ...
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
Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Published in Berlin, Germany November 7, 2013 QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, after the recent NSA disclosures, U.S.-German relations seem at a low point. Do you feel you owe Chancellor Merkel and the German people an apology? SECRETARY KERRY: There is no question this situation has caused tension in our relationship with Germany and the German people, who have been so welcoming to Americans and to me personally. But our relationship is strong, and it will remain strong....
Regions: Afghanistan, Germany , Iran , Korea, North , Syria , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Riyadh Air Base Riyadh, Saudi Arabia November 4, 2013 FOREIGN MINISTER SAUD: (Via interpreter) In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. It’s my pleasure to welcome Secretary John Kerry and his delegation in Saudi Arabia. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques received Secretary Kerry this afternoon. In the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations and the developments in the region. I’d like to take this opportunity to address the recent media ...
Regions: Afghanistan, Egypt , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Kuwait , Pakistan , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , United Kingdom , United States
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, Treaties and International Agreements
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office London, United Kingdom September 9, 2013 The video is also available with closed captioning on YouTube. FOREIGN SECRETARY HAGUE: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. It’s a great pleasure to host my great friend and colleague, John Kerry, here in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office once again. Of course, we have spent most of our time discussing the crisis in Syria. But I want to begin by paying tribute to Secretar...
Regions: Afghanistan, France , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Lebanon , 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
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vilnius, Lithuania September 7, 2013 FOREIGN MINISTER LINKEVICIUS: We really appreciate very much (inaudible) partnership with United States, and recently to Vilnius (inaudible), and now visit of Secretary to Vilnius, it’s really proved that we (inaudible) on very good foundation and we will continue. We share the same values and democratic principles, and we have the same issues. So we try to do our parts in the agenda (inaudible) ...
Regions: Afghanistan, Lithuania , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC July 22, 2013 We applaud the European Union (EU) for the important step it has taken today in agreeing to designate the military wing of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. With today’s action, the EU is sending a strong message to Hezbollah that it cannot operate with impunity, and that there are consequences for its actions, including last year’s deadly attack in Burgas, Bulgaria, and for plotting a similar attack in Cyprus. T...
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy
Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, Brunei July 1, 2013 The video is available with closed captioning on YouTube SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon. Let me first thank His Majesty, the Sultan, and the people of Brunei for hosting us all here at this forum. It’s wonderful to be back for my second visit to the region as Secretary of State. And as I said in April in Tokyo, President Obama has made, I think, a very smart and strategic decision to rebalance our in...
Regions: Brunei , China, Indonesia , Korea, North , Korea, South , New Zealand , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Global Health, The Ocean and Polar Affairs
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Jeddah, Saudi Arabia June 25, 2013 FOREIGN MINISTER SAUD: (Via interpreter) I would like to welcome His Excellency Mr. John Kerry, the U.S. Secretary of State, and his accompanying delegation to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This, his third visit to the region, only asserts his personal concern with the region’s issues and the interests of the United States and those of its friends. Secretary Kerry and I had a fruitful, constructive discussion today, just like ...
Regions: Egypt , Iran , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Treaties and International Agreements
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC June 12, 2013 The video is also available with closed captioning on YouTube. SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon, everybody. Thank you very much. It’s a huge pleasure for me to welcome my friend and partner in so many efforts, the Foreign Secretary of Great Britain, William Hague. The United States and the United Kingdom obviously share a now time-honored and time-defined relationship, and it’s grounded in so much – our histo...
Regions: Afghanistan, Iran , Israel , Lebanon , Syria , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Treaties and International Agreements
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC June 3, 2013 The video is also available with closed captioning on YouTube. SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning, everybody. I’ve got two comments I want to make at the top here before welcoming Foreign Minister Sikorski as I will and want to, and then look forward to your questions on that. But this morning, I’m thinking, as all of us from the Senate family are, of the passing of one of our own, Senator Frank Lautenberg. I was privil...
