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  • Interview With PBS's Charlie Rose

    Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC January 10, 2017 QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, this journey, this part of your life, is coming to an end. You’ve traveled more than any other secretary of state. You have spent considerable time and hours on a lot of issues, from China to Russia to – from Asia to Latin America. But principally, you spent a lot of time on Israel and Palestine and you spent a lot of time on the Iran nuclear deal and you’ve spent a lot of time on Syria and...

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  • Remarks at the U.S. Institute of Peace's Passing the Baton 2017: America's Role in the World

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State U.S. Institute of Peace Washington, DC January 10, 2017 MS WOODRUFF: Thank you, Nancy. I’m delighted to be here and, Mr. Secretary, I understand you sprinted across the street. Is that right? SECRETARY KERRY: My sprinting days are reduced, but I came. I got here. (Laughter.) MS WOODRUFF: Well, there – you were spied hurrying, I’ll put it that way. SECRETARY KERRY: “Spied,” right. (Laughter.) MS WOODRUFF: So the format is that I’m ...

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  • Remarks at the U.S. Naval Academy

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Annapolis, MD January 10, 2017 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. Please, please, be seated. Admiral, thank you very, very much for welcoming me here to this storied academy. I am really privileged to be here, and I’m anxious to hear your questions and look forward to having a little bit of a dialogue if we can. I want to recognize Admiral Frank Pandolfe, who is class of 1980. He has served as a liaison between the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the State Depart...

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  • 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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  • Remarks at a Ceremony Awarding the Grand Cross 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany to Secretary Kerry

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State German Ministry of Foreign Affairs Berlin, Germany December 5, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, I’m going to wear that around the office for the next three weeks and see if I get any respect at all. (Laughter.) Guten Abend . Danke . Vielen dank . Thank you all for this really absolutely extraordinary and completely unexpected gathering. I’m so privileged and grateful for all of you coming here to share in this special moment, this friendship between Federal R...

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  • Remarks at the Embassy Berlin Meet and Greet

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Berlin, Germany December 5, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Wow. That sounds like a campaign introduction, folks. (Laughter.) I accept the nomination. (Laughter.) I’m ready to go. How are you all? Hey guys, I’m really happy to see you guys here. Thank you very much. How are you doing? You good? You having fun? How are you having fun? What are you doing to have fun? Come on up here and talk to me. Come here, come here, come here. Come here. I have a very talkative ...

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    Regions: France , Germany , Iran , Italy , Syria , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam

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  • Remarks at the Saban Forum

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State The Willard Hotel Washington, DC December 4, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. That’s really wonderful. Thank you. MR INDYK: Haim is going to unveil a plaque that we made for you for the occasion. MR SABAN: I’m the unveiler-in-chief. (Laughter.) Okay, so I was told -- SECRETARY KERRY: Wow. MR SABAN: I was told to read. Who paid for this? Brookings or me? (Laughter.) It looks really expensive, doesn’t it? (Laughter.) But you know what? Ther...

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  • Remarks at the Women's Foreign Policy Group Conference

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State The Ritz Carlton Washington, DC November 29, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very, very much, Karen. “Under the weather” is a polite word for the crud. (Laughter.) Anyway, thank you, Karen, for a wonderful introduction. And it’s with great pride that I accept the nomination. (Laughter.) Shh. It’s a little dangerous right now. (Laughter.) I am suffering from a bunch of grandchildren, all of whom are sniveling at...

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  • Remarks at the 11th Annual Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Loy Henderson Auditorium Washington, DC November 2, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning. AUDIENCE: Good morning. SECRETARY KERRY: How are you doing? Everybody good? AUDIENCE: Yeah. Good. SECRETARY KERRY: Good. The loudest “yeah” was over here. Where are you from? QUESTION: Sri Lanka. SECRETARY KERRY: Sri Lanka. Well, you have reason to be loud. That’s good. I appreciate – Sri Lanka’s done some amazing things in the last years. So Evan, t...

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  • Remarks and Conversation With Mayor of London Sadiq Khan at the Youth Outreach Event

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State London, United Kingdom October 31, 2016 MR KHAN: Can I thank you all very much for coming to this town hall meeting at the best town hall in the world, city hall. This is my living room, and I’m really pleased that we have the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in city hall today. And Secretary Kerry has agreed to take loads of questions from the floor, but those who manage his time say you’re going to get time for three. (Laughter.) So can I have an ide...

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  • Remarks With Chatham House Director Robin Niblett at the Chatham House Prize Ceremony

    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...

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  • 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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  • 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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  • Remarks at The Atlantic and Aspen Institute

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Harman Center of Arts Washington, DC September 29, 2016 MR CLEMONS: Thank you. So let’s get to Syria stuff. I hear a rumor – I don’t know if it’s true – that Vladimir Putin and Sergey Lavrov are huddled around a screen right now in one corner of the world watching us, and I hear Lindsey Graham and John McCain are near another. And so I’d like to ask you, what would you like to communicate to the world and to those parties about Sy...

