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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC October 19, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you. Good afternoon, everybody. I want to start by welcoming my friend, Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se, back to Washington. He is here with Korean Defense Minister Han for the fourth U.S.-R.O.K. 2+2 discussion, as we call it. And this afternoon, joined by Defense Secretary Carter, we had a very productive discussion about our alliance and about the various possibilities that we face in terms of increa...

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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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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Presidential Palace Lima, Peru December 11, 2014 MODERATOR: (Via interpreter) Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. The government palace of Peru would like to welcome you. We are now going to begin with the press statements given by the President of Peru Ollanta Humala Tasso and the Secretary of State of the United States of America Mr. John Kerry. First of all, the Secretary of the United States will take the floor, Mr. John Kerry. SECRETARY KERRY: Well, muchas gr...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State U.S. Chamber of Commerce Washington, DC December 8, 2014 Thank you very much, Myron, and I accept the nomination. (Laughter.) I am happy to be here with all of you. It’s got to be hard walking around with everybody calling you brilliant, don’t you think? (Laughter.) Not a bad way to go. Ladies and Gentlemen, Distinguished Guests all, Ambassadors, Your Excellencies, my great friend former Secretary General of the Arab League Amr Moussa, former Deputy Secr...

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

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC June 16, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon, everybody. My distinct privilege to welcome Foreign Minister Heraldo Munoz here to Washington, and in doing so, to be able to reaffirm that Chile is unquestionably one of the strongest partners that the United States has in Latin America. And Chile is proof that if you follow democratic principles, if you have sound economic policies and good governance, you can contribute in many significant ...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Organization of American States Washington, DC November 18, 2013 Mr. Secretary-General, thank you very, very much. Thank you for a wonderful welcome on this absolutely beautiful, luscious, seductive fall day, as pretty as it gets, and one that’s quickly prompting all of us to ask why we’re at work today. I’m privileged to be here. I want to thank the Inter-American Dialogue. Thank you, Michael Shifter, and thank you, Ambassador Deborah-Mae Lovell f...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State The Willard Hotel Washington, DC November 14, 2013 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. Thank you, thank you. Thank you very much, Ambassador. Thank you very much. (Applause.) Please, thank you, thank you, thank you. I am enormously grateful (inaudible). Winston Churchill said the only reason people ever give a standing ovation is they desperately need an excuse to shift their underwear. (Laughter.) I know you had a much more noble cause in mind. (Laughter.) And I ...

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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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Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Antigua, Guatemala June 5, 2013 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good afternoon. First, I want to make a comment about an event in Washington. President Obama, I believe, has made a terrific set of appointments in naming Ambassador Susan Rice to be the new National Security Advisor and in nominating Samantha Power to serve as our next Ambassador to the United Nations. They are both extremely capable and very, very respected public servants, and strong foreign polic...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Berlaymont Building Brussels, Belgium April 22, 2013 The video is available with closed captioning on YouTube. MS. HANSEN: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to this event, where you, the trainees of the European Commission, will have the opportunity to hear some words from President Barroso and from U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. And then you will have an informal chat with them, I hope, for a few minutes. So I give the floor immediately to Presiden...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Grand Hyatt Hotel Seoul, South Korea April 12, 2013 SECRETARY KERRY: Wow. Thank you very much. I had no idea I was coming to talk to this many people assembled so formally, and I understand you have eaten; is that correct? AUDIENCE: Yes. SECRETARY KERRY: Thank God. (Laughter.) There’s nothing that would be worse. I was – I thought I had more power than I’ve ever had as Secretary of State being all that stood between you and your meal, and now you t...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Ben Franklin Room Washington, DC April 2, 2013 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube . SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon. It’s a great pleasure for me to welcome Foreign Minister Yun here today to Washington. This is his first visit as the Foreign Minister, and it’s my first visit with him as Secretary of State. And we’re both delighted to start off this way, two very close friends, countries, that have traveled a very intere...

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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...

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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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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 Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Singapore Management University Singapore November 17, 2012 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, thank you very much. Thank you, President De Meyer, for welcoming all of us here to SMU. Thank you, Ambassador Adelman, for your exemplary service here in Singapore, strengthening and deepening the already very strong relationship between our two countries. Thank you also for the Minister of State and the Min...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC October 24, 2012 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube . SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, hello, everyone. And once again, it is a great delight for me to welcome a colleague and friend here to the State Department. The Foreign Minister and I have had an excellent working relationship. Earlier this year, I traveled to Brazil for the third meeting of the U.S.-Brazil Global Partnership Dialogue as well as the Rio...