Regions: Afghanistan, Belarus , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Lebanon , Poland , Russia , Syria , Turkey , 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, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Treaties and International Agreements
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC April 30, 2013 The video is available with closed captioning on YouTube . SECRETARY KERRY: What are we here? Good morning. I was just checking. (Laughter.) (In Spanish.) I’m delighted to welcome Foreign Minister Garcia-Magallo here to Washington. Spain is an extraordinarily valued ally and a partner of the United States, and this year we mark the 500 th anniversary of Ponce de Leon’s landing in Florida. And the minister will be...
Regions: Afghanistan, Germany , Iran , Israel , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Spain , Syria , United States
Topics: Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC March 12, 2013 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube . SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon. I’m delighted to welcome Foreign Minister Eide to the State Department. It’s a particular pleasure for me because I had the occasion of living in Norway for a couple years when my dad served in the Embassy there. I was reminiscing with the Foreign Minister about some wonderful times in the parks and on the hills and ...
Regions: Afghanistan, Israel , Kenya , Libya , Norway , Sudan , Syria , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, The Ocean and Polar Affairs, Treaties and International Agreements
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Ankara, Turkey March 1, 2013 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube . FOREIGN MINISTER DAVUTOGLU: (Via interpreter.) Distinguished members of the press, his Excellency U.S. Secretary of State, my dear friend, Mr. John Kerry, it’s a pleasure to have you in our beautiful country and in our capital city. And it’s a privilege for us to be able to host you or accommodate you in this very historical landmark. We have been in close colla...
Regions: Afghanistan, Egypt , Israel , Syria , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC March 1, 2013 German YouthConnect Town Hall Berlin moderator: We are here about to start our first town hall meeting. So, Mr. Secretary, how do you feel? SECRETARY KERRY : (in German) Sehr gut, danke. (Very good, thank you.) [Laughter and cheers] VO: It’s been a busy week for Secretary of State John Kerry, as he embarked on his first international trip since taking office. On the first week of this 11-day, 9-nation trip, the Secretary has b...
Regions: France , Germany , Iran , Syria , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Human Rights and Democracy
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Villa Madama Rome, Italy February 28, 2013 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube . SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon again. I just have a very brief statement, then I’m happy to take a few questions. I just got to look outdoors and actually see that it is a beautiful day here in Rome, and I want to again thank our host, the Foreign Minister, and thank Italy for bringing us here today. We’re enormously appreciative and I’m ver...
Regions: Italy , Syria , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Foreign Ministry Paris, France February 27, 2013 FOREIGN MINISTER FABIUS: (In French - Via interpreter) Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us. Thank you for being here. Together with John Kerry, we will be saying a few words, and then if you so wish we are available for the press’s questions. It gives me great pleasure to host Secretary of State John Kerry on the occasion of his first visit to Europe. It is an honor as well as a pleasure to have among...
Regions: Afghanistan, China, France , Iran , Kazakhstan , Mali , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Foreign and Commonwealth Office London, United Kingdom February 25, 2013 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube . FOREIGN SECRETARY HAGUE: Ladies and gentlemen, it’s a great honor to welcome the 68 th Secretary of State of the United States of America, John Kerry, to London today and to the Foreign Commonwealth Office. Secretary Kerry, we are delighted that you chose the United Kingdom as your first destination overseas. My own first vi...
Regions: Afghanistan, Argentina, Iran , Kazakhstan , Lebanon , Libya , Mali , Somalia , Syria , Tunisia , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC January 31, 2013 The video is available with closed captioning on YouTube . SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you, Richard, for that introduction and for everything you’ve done to lead this very valuable institution. I also want to thank the board of the Council on Foreign Relations and all my friends and colleagues and other interested citizens who are here today, because you respect the Council, you understand the important work that ...
Regions: Afghanistan, Antarctica, Burma , China, Colombia , Egypt , Hong Kong , Iran , Israel , Japan , Korea, North , Libya , Mali , Mexico , Russia , Somalia , Togo , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, 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, Treaties and International Agreements
Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC January 29, 2013 QUESTION: Madam Secretary, nice to see you. SECRETARY CLINTON: Great to see you, Greta. Thank you. QUESTION: You okay? SECRETARY CLINTON: I’m good. I’m absolutely great. I’m in the final stages of my Secretary of State term, and I’m trying to get everything possibly done that I can. QUESTION: Did it go fast? SECRETARY CLINTON: It went really fast. It’s hard to imagine how quickly the time pa...