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  • Interview with Elise Labott of CNN

    Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Palace Hotel New York City, NY September 19, 2016 QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, thank you so much for joining us on your last UNGA. I just have to ask you about these explosions last night. I know the mayor discounted terrorism, but is it a little early for that, especially given the fact that these devices might have been similar to the Boston Marathon? SECRETARY KERRY: Well, I have to leave the judgment to the mayor and his team. They’re really an outstanding f...

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  • Interview With Adam Boulton of Sky News

    Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Marshall and John Jay Rooms Washington, DC September 15, 2016 QUESTION: Secretary of State, as you know, it’s a very turbulent time in the world. We’ve got Syria, we’ve got Ukraine, we’ve got the Maghreb crisis. So why the oceans? Why are you devoting so much energy to that? SECRETARY KERRY: Because the oceans are a security threat, challenge. The state of the oceans are a security challenge for everybody in the world. They are under siege ...

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  • Remarks at India Institute of Technology Delhi

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State New Delhi, India August 31, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Swati, good morning. Thank you very, very much. Thank you very – you guys all deserve an award for being able to get here today. (Laughter.) I don’t know if you came in boats or amphibious vehicles of some kind, but I salute you for being here. Thank you very, very much for making the effort, and I am extremely honored to be here. Swati, thank you for that generous introduction. And thank you, Dr. Rao. It...

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  • John Kerry: Travel to Paris, Moscow, Luxembourg City, Brussels, and London, July 13-19, 2016

    Photos from the trip» Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Paris, France at the invitation of President Hollande, July 13–14, to attend Bastille Day celebrations. Secretary Kerry then traveled to Moscow, Russia, July 14–15, where he met with senior Russian officials to discuss Syria, the Ukraine crisis, and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, among other issues. The Secretary traveled to Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, July 16–17, where he met with Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Mini...

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  • Press Availability after the Counter-ISIL Ministerial Meeting

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC July 21, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon, everybody. As I think you know, today we convened a meeting of the foreign and defense ministers of the counter-Daesh coalition. And with the welcome addition of Interpol, that coalition now stands at 67 members. And today’s sessions included presentations from the Secretary of Defense, Secretary Carter; Special Presidential Envoy Brett McGurk; the Director of National Intell...

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  • Joint Press Availability With U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Foreign and Commonwealth Office London, United Kingdom July 19, 2016 FOREIGN SECRETARY JOHNSON: Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome to the Lacarno Room and a particularly warm welcome to U.S. Secretary John Kerry. We’re delighted to have this early opportunity to welcome the Secretary of State to London and for a key meeting with our international partners to discuss Syria and Yemen and the conflicts there. Secretary Kerry and I have just come from a very produ...

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  • Joint Press Availability With Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Osobnyak Moscow, Russia July 15, 2016 FOREIGN MINISTER LAVROV: (Via interpreter) (In progress) -- met President Aliyev and President Sargsyan. Recently upon the instruction of my president I visited Yerevan and Baku, and today we exchanged views as to the ways to use the momentum in order to reach an agreement with respect to practical steps and agreed upon the agreements that will be acceptable for all the sides and that would help us attain the goal of bringing pe...

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  • 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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  • 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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  • Remarks at the SelectUSA Investment Summit

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC June 21, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you, thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen; I accept the nomination. (Applause.) Thank you. It doesn’t get better than that. That’s about the best – (laughter) – if I could bottle that, who knows? I could’ve been a contender. (Laughter.) It’s really great to be with all – I can’t believe you have al...

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  • World Refugee Day

    Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC June 20, 2016 Today, we honor refugees’ resilience and courage. We also recognize the tremendous contributions made by local and international non-governmental organizations on the front lines of delivering life-saving assistance. This year’s commemoration comes at a time when brutal conflicts are forcing record numbers of innocent people to flee, and challenging the world to find better ways to protect them. The war in Syria alone...

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    Regions: Syria , United States , Yemen

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  • Remarks at the Oslo Forum

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Oslo, Norway June 15, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good morning, everybody. Borge, thank you so much for a very generous introduction. More importantly, thank you for a wonderful welcome back to Norway and to this pretty idyllic and appropriate setting for the discussions that you all are engaged in, and that I’m privileged to take part in this morning. I really want to begin by thanking Borge. And I am looking around and seeing so many faces – Espen, oth...

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  • Remarks With EU High Representative Federica Mogherini

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC May 4, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon, everybody. I am very, very happy to welcome the high representative for the European Community here today. And I’m going to say a few words about the EU and what we’re doing here today, and Federica in a moment. But before I do get started, I just want to share a quick update on Syria, because we have been working continually together with our teams in Geneva as well as with the Russ...

