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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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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC October 31, 2014 QUESTION: We’re here with the Secretary of State John Kerry. Welcome, Mr. Secretary. SECRETARY KERRY: I’m delighted to be with you. I’m honored to be with you on your first outing here. QUESTION: Well, thank you for joining us. SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you. QUESTION: We have so much to talk about. The deadline for the Iranian nuclear negotiations is November 24. What are the odds of having a deal by then or being clo...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Shangri-La Hotel Jakarta, Indonesia October 20, 2014 QUESTION: Could I just ask you a very brief question about the thinking that went into the air drops of the weapons and ammunition into Kobane? SECRETARY KERRY: Absolutely. QUESTION: And, for both of you, I'm wondering if you could talk -- say anything about how concerned, if at all you are, about the case of this Marine, American Marine, who's been accused of murder in the Philippines. SECRETARY KERRY: We...
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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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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Ciragan Palace Istanbul, Turkey April 7, 2013 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube . FOREIGN MINISTER DAVUTOGLU: I will speak in Turkish. (Via interpreter) Distinguished members of the press, U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. John Kerry, is once again with us, while second time in a row in a period of a month, and it gives me great pleasure and an honor to be (inaudible) again. And I would like to welcome him once again, along with his (inaudibl...
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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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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Ritz-Carlton Hotel Washington, DC October 31, 2011 Thank you. Thank you so much, and it is a great pleasure for me to be here this evening. I want to thank Ambassador Rich Armitage for that introduction and for his long service to our country. I also want to thank Tom Kennedy and Jim Holmes and everyone at the American-Turkish Council. I am delighted that our respective ambassadors are here, Ambassador Ricciardone and Ambassador Tan. And I am pleased to ...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Waldorf Astoria New York, New York September 22, 2011 Well, good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us here in New York for the launch of this Global Counterterrorism Forum. I think the words of the Global Survivors Network that we have just heard and witnessed in this very moving documentary gives us the right basis on which to meet this morning, because clearly our goal is to work together to do whatever we can to ensure that there are not mo...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State , Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC June 5, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon. Minister Davutoglu and I just had a very productive, broad-ranging, comprehensive discussion. And it is a great privilege to welcome him here to the State Department within the very first weeks of his having been appointed foreign minister. Of course, I was very honored to have gone to Turkey very early in my term as Secretary of State, and President Obam...
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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Ankara, Turkey March 7, 2009 QUESTION: Madame Secretary of State, thank you for your time. I know it’s very limited, so it’s going to be a very disorderly interview. (Laughter.) I’m going to jump from one question to another without the – now, the big news you brought us is President Obama’s coming visit to Turkey. Now, I wonder, is the President going to come to Turkey as a NATO ally, or as an ally – Islamic country...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Ankara, Turkey March 7, 2009 FOREIGN MINISTER BABACAN: (Via interpreter) We would like to welcome Mrs. Clinton. We had a telephone conversation a few weeks ago, and I invited the Secretary during that telephone conversation, and I would like to thank the Secretary for having accepted my invitation and having come so quickly, I mean, after the telephone conversation. This is the first visit of Mrs. Clinton to Turkey after the Obama administration took ove...
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Roundtable With Associated Press Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 15, 2008 SECRETARY RICE: Well, I thought that we’d spend a few moments discussing the work that we’re going to do in New York. I’ll leave in a few minutes to go to New York. Today, we will have a meeting that the British are sponsoring on Zimbabwe. And the purpose of that meeting is to review the situation in Zimbabwe, but I think the position of the United States is well known on this, that we’ve...
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Interview With Matthew Swibel of Forbes Magazine Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 3, 2007 Complete Interview Series with Forbes Magazine: 8.07.2008 - 3.11.2008 - 12.03.2007 - 10.15.2007 - 09.30.2007 QUESTION: I'm trying to collect a string of anecdotes that I can synthesize and use to demonstrate how you manage. Just to recap, we've talked about the importance of early on making some calls and moves to create a civilian diplomatic force in areas of concern, like Pakistan and...
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Interview With Zain Verjee of CNN Secretary Condoleezza Rice Istanbul, Turkey November 3, 2007 QUESTION: President Musharraf has just declared a state of emergency and is imposing martial law. What's your reaction? SECRETARY RICE: Well, first of all, the situation is still unfolding. I have heard from authoritative sources, Pakistani television, apparently, that there will be a state of emergency imposed. We've not seen President Musharraf yet or heard a statement from him. Obviously, as we've said befo...
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Remarks at Expanded Neighboring Countries of Iraq Foreign Ministers Meeting Secretary Condoleezza Rice Istanbul, Turkey November 3, 2007 SECRETARY RICE: Thank you very much. Let me join my colleagues in thanking the Government of Turkey for arranging this meeting here in Istanbul, this beautiful city. I would like to thank Prime Minister Erdogan for coming this morning to lead off. And Turkey has made excellent arrangements and is very greatly appreciated. The United States remains, of course, completel...
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Briefing En Route Ankara, Turkey Secretary Condoleezza Rice En Route Ankara, Turkey November 1, 2007 SECRETARY RICE: We're headed, obviously, to Turkey for two important events. First, to have a set of bilateral discussions with the Turks, important strategic relationship. We have a number of issues to discuss. We can get into them during your questions. And then, of course, the neighbors ministerial which will take place. And during that ministerial, I think we'll take the opportunity to have some addi...
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Remarks With British Foreign Secretary David Miliband After Their Meeting Secretary Condoleezza Rice Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC October 22, 2007 Joint Statement by Secretary Rice and Foreign Secretary Miliband View Video (6:25 p.m. EDT) SECRETARY RICE: Good evening. I am delighted to welcome my colleague, Foreign Secretary David Miliband. David, welcome. We've had a very good and extensive discussion. Of course, the United States and Great Britain share so many interests, but of cou...
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Roundtable With Traveling Press Secretary Condoleezza Rice Moscow, Russia October 13, 2007 SECRETARY RICE: Okay. Why don't we just go directly to questions. QUESTION: Can we follow up on your human rights meeting with the activists this morning? SECRETARY RICE: Sure. QUESTION: Can you give us a sense of to what extent you talked about human rights in Russia generally when you met yesterday with President Putin, and then whether it featured at all -- I suspect it didn't -- in the 2+2 meeting, which is, y...
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Special Briefing by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC June 18, 2007 View Video (1:29 p.m. EDT) SECRETARY RICE: Good afternoon. This morning President Bush spoke with Palestinian Authority President Abbas. He told him that the United States supports his legitimate decision to form an emergency government of responsible Palestinians, and he welcomed the appointment of Salam Fayyad as Prime Minister. The President pledged the full support of the United States for...
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Interview With the Associated Press Editorial Board Secretary Condoleezza Rice New York, New York June 8, 2007 QUESTION: On Iran, you talk a lot about how Iran cannot be allowed to negotiate while it's still working toward, in your view, building a bomb. But couldn't it also be true that this impasse where essentially the sanctions haven't persuaded them to do anything differently -- in fact, they appear to be accelerating that program -- is -- it's the same thing. I mean, they are working toward nuclea...
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Briefing En Route Madrid, Spain Secretary Condoleezza Rice En Route Madrid, Spain June 1, 2007 SECRETARY RICE: Good morning. Okay, Helene's still in the middle of her breakfast. (Laughter.) So is Glenn. Yeah, the Times and the Post are competing, as usual. So I'll just take your questions. QUESTION: Did you see anything positive coming out of the Solana-Larijani meetings yesterday? There seemed to be some somewhat conflicting accounts of their own afterward as to whether they made any progress. SECRETAR...
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