Regions: Afghanistan, China, Egypt , Iran , Israel , Libya , Russia , Sudan , Tunisia , United Kingdom , Yemen
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Treaties and International Agreements
Townhall Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Newseum Washington, DC January 29, 2013 Video is available with closed captioning on YouTube . MS. SALES: Hello. I’m Leigh Sales from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Welcome to this town hall-style event with the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who has her last day at the State Department this Friday. This is a town hall with a difference though because we have people all around the world ready to ask to questions from Britain to...
Regions: Afghanistan, Antarctica, Australia , Chile, China, Colombia , Germany , India , Iran , Italy , Japan , Korea, North , Malawi , Mali , Mexico , Nigeria , Pakistan , Russia , Sudan , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs, Treaties and International Agreements
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State The Newseum Washington, DC November 29, 2012 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very much, David, and I’ll look forward to seeing your Ellen DeGeneres imitation. I’m very pleased to be here, and I want to thank all of you for your attention to this event and the topics that have been covered. Before I begin, I want to say a few words about the unfortunate and counterproductive resolution at the United Nations General Assembly that just passed, beca...
Regions: Afghanistan, Brazil , Burma , Canada , China, Colombia , Dominican Republic , Egypt , Germany , Honduras , India , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Jordan , Korea, North , Lebanon , Libya , Mexico , Morocco , Pakistan , Singapore , South Africa , Syria , Togo , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen
Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, The Ocean and Polar Affairs, Treaties and International Agreements
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Zagreb, Croatia October 31, 2012 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube . MODERATOR: (In Croatian.) PRESIDENT JOSIPOVIC: (Via interpreter) (In progress) – profile itself as a democratic (inaudible). We are today a member of NATO, soon to be a member of the EU, and this shows that the support from the American side has been very meaningful. We’ve discussed our bilateral relations that are excellent, however there is a g...
Regions: Afghanistan, Croatia , Iran , Syria , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Presidency Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina October 30, 2012 MODERATOR: (In Bosnian.) PRESIDENT IZETBEGOVIC: (In Bosnian.) SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you President Izetbegovic and (inaudible). Sorry, I was thanking the Presidents for welcoming me back to Sarajevo. It is wonderful to be here again. I was here two years ago, and at that time, I expressed the commitment of the United States of America to a stable, prosperous, democratic, and multiethnic Bosni...
Regions: Croatia , Iran , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Human Rights and Democracy
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State United Nations New York City September 26, 2012 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube Thank you very much, Minister Westerwelle, for calling us together at this critical moment to discuss peace and security in the Middle East on the heels of two tumultuous weeks during which violent protests rocked countries across the region. And although anger was directed against my country, the protests exposed deep rifts within new democraci...
Regions: Egypt , Iran , Israel , Libya , Syria , Tunisia , United States , Yemen
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Rangoon, Burma December 2, 2011 QUESTION: Madam Secretary, thank you so much for doing this interview. SECRETARY CLINTON: Happy to talk to you. QUESTION: Thank you. What do you think is the most significant development that came out of your meetings with Aung San Suu Kyi? SECRETARY CLINTON: I think it was an important meeting for both substantive and symbolic reasons. Obviously, I was thrilled to finally meet her. She felt like an old friend that I was...
Regions: Afghanistan, Burma , China, Iran , Iraq , Pakistan , Russia , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Energy, Human Rights and Democracy
Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC October 26, 2011 QUESTION: So, Madam Secretary, thank you for taking time to answer our audience’s questions. We were supposed to do this way earlier. We assume you were too busy taking down dictators. Since you were gone, I think four or five dictators are gone too. SECRETARY CLINTON: Isn’t that good news for the people that they have oppressed for so many years? QUESTION: I love that. I love that. But I have many questions ...
Regions: Iran , Libya , Syria , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy
Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Ismaili Center Dushanbe, Tajikistan October 22, 2011 Please attribute the following content to an interview with Bloomberg News QUESTION: Secretary Clinton, thank you so much for making the time to join us on Bloomberg Radio. You’ve just come from Pakistan, where you, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, and the CIA director delivered a clear message to the Pakistanis that they have to wipe out terrorist safe havens now. The Pakistanis said that the...