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  • Take Your Child To Work Day

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC April 28, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: (Applause.) Arnie, thank you very, very much. Good morning, everybody. How are you doing? We’ve never been better off than with all of these part-time employees. (Laughter.) He wants to work here; he does work here. Ladies and gentlemen, this is not a diplomat, this is a diplo-mutt. (Laughter.) And he’s great. He’s a lot of fun. He’s met a lot of prime ministers and foreign ministers, and they&rs...

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  • Remarks at the Vietnam War Summit and Conversation With Ken Burns

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State LBJ Presidential Library at the University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX April 27, 2016 MR BARNES: Thank you very much, President Fenves. It’s my pleasure this evening to introduce our Secretary of State, my friend Secretary John Kerry. As he prepares to speak tonight, I’m reminded of the many years of dedication and service that he has brought to our country. Before graduating from Yale University, Secretary Kerry voluntarily enlisted in the United Stat...

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  • 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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  • Interview With Morio Chijiiwa of TV Asahi

    Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Rihga Royal Hotel Hiroshima Hiroshima, Japan April 11, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: I was very honored to be here. First of all, I’m honored to be in Fumio Kishida’s home town. And he put together a very, very competent, very effective G7 meeting, so we’re very grateful for that. But to have the privilege of going to this remarkable museum that is so moving, so incredibly compelling, I was very, very moved by it, very touched by it in many different way...

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  • Press Availability for G7

    Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State International Media Center Hiroshima, Japan April 11, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon, everybody. Konnichiwa . I am very privileged to be here, and I want to thank Foreign Minister Kishida and the Government of Japan for hosting us here in Hiroshima for the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting of 2016. I also want to thank our terrific Ambassador Caroline Kennedy and her entire team for their hard work and for what they are accomplishing in strengthen...

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  • Joint Press Availability With Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa

    Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Four Seasons Hotel Manama, Bahrain April 7, 2016 FOREIGN MINISTER AL-KHALIFA: (In progress.) We discussed ways to further our military cooperation through mechanisms agreed at Camp David last year and the subsequent progress made by the U.S. and GCC working groups. We also discussed the importance of the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement, which is responsible for a considerable increase in bilateral trade in the past 10 years or so. We explored ways to in...

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  • Interview With PBS's Charlie Rose

    Interview John Kerry Secretary of State New York City April 5, 2016 QUESTION: John Kerry is here. He is the 68th Secretary of State of the United States. After 28 years in the Senate, he succeeded Hillary Clinton in 2013. Last year, he brokered a landmark nuclear deal with Iran. He’s also played a key role in the latest round of Syrian peace negotiations. According to The New Yorker ’s David Remnick, Kerry’s admirers and critics alike describe him in similar terms – “tirele...

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  • Remarks With Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC March 30, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Good evening, folks. The Foreign Minister of Egypt Sameh Shoukry has been one of my closest interlocutors over the last few years. We have worked extremely closely together on many issues. Let me first say in welcoming him here to Washington how relieved we all were that the Egyptian Air hijacking turned out to have all of the crew and all of the passengers unharmed, and we’re grateful for that, obviously. Egypt h...

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    Regions: Egypt , Libya , Syria , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen

    Topics: Countering Terrorism

  • Remarks at the International Women of Courage Awards Ceremony

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC March 29, 2016 Good morning, everybody, and welcome. And Cathy, thank you so much for the spectacular job that you are doing. I can’t think of anybody better suited to work on the State Department’s top priorities, and Cathy is really offering extraordinary leadership, encouraging every embassy, every consulate, every bureau, every Foreign Service and civil service officer to integrate gender equality into our work. And I think she has bri...

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  • Strengthening U.S. Leadership in a Turbulent World: The FY 2017 Foreign Affairs Budget

    Testimony John Kerry Secretary of State Opening Remarks Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Washington, DC February 25, 2016 Well, Mr. Chairman, thank you very much. Ranking Member Engel, all the members of the committee, I’m privileged to be here to have a chance to present the 2017 budget and to answer your questions. And obviously I know most of them will be sort of more with respect to policy, et cetera. But I will try to be very rapid in this opening. First, our request for resource...

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  • 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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  • 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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  • Remarks at a Meet and Greet With Staff and Families of U.S. Embassy Vientiane, Laos

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Landmark Hotel Vientiane, Laos January 25, 2016 AMBASSADOR CLUNE: Well, I have the great pleasure of introducing somebody who needs no introduction, Secretary of State John Kerry. As most of you know, prior to joining us at the State Department in 2013, Secretary Kerry served for 28 years in the United States Senate, the last four as the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He comes from very good stock. His father, Richard Kerry, was a Foreign Servic...