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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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Press Availability Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Consulate General Vladivostok Vladivostok, Russia September 9, 2012 SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon, everybody. Well, first, let me say how pleased I was to visit Vladivostok, and to see the new university for this APEC meeting. I was very delighted to attend on behalf of President Obama. Let me just highlight a few of the developments, beginning with what APEC’s members are doing to promote sustainable growth while preserving and prot...

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Press Availability Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Busan Exhibition and Convention Center Busan, South Korea November 30, 2011 SECRETARY CLINTON: Hello, everyone. It’s a great pleasure to be back in the Republic of Korea. Before I begin, I want to say a brief word about yesterday’s events at the British Embassy in Tehran, Iran. The United States condemns this attack in the strongest possible terms. It is an affront, not only to the British people but also to the international commu...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State East-West Center Honolulu, HI November 10, 2011 DR. MORRISON: Aloha. AUDIENCE: Aloha. DR. MORRISON: How do you introduce the Secretary of State? And I think the first thing I think of as a public servant, we sometimes hear the word public servant spoken in a kind of derogatory tone. But the public servants that I’ve known, the members of our state and local government, members of our Congress, members of the international community, with a lot of v...

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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Ministry of Foreign Affairs Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic October 15, 2011 October 5, 2011 QUESTION: We’re in Santo Domingo. You’ve had the Prosperity meeting on the same week that President Obama has sent trade agreements with Colombia, with Panama, and South Korea to Congress. How important are these two last treaties, Colombia and Panama? Many say, well, these are small economies; this isn’t really relevant for the U.S. How &nd...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Economic Club of New York New York City October 14, 2011 MODERATOR: Good morning everyone, and welcome to the 418th meeting of the Economic Club of New York. We’re now in our 104th year. Today, again we prove that we are the nation’s premier nonpartisan forum for discussion of economic policy. Today we welcome our Secretary of State. Hillary Rodham Clinton has demonstrated that in foreign policy and national security what is economic is strat...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC October 12, 2011 MODERATOR: Good afternoon. Welcome back, for those of you who were with us yesterday evening and this morning. I think we’ve had a tremendous conference. We’re tremendously honored to have a friend, a mentor, an inspiration, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton here with us today. I want to extend a sincere thanks to you, Madam Secretary, for taking this time out of your schedule to join us and deepen our ...

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

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Press Availability Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Ministry of Foreign Affairs Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic October 5, 2011 SECRETARY CLINTON: Hi, everyone. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Let me tell you how pleased I am to be back in Santo Domingo. And I am grateful to our hosts, the Government, and people of the Dominican Republic for the leadership in making the Pathways to Prosperity ministerial a success. I’m also pleased to be here with our ambassador to the Dominican Republi...

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Press Availability Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic October 5, 2011 SECRETARY CLINTON: Hi, everyone. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Let me tell you how pleased I am to be back in Santo Domingo. And I am grateful to our hosts, the Government, and people of the Dominican Republic for the leadership in making the Pathways to Prosperity ministerial a success. I’m also pleased to be here with our ambassador to the Dominican Republic, who understands firsthand...

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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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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Remarks following trilateral meeting Washington, DC December 6, 2010 SECRETARY CLINTON:   Good afternoon.  I am delighted to have both Minister Maehara of Japan and Minister Kim of the Republic of Korea here for these consultations and this historic trilateral meeting that underscores the strength of our shared commitment to advancing regional peace, prosperity, and stability.  These discussions illustrate the importance of the deep bilate...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State National Museum Manama, Bahrain December 3, 2010 MODERATOR ONE: Madam Secretary, welcome to Bahrain. It’s an honor to have you here. SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you, and thank you for hosting this wonderful event. And thanks to all of you for being here at the museum for this discussion. I’m very much looking forward to it. I think that – you may know this is my first trip to your country, but already I am feeling very much at home. So I h...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Port of Melbourne Education Center Melbourne, Australia November 7, 2010 MR. SCALES: Madam Secretary, Deputy Assistant Secretary Ms. Reed, Mr. Ambassador, Deputy Chief of Mission, Consul General, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, welcome. My name is Bill Scales and I’m chairman of the Port of Melbourne Corporation. It is a great honor to welcome the Secretary of State to the Port of Melbourne. For over 150 years, the Port of Melbourne has...

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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 Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State International Islamic University of Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia November 2, 2010 MR. ISKANDER: Ladies and gentlemen, please put your hands together and welcome Her Excellency, the United States Secretary of State, Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton. (Applause.) Okay. (In Malaysian.) A very good afternoon to all. First of all, thank you very much for being here. And today is a very, very historical day for everyone, especially for us. We have the honorable g...