Regions: Afghanistan, Iran , Libya , Pakistan , Tajikistan , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy
Press Availability Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Chief of Mission Residence Paris, France September 1, 2011 SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, this is my ninth trip to discuss the current crisis in Libya, and each time I have urged that our partners stay focused on the ultimate objective of helping the Libyan people chart their way to a better future. And today, that future is within their reach. All of us are inspired by what is happening in Libya. Six months ago, Libyans stood up to demand fundament...
Regions: France , Italy , Libya , Syria , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
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...
Regions: Afghanistan, Bahrain , Belgium , Egypt , Iran , Iraq , Kuwait , Lebanon , Netherlands , Oman , Pakistan , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , United Arab Emirates , United States , Yemen
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs, Treaties and International Agreements
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State KTR Studio Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan December 2, 2010 MODERATOR 1: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton. (Applause.) MODERATOR 2: Madam Secretary, welcome to Kyrgyzstan. And on behalf of Kyrgyz youth, I would like to thank you for this great opportunity to have this informal meeting. And, here with us, the students of the American University of Central Asia and lots of other universities, representatives of civil ...
Regions: Afghanistan, Australia , China, Denmark , Georgia , Iran , Korea, North , Korea, South , Kyrgyzstan , Portugal , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State UN Headquarters New York City November 16, 2010 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very much, and thank you for that excellent statement. I want to commend the United Kingdom for calling this important session, giving us the opportunity to help chart a way toward a durable peace for all of the people of Sudan. And I want to commend the Security Council for their recent visit to Sudan, which was extremely important. I also want to thank the Secretary General fo...
Regions: Russia , Sudan , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC November 10, 2010 SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon. I am delighted, once again, to welcome the foreign minister and his distinguished delegation, including General Sulayman back to Washington. The foreign minister and I have developed a close and productive working relationship, and I always look forward to our discussions. The partnership between the United States and Egypt is a cornerstone of stability and security in the Mi...
Regions: Egypt , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Lebanon , Sudan , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Treaties and International Agreements
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Kabul, Afghanistan November 19, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you all very much for being here. I want to start by thanking Ambassador Eikenberry and General McChrystal and all of the dedicated men and women of the U.S. and NATO ISAF missions here in Afghanistan. The work that Ambassador Eikenberry and General McChrystal are doing together, both their personal collaboration and the joint efforts of their teams, is a model for civilian-military cooperatio...
Regions: Afghanistan, China, France , Iran , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Farmleigh House, Dublin, Ireland October 11, 2009 MINISTER COWEN: We’re delighted to be here to welcome Secretary Clinton to (inaudible) of Ireland. And as recently as last March, we met together to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in the White House with President Obama. And I’m delighted she’s taken time to visit us here today. I also would like to take this opportunity to recognize and congratulate President Obama on being awarded t...
Regions: China, Ireland , Liberia , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Treaties and International Agreements
Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Conducted by Fareed Zakaria of CNN and Beatrice Marshall of KTN University of Nairobi Nairobi, Kenya August 6, 2009 VICE CHANCELLOR MAGOHA: Secretary Clinton, your Excellencies, Dr. Sally Kosgey, the minister for education, science, and technology, Chancellor Wanjui, PS higher education, Your Excellencies, invited guests, participants, ladies, and gentlemen, on behalf of the University of Nairobi and on my own behalf, I warmly welcome you all to the un...
Regions: Botswana , China, Kenya , Nigeria , Somalia , United Kingdom , United States , Zimbabwe
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC July 29, 2009 MODERATOR: The Secretary and Foreign Minister Zbogar will now sign Protocols of Exchange of Instruments of Ratification for the U.S.-Slovenian Mutual Legal Assistance Extradition Treaty. (The agreement was signed.) SECRETARY CLINTON: I am very pleased to welcome the foreign minister here to the State Department. Many of us remember that the foreign minister was ambassador here to Washington on behalf of Slovenia, and he was a...