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  • Remarks With Embassy Riyadh Staff and Families

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State U.S. Embassy Riyadh, Saudi Arabia January 24, 2016 AMBASSADOR WESTPHAL: (In progress) brief introduction. You may not know this gentleman that is with us here today – (laughter) -- so I get to introduce him formally. We just got through some fantastic meetings, the best meetings that I have been a part of in my two years here, and I think in the relationship. Most outstanding meetings we had. So we’ll talk about those events. Let me just say that he&rsqu...

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  • 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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  • Roundtable with Journalists

    Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Davos, Switzerland January 21, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, listen, everybody. Greetings and thank you for your patience while we’re here, obviously. There’s a lot of bilateral diplomacy, trilateral even, that’s going on. I met this morning with Prime Minister Sharif and President Ghani and the Vice President. I also met one-on-one and otherwise with Prime Minister Netanyahu. And last night we met with President – the Vice President and I me...

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  • Interview With Joe Scarborough of MSNBC's Morning Joe

    Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC January 18, 2016 QUESTION: And with us now we’ve got the United States Secretary of State, John Kerry. Mr. Secretary, thank you so much for being with us this morning. We greatly appreciate it. SECRETARY KERRY: Glad to be with you, Joe. QUESTION: We talked earlier to the Washington Post , David Ignatius obviously relieved at the release of his colleague. But he was talking from Tel Aviv about great unease in Israel and across the entire Arab w...

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  • Brookings Institution's 2015 Saban Forum Keynote Address

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Willard Hotel Washington, DC December 5, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you all very, very much. Thank you, Bruce, for a very generous introduction. And thank you, ladies and gentlemen; I apologize that we are starting a few moments late. I’m delighted to be here, distinguished members of Congress. Steny and Nita I know are here, and Jolie Ruben, my former colleague and longtime friend, and I think Bogie Ya’alon is out there somewhere. And Bogie, good to se...

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  • Interview With Today Show's Savannah Guthrie

    Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC November 23, 2015 QUESTION: Secretary of State John Kerry is with us exclusively from Abu Dhabi. Mr. Secretary, good morning, and let me ask you about the security situation here in the United States. Administration officials have said there’s no specific credible threat. On the other hand, officials in Paris likely would have said the same thing the day before those attacks. How confident are you in assuring the American public that there isn...

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  • Interview With Fareed Zakaria of CNN

    Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC November 15, 2015 QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, a pleasure to have you. SECRETARY KERRY: Glad to be here, thank you. QUESTION: Let’s start with Syria, because you are heading for negotiations there. I should say that again. Let’s start with Syria, because you are going to be deeply involved in negotiations about Syria. You say in your recent speech that the President and you do not believe that there is a military solution to the Syrian probl...

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  • Joint Press Availability With Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Erlan Abdyldaev

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan October 31, 2015 FOREIGN MINISTER ABDYLDAEV: (Via interpreter) Good evening, dear representatives of mass media. Negotiations between the State Secretary, Mr. John Kerry, with the president have finished. And before that we had bilateral negotiations. Immediately I would like to give the floor to our guest, Mr. Secretary of State of U.S., Mr. John Kerry, please. SECRETARY KERRY: Well, Mr. Foreign Minister Erlan, my friend, I thank you very much f...

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  • Remarks at the Dedication of the New Embassy Compound Bishkek

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State U.S. Embassy Bishkek Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan October 31, 2015 AMBASSADOR GWALTNEY: Good afternoon. Salamatsyzdarby . Secretary of State Kerry, Foreign Minister Abdyldaev, my fellow ambassadors and distinguished guests: It is my great honor and privilege to welcome you to the long-awaited opening of our new chancery. The American Embassy in the Kyrgyz Republic has come a very long way. Our initial embassy was a kindergarten here in Bishkek, and we very quickly outgrew it...

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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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  • Remarks at the Brookings Institution's 2014 Saban Forum

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Willard Hotel Washington, DC December 7, 2014 Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you all. Martin, thank you so very much. Haim, where are you sitting here? Somewhere. Haim, thank you. Gerald, thank you so much for your incredible leadership. Ambassador Dermer, great to see you here. And former Ambassador Oren, I see you here. Joe Lieberman – I’m picking through the audience. I’m stopping at the second row. (Laughter.) It’s really a pleasur...

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  • Remarks at a Solo Press Availability

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Paris, France October 14, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good evening, everybody. Thanks for your patience. This has been a very productive couple of days, and I’m glad to have an opportunity to be able to catch up on the discussions that we’ve had, both with Foreign Minister Fabius as well as Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. First, I want to say a special thank you to my friend, Laurent Fabius, not only for hosting us but for the very important partnership ...