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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Marakech, Morocco November 3, 2009 QUESTION: First of all, on behalf of the Moroccan viewers, Madame Secretary of State, I would like to thank you very much, despite a busy week and a very heavy schedule. My first question is during the past 10 years, His Majesty the King Mohammed VI has initiated reforms across the board – social, economic, human rights, and more specifically, women’s rights. SECRETARY CLINTON: Yes. QUESTION: I would like ...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Marrakech, Morocco November 2, 2009 FOREIGN MINISTER FASSI-FIRHI: (Via interpreter) In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, first of all, I wish to apologize in my name and on behalf of my colleague, the Honorable Secretary of State, for this delay over which we had no control, considering that we have had many bilateral and regional meetings. So we shall now convene the Forum for the Future. However, beforehand, I wish on behalf of His ...

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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...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State San Salvador, El Salvador May 31, 2009 Thank you. I am delighted to be with you today and I feel privileged to be in El Salvador at this historic moment for the Salvadoran people. The transfer of power that we will witness tomorrow exemplifies the progress that has occurred throughout our hemisphere during the past two decades. This gathering – which is being co-hosted by two parties who were once at war – is hard evidence of the strength and...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC April 27, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, we are very pleased to have Minister Yeo here with us on behalf of Singapore, a nation that we have very close and constructive relationships with, a nation that is right at the core of global commerce, and I think was just named for the 21 st year in a row the best port. So we know that it’s a critical part of the global economy. And I also want to thank you and your government for...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State , Secretary of State Remarks With South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Seoul, South Korea February 20, 2009 FOREIGN MINISTER YU: (Via interpreter) – Good morning, everyone. I am delighted to welcome Secretary Clinton, who is here visiting Korea on her first overseas trip as the Secretary of State. Today, Secretary Clinton and I shared the view that the ROK-U.S. alliance is a cornerstone for peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in Northe...

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Remarks From Daughters and Sons Meeting at the Council on Foreign Relations Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 17, 2008 MS. MITCHELL: Welcome. This is so wonderful for me to see all of you, many of you friends, many of you sons and daughters of friends. I am Andrea Mitchell from NBC News, Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, and you all know our very special guest, the Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice. Welcome to the Council on Foreign Relations. And tonight is a very special evening...

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Interview With Maria Bartiromo of CNBC Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 11, 2008 QUESTION: Secretary Rice, nice to have you on the program. SECRETARY RICE: Nice to be with you, Maria. QUESTION: Thank you so much for joining us. So final days in office here and you have been busier than ever. SECRETARY RICE: Right. QUESTION: You went to Mumbai. Tell me what your impression was on the ground in India. SECRETARY RICE: Well, I was in India to do a couple of things. First, to send a very st...

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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...

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Remarks at the U.S.-Palestinian Public-Private Partnership Promoting Economic and Educational Opportunities for the Palestinian People Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 3, 2007 SECRETARY RICE: Well, thank you very much. I'm going to just say a few words and then I think we should have a little time for discussion. We have little time, because I'm going to take the co-chairs over to meet the President in a little while and so we don't want to be late for the President. But I just wanted ...

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Remarks at the Organization of American States, Hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC October 9, 2007 View Video SECRETARY RICE: Thank you very much. Thank you, Carla -- Ambassador Hills, a long-time friend that very kind introduction. I would like to thank also Secretary General Insulza for welcoming us here to the Organization of American States and you have given fantastic leadership to this organization, and indeed to the hemisphere. Thank you for that....

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Roundtable With Trade and Economic Journalists Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC October 9, 2007 SECRETARY RICE: Shall we just go directly to questions? I've just given a speech on Latin America and the importance of the three free trade agreements there, but it was, in more general terms, a defense of trade and its importance to the strategic objectives of democratic states that can deliver for its people. That was sort of the theme -- about the Pan-American community and the importance of this...

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Print Roundtable Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC July 9, 2007 (11:00 a.m. EST) QUESTION: Maribel Hastings with La Opinion . Nice to meet you. Madame Secretary, my question is on immigration. It's an important issue for the Americas as well and I was wondering is the Administration -- or does the Administration have any plans to (inaudible) this issue after the bill's demise in the Senate? SECRETARY RICE: Well, obviously, it was a disappointment to see what happened to the immigration bill, bec...

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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 Joint Press Conference Secretary Colin L. Powell Foreign Ministry Mexico City, Mexico November 26, 2002 Thank you very much, Mr. Secretary, and let me just say it's been my distinct pleasure to head the US delegation to this year's Binational Commission meeting. I speak for the entire US team when I say that this has, indeed, been a very productive two days of high level discussions -- constructive discussions, which reflect the strong determination of Presidents Bush and Fox to deepen the re...

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Remarks at the American Chamber of Commerce Secretary Colin L. Powell Sheraton Maria Isabel Mexico City, Mexico November 25, 2002 (5:45 L) SECRETARY POWELL: Well, thank you very much, Bill, for that kind introduction. It's a great pleasure for me to be with you all this evening. Is this microphone on? Can you hear me okay? First of all, let me apologize for being late. Yeah, I don't think, I don't think it's working. How's that? There we go. Okay? First of all, let me apologize for being late. I hate to...