Regions: Afghanistan, Croatia , Slovenia , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Treaties and International Agreements
Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Phuket, , Thailand July 23, 2009 QUESTION: Secretary Clinton, thank you very much for talking to the BBC. It’s a pleasure to be with you on this trip and to be here in Phuket, despite the rain. SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very much. QUESTION: I’d like to start by asking you about North Korea. You have talked about your willingness to offer an incentives package to the North Koreans, even though you’re not there yet. I was wondering w...
Regions: Afghanistan, Burma , China, Iran , Ireland , Korea, North , Malaysia , Pakistan , Thailand , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC July 16, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, good afternoon, and I’m delighted to be here alongside my counterparts and colleagues from our neighbors to the north and the south, Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon, Mexican Foreign Secretary Patricia Espinosa. Each of them have hosted me in their countries, and I am so pleased that they could be here today for this important trilateral consultation. This ...
Regions: Afghanistan, Canada , China, Czech Republic , France , Honduras , India , Iran , Iraq , Mexico , Thailand , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Speech Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC July 15, 2009 Thank you very much, Richard, and I am delighted to be here in these new headquarters. I have been often to, I guess, the mother ship in New York City, but it’s good to have an outpost of the Council right here down the street from the State Department. We get a lot of advice from the Council, so this will mean I won’t have as far to go to be told what we should be doing and how we should think about the future. Ri...
Regions: Afghanistan, China, Haiti , India , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Italy , Japan , Korea, North , Libya , Pakistan , Philippines , Russia , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs, Treaties and International Agreements
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC June 10, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, good afternoon. It’s a great pleasure to be here today with Foreign Minister Balázs. We just concluded an excellent bilateral meeting. I wanted to just put our relationship into a bit of a historical context. It was 20 years ago this month that Hungarians began taking down the barbed wire along their country’s border with Austria. In the years since, the United States an...
Regions: Afghanistan, Germany , Hungary , Russia , United States
Topics: Human Rights and Democracy, Treaties and International Agreements
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State , Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC June 5, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, good – I guess it’s good afternoon now. Well, I am very pleased to be here with someone who has a long and very important list of contributions not only in his own country, but with respect to the very strong Euro-Atlantic partnership that we both support so vividly. The foreign minister and I discussed a wide range of issues. Today, we are going to be ...
Regions: Afghanistan, Israel , Korea, North , Portugal , United States
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC May 22, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you, Your Eminence. Thank you very, very much. Thank you. Well, thank you so much, Your Eminence. I am very honored by this recognition, and I am very privileged to have known you and worked with you now over a number of years from the moment of your induction and ascent to this position of eminence. I am very grateful to everyone here for the strong ties that bind our people. And it is a u...
Regions: Cyprus , Greece , United Kingdom , United States
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Romanian Foreign Minister Cristian Diaconescu Treaty Room Washington, DC May 8, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, good day. And it’s a great pleasure to welcome the foreign minister of Romania. He and I will soon exchange, and after signing, the Protocols of Exchange of Instruments of Ratification for the U.S.-Romania Mutual Legal Assistance Protocol and the U.S.-Romania Extradition Treaty. These twin agreements between the United States and Romania wi...
Regions: Afghanistan, Romania , United States
Topics: Combating Drugs and Crime, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Treaties and International Agreements
Testimony Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Opening Remarks Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Washington, DC April 22, 2009 (9:50 a.m. EDT) SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Ranking Member. Greetings to many friends and former colleagues. It is a pleasure to be here with you this morning. This Committee has been the source of many advances in our nation’s foreign policy and I look forward to working with you to continue that tradition. When I appeare...
Regions: Afghanistan, China, Iran , Japan , Korea, South , Russia , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC April 20, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Good morning, everyone. I cannot tell you how happy I am to welcome a colleague and a new friend to the State Department. It is always wonderful working with our Dutch allies on a range of issues. And as many of you know, the foreign minister scheduled and pulled off the meeting we had in The Hague about Afghanistan in just a record period of time. Minister Verhagen is someone who takes so seri...
Regions: Afghanistan, Iran , Netherlands , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic April 17, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you so much. Thank you, Rodolfo Espinal. I appreciate very much your serving as our moderator today. This is an exciting venture here at FUNGLODE, the Global Democracy and Development Foundation, which is hosting us in Santo Domingo. We are connected online from Brazil and Peru to Mexico, Jamaica, and far beyond even our hemisphere. I am personally honored that President Fer...