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  • Interview With Elise Labott of CNN

    Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Jeddah, Saudi Arabia September 11, 2014 QUESTION: Secretary Kerry, thank you so much for joining us. SECRETARY KERRY: Pleased to be with you. QUESTION: Is the United States at war with ISIS? It sure sounds from the President’s speech that we are. SECRETARY KERRY: I think that’s the wrong terminology. What we are doing is engaging in a very significant counterterrorism operation, and it’s going to go on for some period of time. If somebody wants t...

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  • Joint Press Statement With Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal

    Joint Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Royal Terminal Jeddah, Saudi Arabia September 11, 2014 FOREIGN MINISTER SAUD: (Via interpreter) In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate, we have held today a regional meeting to combat terrorism with the presidents of all of our states of the Gulf Cooperation Council, in addition to Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, and with the presence of the United States of America. This meeting comes in the light of our cooperation to face the threat of ...

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  • Interview With Katie Couric of Yahoo! News

    Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Department of State Washington, DC June 16, 2014 QUESTION: Hi, everyone, and welcome to a special Yahoo livestream from the State Department with Secretary of State John Kerry. Secretary Kerry, thank you so much for joining us. SECRETARY KERRY: Happy to be with you. QUESTION: We’re going to be talking about the oceans, a subject near and dear to your heart in a moment, but of course, there is a lot going on in Iraq -- SECRETARY KERRY: Absolutely. QUESTION: -...

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  • Remarks at the Overseas Security Advisory Council's 28th Annual Briefing

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC November 20, 2013 Greg, thank you very much. Wow. Can’t we find seats for you folks? I feel badly. (Laughter.) But thank you for being here in such numbers. I’m very, very pleased to be able to share a few thoughts with all of you, and I’m particularly glad to be here to emphasize this enormous agenda that we have and that we share together, which Greg Starr heads up for us here at the Department. He’s, ...

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  • Remarks With Emirati Foreign Minister Abdallah bin Zayid Al Nuhayyan After Their Meeting

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates November 11, 2013 FOREIGN MINISTER ABDALLAH: (Via interpreter) Good morning. May peace be upon you. I’d like to start by welcoming His Excellency, U.S. Secretary of State and close friend John Kerry. There’s no doubt that the visit of the U.S. Secretary of State to the United Arab Emirates at this time and under these conditions, especially following the meetings in Geneva, was a very strong message to the extent of the cl...

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  • Interview With Udi Segal of Israeli Channel 2 and Maher Shalabi of Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation

    Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Jerusalem November 7, 2013 MR. SHALABI: Mr. Kerry, thank you for giving us, my colleague Udi from Israeli Channel 2 and myself from Palestinian TV, this opportunity to talk to you in your busy schedule. Although I want to ask you: Do you have any good news for the people in the region regarding the peace process? SECRETARY KERRY: Well, the good news is that both leaders are committed to proceeding forward. Both leaders know there are difficulties, but we work thro...

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  • Remarks with Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal

    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 ...

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  • Joint Press Availability With Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov After Their Meeting

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Bali, Indonesia October 7, 2013 The video is also available with closed captioning on YouTube.  SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good morning, everybody. I want to thank Foreign Minister Lavrov for joining me here today to sign this important agreement. Amending the NRRC agreement is another important step towards reducing risks associated with nuclear weapons, and I think both of us are cognizant of the fact that 26 years ago our predecessors from the United States and ...

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  • Syria: Weighing the U.S. Response

    Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Google+ Hangout Washington, DC September 10, 2013 The video is also available with closed captioning on YouTube. MS. SETRAKIAN: Hi, guys. Welcome to a very special Google hangout on the Syria crisis with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. Co-hosting with me is Nicholas Kristof, op-ed columnist with The New York Times , and joining us is Andrew Beiter, a social studies teacher at Springville Middle School in Buffalo, New York. Andrew is also a regional educational...

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  • Remarks With Colombian Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Bogota, Colombia August 12, 2013 MODERATOR: (Via Interpreter) Good afternoon. The meeting between Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia, and the Secretary of State, John Kerry, and Maria Angela Holguin, Minister of Foreign Affairs has just concluded. FOREIGN MINISTER HOLGUIN: (Via interpreter) Good afternoon to all of you. First of all, I should like to extend a welcome to John Kerry, Secretary of State, on his visit to Colombia. And we are very grateful to him ...

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  • Meeting With Staff and Families of Consulate General Jeddah

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Jeddah, Saudi Arabia June 25, 2013 MS. CASPER: Dear colleagues and friends, help me give a warm Jeddah welcome to Secretary of State John Kerry. (Applause.) SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. Thank you. Assalamu alaikum. AUDIENCE: Wa alaikum assalaam. SECRETARY KERRY: Nice to be with you all. Thank you very, very much. It’s wonderful to be here. You’re getting ready for the Fourth of July right here. I love it. And I love seeing all the kids here, but...