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Interview on CNN's Larry King Live Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC November 26, 2001 3:05 P.M. EST QUESTION: We're at the John Quincy Adams Reception Room, the United States Department of State, Washington, DC, and it's our special pleasure to have as our guest Secretary of State Colin Powell. We are old friends, but I will call him Mr. Secretary. SECRETARY POWELL: Thank you, Larry. QUESTION: You're welcome. SECRETARY POWELL: I'll call you Mr. King. QUESTION: No, don't. Don't do that. First, be...

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Remarks to National Association of Manufacturers Secretary Colin L. Powell Board of Directors Meeting Monarch Hotel, Washington, DC October 31, 2001 3:00 p.m. EDT SECRETARY POWELL: Thank you so very much, ladies and gentlemen, for that warm welcome. And Don, I thank you for your kind and generous introduction. And I am pleased to follow the many distinguished colleagues of mine. You have heard from within the Administration already the President and my other Cabinet colleagues, and I am pleased to have ...

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Trade Belongs in Our Diplomatic Tool Kit Secretary Colin L. Powell Op-Ed Wall Street Journal October 16, 2001 Since Sept. 11, our efforts have been devoted to the creation of an international coalition to root out and punish those responsible for this day of horror. Now, we must ensure that our broader foreign policy agenda is not hijacked by the terrorists. While the campaign against international terrorism remains our top priority, it must not be our only priority. Among our other priorities, nothing ...

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Remarks at the Special General Assembly of the Organization of American States Secretary Colin L. Powell Lima, Peru September 11, 2001 Thank you, Mr. Chairman, it is a great pleasure to be here in Lima at this Special General Assembly of the Organization of American States. I would like to take a moment to extend our gratitude to you, Mr. Chairman, to President Toledo, and especially to the people of Peru for organizing and so graciously hosting this historic Special General Assembly. I would also like ...

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Press Conference With Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Admiral Dennis C. Blair, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, Minister of Defense Peter Reith, and Admiral Chris Barrie Secretary Colin L. Powell Remarks to the Press Canberra, Australia July 30, 2001 FOREIGN MINISTER DOWNER: Right, well ladies and gentlemen, can I say we have just completed a very full and productive day's discussion with Secretary Powell and Secretary Rumsfeld and also Admiral Blair, the CINCPAC. The Australia-U.S. Ministerial ...

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Remarks at the University of Witwatersrand Secretary Colin L. Powell Remarks to University of Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa May 25, 2001 SECRETARY POWELL: Thank you very much. Thank you. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Let me start by saying that I am deeply honored to receive a copy of your bill of rights, modeled in the fashion of our Bill of Rights. Our Bill of Rights represented the first Ten Amendments to our Constitution, and the very first of those Amendments was the right of fre...

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Interview on The Lehrer News Hour Secretary Colin L. Powell Interview by Jim Lehrer of The Lehrer News Hour Washington, DC April 23, 2001 MR. LEHRER: Mr. Secretary, welcome. SECRETARY POWELL: Thank you, Jim. Good to be with you again. MR. LEHRER: What is the latest on why that American missionary plane was shot down over Peru? SECRETARY POWELL: Well, first let me express my condolences, as well as those of the United States Government, for the loss of those two people, the mother and the infant. It's a ...

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Press Availability with Foreign Minister Downer of Australia Secretary Colin L. Powell Press Availability with Alexander Downer, M.P., Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia Washington, DC March 22, 2001 SECRETARY POWELL: It is a great pleasure for me to have hosted today the Foreign Minister of Australia, Mr. Alexander Downer. This year marks the 100th anniversary of Australian federation and the 50th anniversary of our treaty alliance, a treaty alliance that has served both nations in the cause of p...

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Testimony at Budget Hearing before House International Relations Committee Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC March 7, 2001 Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman and Mr. Lantos, for your very, very cogent and to-the-point opening statements. It's a great pleasure to be before the committee for the first time, and I look forward to working with all the Members. And I will be back here as often as you invite me, or as much as you can stand me -- whichever may be the case. I am very pleased to be here to...

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Press Remarks with Foreign Minister of Egypt Amre Moussa Secretary Colin L. Powell Cairo, Egypt (Ittihadiya Palace) February 24, 2001 FOREIGN MINISTER MOUSSA: I would like to welcome the Secretary of State, Colin Powell, on his first visit to Egypt, especially at this juncture when a lot of things are taking place and following the serious developments in this region. We welcome the Secretary of State as we welcome the role of the United States as the main sponsor of the peace process and as a friend of...

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