Regions: Argentina, Brazil , Canada , Chile, China, Colombia , Cuba , Dominican Republic , Ethiopia , Haiti , Israel , Jamaica , Mexico , Peru , Russia , United Kingdom , United States , Western Hemisphere
Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Port-au-Prince, Haiti April 16, 2009 PRESIDENT PREVAL: (Via interpreter) It is with great joy that I receive the Secretary of State of the United States today, a personal friend that I have also had the privilege of knowing, senator as well as presidential candidate in the last presidential elections. So this is your third visit. I find, if I understand correctly, you were here once upon a time as a younger woman and have been here again not too long ago...
Regions: China, Cuba , France , Haiti , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Combating Drugs and Crime, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy
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 ...
Regions: Brazil , China, France , Haiti , India , Iran , Japan , Somalia , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, The Ocean and Polar Affairs
Press Availability Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC March 16, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon. Well, I am delighted to welcome the foreign minister here today. I know this comes a little early, but, Minister Martin, I wish you and the people of Ireland and all people who are connected to the wonderful Irish history and traditions a very happy St. Patrick’s Day. I had the great honor of representing a very large Irish American citizenry in New York ...
Regions: Afghanistan, Ireland , Korea, North , Pakistan , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Treaties and International Agreements
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC March 9, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Welcome, and it’s a great pleasure to have the foreign minister along with his delegation from Lithuania here today. Some of you may remember that the minister was a shining star in the Washington, D.C., diplomatic firmament when he served as Lithuania’s ambassador to the United States. He served for five years, and there was a great regret when he left Washington, so it’s espe...
Regions: Afghanistan, Belarus , Iraq , Lithuania , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Treaties and International Agreements
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Geneva, Switzerland March 6, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Good evening. Foreign Minister Lavrov and I just finished our first in-person meeting over a wonderful meal together, and I am pleased by the opportunity that we had to begin a discussion on resetting U.S.-Russian relations, a process that we know will take time, but I think we had a very productive meeting of the minds on the range of issues that we will be addressing. From our side, I think it’...
Regions: Afghanistan, France , Georgia , Iran , Korea, North , Russia , Switzerland , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Treaties and International Agreements
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Remarks With Kosovar President Fatmir Sejdiu and Kosovar Prime Minister Hashim Thaci Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC February 26, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Good morning. I was delighted to welcome President Sejdiu and Prime Minister Thaci and Foreign Minister Hyseni to the Department of State. I congratulated the president and the prime minister for Kosovo’s progress in its historic first year as an independent state. And it is a great privileg...
Regions: United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
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...
Regions: Afghanistan, France , Iran , Israel , Kyrgyzstan , Pakistan , Russia , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements
Interview With the Financial Times Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 19, 2008 QUESTION: Secretary, thanks so much for the interview. I wonder if we could begin just asking what do you make of the people who say that in your second term you really made a valiant effort to rebuild the international ties which frayed in the first? SECRETARY RICE: Well, obviously, in the first term, we had to do some difficult things, not all of which were well received in all quarters. I might note, I thin...
Regions: Afghanistan, China, India , Iran , Iraq , Jordan , Korea, North , Pakistan , Russia , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Joint Press Conference On the Merida Initiative High-Level Consultative Group Secretary Condoleezza Rice Loy Henderson Conference Room Washington, DC December 19, 2008 Guest: Mexican Foreign Secretary Patricia Espinosa View Video SECRETARY RICE: Hello, good morning. Today, Secretary Gates, Attorney General Mukasey, Deputy Secretary Schneider, Director Walters and I gathered together with many senior U.S. Government officials and we met with our Mexican counterparts to review the common threat that we fa...
Regions: Canada , Haiti , Israel , Mexico , United Kingdom , United States , Western Hemisphere
Topics: Combating Drugs and Crime
Combating the Scourge of Piracy Secretary Condoleezza Rice New York, New York December 16, 2008 SECRETARY RICE: Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Mr. Secretary General. And thank you very much to all my colleagues for participating in this very important Security Council session on piracy. Obviously, we are here because the outbreak of piracy and the increasing threat to commerce, to security, and perhaps most importantly, to the principle of freedom of navigation of the seas is ...