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  • Remarks at Youth Connect: Addis Ababa Featured by BBC's Hardtalk

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State University of Addis Ababa Addis Ababa, Ethiopia May 26, 2013 MS. BADWI: Hello. I am Zenab Badwi. Welcome to this Hardtalk Special, coming to you from the University of Addis Ababa with the U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry. As the African Union celebrates 50 years, many are hoping that this golden jubilee will mark a new golden era for Africa. We have invited an audience of young Africans to put their questions on U.S. foreign policy to John Kerry, and we also hav...

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  • Remarks to Special Program on Breaking the Impasse World Economic Forum

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Dead Sea, Jordan May 26, 2013 SECRETARY KERRY: Klaus, thank you very much for a very generous introduction. And it is wonderful to be here with all of you. I have enjoyed participating in the World Economic Forum for many years, as Klaus said in his introduction. And Klaus, I think everybody here joins me in thanking you for creating this remarkable and important institution. It gives people a great opportunity, and we thank you. (Applause.) I want to thank – ...

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  • Meeting With Staff and Families of Embassy Stockholm

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Chief of Mission Residence Stockholm, Sweden May 14, 2013 AMBASSADOR BRZEZINSKI: Mr. Secretary, we’ve had some formal meetings this morning. Now it’s the family meeting. Welcome to the U.S. Embassy Stockholm family community, and I just want to say, Mr. Secretary, my colleagues at U.S. Embassy Stockholm, my wife Natalia and I welcome you to our home, which is also your home. Mr. Secretary, I am so honored to introduce you to the U.S. Embassy community. L...

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  • Remarks With Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal After Their Meeting

    Remarks John Kerry    Secretary of State Victoria Nuland    Department Spokesperson , Office of the Spokesperson Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal Ministry of Foreign Affairs Riyadh, Saudi Arabia March 4, 2013 FOREIGN MINISTER SAUD: (In Arabic.) SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much, Your Royal Highness. Assalamu alaikum . I am very honored to be here and very, very grateful for His Royal Highness, Prince Saud Al-Faisal’s very generous welcome here. We had a sup...

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  • Remarks With Staff and Families of Embassy Riyadh

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Embassy Riyadh Riyadh, Saudi Arabia March 4, 2013 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Ambassador, for letting me totally screw up your process here. (Laughter.) Anyway, I’m glad to have the kids here and some of the parents out there. But I thought it was terrific to have the kids up here because only a few years ago, as everybody knows, this was an unaccompanied post. And now I’m told there are about a hundred kids here and t...

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  • Remarks With Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird After Their Meeting

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC February 8, 2013 The video is available with closed captioning on YouTube . SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon, everybody. It’s my great, great pleasure to welcome Foreign Minister John Baird here to the State Department. He was one of the first calls that I made after I officially came into the building and started and was sworn in, and he is my first guest as Foreign Minister. So I hope everybody does understand that this is meant to ...

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  • Remarks on American Leadership at the Council on Foreign Relations

    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 ...

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  • Interview With Greta Van Susteren of FoxNews

    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...

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  • Remarks With President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud After Their Meeting

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC January 17, 2013 This video is available on YouTube with closed captions . SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon, everyone. It is a great privilege for us to be welcoming President Hassan Sheikh and his delegation here to the State Department. Today’s meeting has been a long time in the making. Four years ago, at the start of the Obama Administration, Somalia was, in many ways, a different country than it is today. The people...

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  • Remarks at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy 2012 Saban Forum Opening Gala Dinner

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State The Willard Hotel Washington, DC November 30, 2012 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube SECRETARY CLINTON: I am somewhat overwhelmed, but I’m obviously thinking I should sit down. (Laughter.) I prepared some remarks for tonight, but then I thought maybe we could just watch that video a few more times. (Laughter.) And then the next time, I could count the hairstyles, which is one of my favorite pastimes. (Laughter.) I think...

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  • Remarks at the Foreign Policy Group's "Transformational Trends 2013" Forum

    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...

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  • Democratic Transitions in the Maghreb

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Washington, DC October 12, 2012 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you all. Thank you very much. And a special word of thanks to a friend and someone whom I admire greatly, General Scowcroft. His many years of distinguished service to our country is a great tribute in every respect. Thanks also to Jon Alterman and CSIS for hosting this conference on “The Maghreb in Transition: Seeki...

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  • Remarks With Mexican Secretary of Foreign Relations Patricia Espinosa After Their Meeting

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC September 18, 2012 SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon, everyone. And it is such a pleasure for me to welcome my friend and colleague, Secretary Espinosa, along with a very distinguished delegation of officials from the Mexican Government for this continuation of consultation at the highest levels of each of our governments. Before I turn to the matters discussed today, let me give a brief update on the ongoing U.S. response to t...

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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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  • Secretary Clinton's Remarks on Women, Peace, and Security

    Address Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC December 19, 2011 Thank you.  Well, it is wonderful to be back at Georgetown to give all of the students an excuse not to keep studying for their last finals.  (Laughter.)  That’s what accounts for the enthusiastic response here in Gaston Hall.  But thank you so much, President DeGioia.  This great university has such a long history of nurturing diplomats and peacemakers and at least one former president who ...

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  • Keynote Address at the International Crisis Group's "In Pursuit of Peace" Award Dinner

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Pier Sixty at Chelsea Pier New York, NY December 16, 2011 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. (Applause.) Oh, my goodness. Well, if it ever were a secret. (Laughter.) Thank you, Marc, and thanks to all of you for being part of this evening to support such an extraordinary, important organization that is relied upon certainly across the world, and that includes the State Department. I want to thank Marc and Frank Giustra. I want to thank Louise for her leadersh...

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  • Remarks to the Women in Public Service Colloquium

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC December 15, 2011 Thank you so much, Christine. And those words of advice, I think, will be taken to heart by everyone here. I also want to add my words of welcome and thanks to the presidents of the Seven Sisters colleges. You’ll be hearing from all of them throughout the day, but certainly from Barnard and Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Smith, and Wellesley, I thank you all for your vision and leadership, as well...

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    Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Treaties and International Agreements

  • Keynote Address at the National Democratic Institute's 2011 Democracy Awards Dinner

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium Washington, DC November 7, 2011 Thank you. Well, it’s a great pleasure for me to be here this evening. And I thank my friend and my predecessor, Madeleine Albright, for not only that kind introduction, but for her extraordinary leadership, and in particular of NDI. Thanks also to Shari Bryan and Ken Wollack for inviting me here today. And I want to begin by wishing an Eid Mubarak to Muslims here tonight and around the wo...

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  • Remarks With Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Tripoli, Libya October 18, 2011 PRIME MINISTER JIBRIL: (Via interpreter) In the name of God, most compassionate, most merciful, it is with great delight that we are honored to meet the U.S. Secretary of State, Secretary Clinton, and the high-level U.S. delegation accompanying her. This is the first visit for Secretary Clinton after the fall of the previous regime. We appreciate it a lot. We appreciate what the U.S. has provided during all this time, duri...

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  • Interview With Associated Press

    Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC October 11, 2011 SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, originally when I set this up, I had wanted to do this for a while and I thought the – let me make sure everybody’s got their mikes here – I thought that the fact that I’m giving two speeches this week, one tomorrow at the Center for American Progress on American leadership and to talk about a lot of the sort of durable values and interests that shape our policies today an...

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  • Interview With Reuters

    Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC October 11, 2011 QUESTION: Thanks very much for doing this. SECRETARY CLINTON: I’m happy to do it – glad this worked out. QUESTION: We should have tea more often. (Laughter.) SECRETARY CLINTON: That’s right. Exactly. Well, when I invited you, I wanted to talk about these two speeches that I’m giving this week. And obviously, there are a lot of other things going on in the world. But just so that I fulfill my oblig...

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  • Remarks at the Kumpuris Distinguished Lecture Series

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Clinton Presidential Center Little Rock, Arkansas September 30, 2011 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Oh, my goodness. Oh. Dean, that story brought back so many – (laughter) – extraordinary memories of that cold December day, standing in the water in the waders, and I’ll only add a few little details. (Laughter). I didn’t think it was uncharacteristic at all when they said, “Go ahead. You take the first shot.” (Laughter a...

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  • Smart Power Approach to Counterterrorism

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State John Jay School of Criminal Justice New York, New York September 9, 2011 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Thank you very much, President Travis. And it is, for me, a great personal pleasure to be in this new facility for John Jay. I had the opportunity to visit John Jay when it wasn’t quite as light-filled as this atrium is but knowing that it was always fulfilling its mission. And to come back here today to be with all of you is a singular honor. I&r...

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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 With Foreign Minister Al Khalifa After their Meeting

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Ministry of Foreign Affairs Manama, Bahrain December 3, 2010 FOREIGN MINISTER AL KHALIFA: (U.S. Embassy interpretation) Ladies and gentlemen, guests, good morning. I am delighted to welcome U.S. Secretary of State Mrs. Hillary Clinton and express my pleasure to have her in the Kingdom of Bahrain. On this occasion, I would like to commend the historical relations that tie our two friendly countries; relations that have been reinforced by the directives an...

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  • Interview With Cynthia McFadden of ABC's Nightline

    Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Secretary of Defense Robert Gates Grand Hyatt Hotel Melbourne, Australia November 7, 2010 QUESTION: Well, thank you both. I came over on your plane, I’m going home on your plane. His is bigger. SECRETARY CLINTON: (Laughter.) I’m not surprised. SECRETARY GATES: Proportionate to the budgets. SECRETARY CLINTON: I don’t know. He has a plane with no windows. Did you bring the no-window plane? SECRETARY GATES: Yes. QUESTION: The Doom’...