Regions: Djibouti , Somalia , United States
Topics: Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, The Ocean and Polar Affairs
Remarks With Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen Secretary Condoleezza Rice Copenhagen, Denmark December 5, 2008 PRIME MINISTER RASMUSSEN: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this press conference. I have had a very fruitful meeting with Secretary Rice. Secretary, your decision to visit Copenhagen is an illustration of the strong bilateral relationship between the United States and Denmark. We have cooperated closely on a wide range of international issues, and we have had a high frequency of const...
Regions: Afghanistan, Albania , Denmark , Estonia , India , Pakistan , Russia , United States , Zimbabwe
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Remarks at NATO Headquarters Secretary Condoleezza Rice NATO Headquarters Brussels, Belgium December 2, 2008 View Video SECRETARY RICE: Good evening. Well, I have just concluded my last ministerial as the Secretary of State for the United States. And I had a chance to participate, obviously, in the discussions of the important issues before us, but also for a moment to reflect with my colleagues on the extraordinary eight years that I have spent here, first as National Security Advisor accompanying Pres...
Regions: Afghanistan, Belgium , Egypt , Georgia , Germany , India , Iran , Japan , Korea, North , Korea, South , Morocco , Nicaragua , Pakistan , Russia , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Interview With Steve Scully of C-SPAN Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC November 10, 2008 QUESTION: Secretary of State Rice, how does the world view America? SECRETARY RICE: Well, the world views America still, I think, as a place where you can be anybody and do anything, where it doesn’t matter where you came from; it matters where you’re going. I think that’s why there was such great interest in our recent election, because it talked about overcoming old wounds. And I think m...
Regions: Afghanistan, Australia , China, Egypt , France , Germany , Haiti , India , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Japan , Korea, North , Korea, South , Russia , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Press Conference by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 21, 2007 View Video (10:17 a.m. EST) SECRETARY RICE: Good morning. I'm here principally to take your questions, but I'd like to make a few remarks before doing that. 2007 has been a busy and challenging year, but also a positive one. I want to highlight just a few issues on which we've focused. I was just in Iraq and I can tell you that Iraq today is a different country than it was two -- a year ag...
Regions: Afghanistan, Burma , China, Colombia , France , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Korea, North , Lebanon , Libya , Pakistan , Panama , Peru , Russia , Somalia , Syria , Taiwan , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation
USA Today Editorial Board Roundtable Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 11, 2007 (3:15 p.m. EST) SECRETARY RICE: All right. Why don't we launch right in, because I think we only have about 45 minutes. MR. MCCORMACK: 45 minutes, on the record. QUESTION: Okay. Thank you for taking the time to meet with us. SECRETARY RICE: Of course, glad to do it. QUESTION: We can see a lot of progress on the ground in Iraq and in many different ways, but it's very hard to see through to the endgame, which...
Regions: Afghanistan, China, Iran , Iraq , Israel , Korea, North , Russia , United Kingdom , United States
Interview With the Dallas Morning News Editorial Board Secretary Condoleezza Rice Dallas, Texas November 9, 2007 MODERATOR: You are meeting with the Editorial Board of the Dallas Morning News. Around the table (inaudible). We are pleased to have you here and very interested in your thoughts on developments around the world, both in the short term and in the long term. I think we would probably be remiss -- oh, and I should also point out we have our international editor as well from the newsroom here. Q...
Regions: Afghanistan, China, France , Germany , Haiti , India , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Italy , Korea, North , Lebanon , Liberia , Pakistan , Russia , Sudan , Syria , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Interview With the New York Post Editorial Board Secretary Condoleezza Rice New York City October 1, 2007 QUESTION: Welcome. SECRETARY RICE: Thank you. Nice to be here. Thank you. QUESTION: Do you have any messages for us today? SECRETARY RICE: I don't. I'll just start out with whatever is on your mind. I'm sure we'll get to plenty of my messages as we go. QUESTION: Might as well start with Iraq. SECRETARY RICE: Yeah, sure. QUESTION: Now that the surge, the troop surge, seems to be working, what are the...