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  • Speech and Townterview with Australian Broadcasting Company

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Melbourne, Australia November 7, 2010 MODERATOR: Hello, I’m Leigh Sales. Welcome to this ABC News special, Hillary Rodham Clinton: An Australian Conversation. Let me explain today’s format. The Secretary of State will address our audience here in Melbourne for about 10 minutes or so and I’ll briefly interview her afterwards. I’ll then open the floor to questions from our audience will go for about three quarters of an hour. In our...

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  • Remarks With Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Ali Aboul Gheit (Revised)

    Press Availability Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Presidential Palace Cairo, Egypt November 4, 2009 FOREIGN MINISTER GHEIT: (Via interpreter) I would like to welcome the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. We had – she has had – just finished now a meeting with President Mubarak, a meeting that lasted more than an hour. We also met with Secretary Clinton yesterday evening, myself personally, as well as Omar Suleiman (inaudible). These were two-hour – that was a two-hour meet...

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  • Remarks at the Forum for the Future

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Marrakech, Morocco November 3, 2009 Remarks in Arabic | French  | Indonesian  | Russian | Swahili  | Turkish | Urdu SECRETARY CLINTON: So it is a pleasure to join you for this discussion, and I especially recognize the significance of having governor – government ministers and civil society leaders talking together about these issues of common concern. That may be too rare at sight, but it shouldn’t be, because our goal is to l...

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  • Remarks At Barnard College Commencement Ceremony

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State New York, New York May 18, 2009 Thank you so much. I am thrilled to be here and to participate in this important commencement of this great university – this great college, because I, too, am a graduate of a women’s college – (applause) – and I think it’s the best investment that I and my parents ever made. It is my honor, therefore, to join you in celebrating. And I want to congratulate all of the student speakers, who I th...

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  • 2009 International Women of Courage Awards

    Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC March 11, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, this is such an exciting occasion, and there were so many people who wanted to come today, but unfortunately, there is a limit to how many people we can let into this magnificent room. So there are people watching on closed-circuit TV all over this building, and beyond. And it is my pleasure to welcome you to the State Department to celebrate International Women’s Day wit...

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  • Interview With the Dallas Morning News Editorial Board

    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...

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  • Interview on NBC's Meet the Press with Tim Russert

    Interview on NBC's Meet the Press with Tim Russert Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC December 29, 2002 MR. RUSSERT:   Mr. Secretary, welcome.   SECRETARY POWELL:   Good morning, Tim.   MR. RUSSERT:   The North Koreans transferring fuel rods to make plutonium to make nuclear bombs, kicking out United Nations inspectors.   What is President Bush going to do about this?   SECRETARY POWELL:   Well, it's a very serious situation and we're taking it seriously, bu...

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  • The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative: Building Hope for the Years Ahead

    The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative: Building Hope for the Years Ahead Secretary Colin L. Powell The Heritage Foundation Washington, DC December 12, 2002 SECRETARY POWELL: Thank you very much, Ed, for that warm introduction. It's a great pleasure to be with you this afternoon, and Frank and Bill, good to be with you both. And to many other distinguished ladies and gentlemen, excellencies, friends, I want to thank you especially, and the Heritage Foundation, for inviting me here to spend a few mo...

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  • Remarks at the American Academy of Diplomacy Annual Awards Presentation Luncheon

    Remarks at the American Academy of Diplomacy Annual Awards Presentation Luncheon Secretary Colin L. Powell Department of State Washington, DC December 11, 2002 (2:15 p.m. EDT) SECRETARY POWELL: Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you so very much, Dick, for presenting me with this award. But beyond that, let me also take this opportunity to thank you for your friendship and your support and your understanding over the years. And congratulations on your assuming leadership of the Committ...

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  • Interview on CNN's Late Edition With Wolf Blitzer

    Interview on CNN's Late Edition With Wolf Blitzer Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC November 10, 2002 MR. BLITZER:   Secretary Powell, welcome back to Late Edition.   Thanks for coming in. Congratulations on the big win at the UN Security Council.   But the key question is this: Will Saddam Hussein comply? SECRETARY POWELL:   We don't know.   He has not complied in the past, and that is why we put in this resolution that this is a last chance. If he does not comply this t...

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  • Partners in the Fight Against Landmines

    Partners in the Fight Against Landmines Secretary Colin L. Powell Remarks at Appreciation Dinner Washington, DC November 27, 2001 7:20 P.M. EST SECRETARY POWELL: Your Majesty, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, thank you so very much for your warm response. And, Linc, I thank you for that very long and gracious introduction. (Laughter.) That guy works for me, too -- or did. (Laughter.) It is a great pleasure to welcome you here to the Ben Franklin Room. These are the diplomatic rooms of the Department ...

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