Regions: Afghanistan, Argentina, Bolivia , China, Czech Republic , Ecuador , France , Germany , Haiti , Honduras , India , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Korea, North , Mozambique , Pakistan , Poland , Russia , United Kingdom , United States , Uruguay , Venezuela
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Treaties and International Agreements
Press Availability With United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov; High Representative for European Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana; European Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner; Foreign Minister of Portugal Luis Amado; Envoy of the Quartet of the Middle East Tony Blair Secretary Condoleezza Rice Lisbon, Portugal July 19, 2007 (3:35 p.m. EDT) FOREIGN MINISTER AMADO: (Via interpreter) Ladies and gentlemen of the press, many thank...
Regions: Ireland , Israel , Portugal , Russia , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank
Topics: Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Remarks With Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado After Their Meeting Secretary Condoleezza Rice Lisbon, Portugal July 19, 2007 View Video FOREIGN MINISTER AMADO: (Via interpreter.) A very good afternoon to you all, ladies and gentlemen of the press. It is a particular pleasure for me to welcome the American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on the occasion of her first official visit to Portugal. We exchanged thoughts and points of views on our bilateral relations, but particularly in the light of ...
Regions: Afghanistan, Albania , Iran , Israel , Portugal , Russia , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Energy, Treaties and International Agreements
Interview on NBC's Meet The Press with Tim Russert Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC December 16, 2001 10:30 a.m. EST QUESTION: Joining us now, the Secretary of State, Colin Powell. Mr. Secretary, welcome. SECRETARY POWELL: Good morning, Tim. QUESTION: Reports on the wires that al-Qaida has fallen, that the Eastern Alliance Afghan troops, along with US bombing, have destroyed them. They are either dead or taken captive. And yet, no sign of Usama bin Laden. What can you tell us? SECRETARY POWELL: ...
Regions: Afghanistan, India , Iraq , Israel , Kuwait , Pakistan , Saudi Arabia , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Treaties and International Agreements
Press Briefing on Board Plane En Route Tashkent, Uzbekistan Secretary Colin L. Powell Tashkent, Uzbekistan December 7, 2001 SECRETARY POWELL : Okay, who�s first? QUESTION : Can you tell us how your meeting with Foreign Minister Ivanov went? What did you decide? What were the issues that you discussed? Are they okay with the NATO thing? And did you talk about Iraq? SECRETARY POWELL : Foreign Minister Ivanov and I talked about the meeting that we had just concluded with the Permanent Joint Council, and he...
Regions: Afghanistan, Italy , Russia , United Kingdom , United States , Uzbekistan
Topics: Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Remarks at EU Justice and Home Affairs Council Secretary Colin L. Powell Brussels, Belgium December 6, 2001 SECRETARY POWELL : Thank you very much Mr. Minister, dear Louis, and colleagues at the head table and ministers around the table, thank you so very much for receiving me this afternoon and for giving me the unique opportunity to address this distinguished Council. I come here today to recognize your important work and to underscore the urgency of effective cooperation between the United States and...
Regions: Belgium , United States
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Human Rights and Democracy
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 ...
Regions: Belarus , France , Georgia , Moldova , Romania , Russia , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States
United States Position on Terrorists and Peace in the Middle East Secretary Colin L. Powell Remarks at the McConnell Center for Political Leadership University of Louisville, Kentucky November 19, 2001 11:17 a.m. EST SECRETARY POWELL: Thank you so very much, ladies and gentlemen, for that warm welcome, and I thank you, Senator McConnell for that very kind and generous introduction. It is a tribute to you, Mitch, my friend, that we are all here today. The McConnell Center for Political Leadership carries...
Regions: Afghanistan, China, Egypt , Israel , Kuwait , Russia , Syria , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Treaties and International Agreements
Interview on ABC's This Week Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC September 23, 2001 QUESTION: Secretary Powell, thanks for being with us. SECRETARY POWELL: Good morning, Sam. QUESTION: Good morning. The Japanese news agency, quoting Japanese Government sources, says the United States has warned of possible new attacks this coming week. What can you tell us about that? SECRETARY POWELL: I am not familiar with that particular report, but I think we have to be...
Regions: Afghanistan, Colombia , India , Iraq , Israel , Pakistan , Saudi Arabia , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam