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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Paris, France January 15, 2017 SECRETARY KERRY: Look, I – first of all, I am grateful to the French for being willing to host the conference and I appreciate and respect their moral engagement and passion with the issue of peace, which I know matters to them deeply. And I think that – I really do believe that it is important that 70 nations, particularly – well, entities, but mostly nations – came together to reinforce the two-state solution ...
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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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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Cambridge, Massachusetts January 9, 2017 QUESTION: Senator Kerry, I hear you have logged 1.4 million more miles than any other secretary of state in history, and I’m wondering, are you happy to be done with this or would you keep going if you could? SECRETARY KERRY: It’s a great job. It’s a great job. I could certainly keep going for a while, but that’s not the way it is, so I’m looking forward to new adventures – to getting out...
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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Cambridge, Massachusetts January 9, 2017 QUESTION: Secretary Kerry, thank you so much for speaking with me today. SECRETARY KERRY: My pleasure. Thank you. QUESTION: First of all, I want to ask you – just big-picture here – how are you feeling at the end of your term? SECRETARY KERRY: I feel great. I mean, I feel very energized still, very focused, trying to finish up some key things; regretting a little bit that there isn’t more time to try to fi...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State The Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC December 28, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very, very much. Thank you. (Coughs.) Excuse me. Thank you for your patience, all of you. For those of you who celebrated Christmas, I hope you had a wonderful Christmas. Happy Chanukah. And to everybody here, I know it’s the middle of a holiday week. I understand. (Laughter.) But I wish you all a very, very productive and Happy New Year. Tod...
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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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Regions: Egypt , France , Germany , Iran , Israel , Japan , Jordan , Kuwait , Libya , Pakistan , Philippines , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Taiwan , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank , Yemen
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Samarkand, Uzbekistan November 1, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: Excuse me. Well, Mr. President, thank you. Thank you very much for your very generous welcome here to Uzbekistan and to Samarkand. It’s a great privilege for me to be here, and it is a magnificent city – a UNESCO World Heritage Site. So I already wish I had more time to be able to spend here. And as the world knows, Samarkand has long been a center of world events from the time of Alexander the Grea...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Paris, France October 18, 2015 DIRECTOR-GENERAL BOKOVA : (In French.) As the fabric of human society seems increasingly under attack by forces that deny the existence of a shared heritage, forces that strike at the heart of our sense of community, I am convinced world heritage holds out a contrary and positive vision of human society and our human nature. So it is not just world heritage; UNESCO itself holds out a positive vision of human society against violent ext...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Catherine A. Novelli Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Loy Henderson Conference Room Washington, DC June 17, 2014 Moderator: Under Secretary Catherine Novelli Guest Speakers: Tommy E. Remengesau, Jr., President, Republic of Palau Heraldo Munoz, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chile Borge Brende, Foreign Minister, Norway Robert Dussey, Foreign Minister, Togo Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Managing D...
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Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Catherine A. Novelli Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Loy Henderson Conference Room Washington, DC June 16, 2014 ANNOUNCER: "Our Ocean" Conference hosted by the U.S. Department of State. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Secretary of State of the United States of America, the President of the Republic of Kiribati and the Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environm...
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Regions: Guinea , Iraq , Kiribati , Nauru , Palau , Spain , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs, Treaties and International Agreements
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Chief of Mission Residence Paris, France February 27, 2013 Merci beaucoup, Monsieur l’Ambassadeur (Laughter), je suis tres content d’etre ici. Merci a tout le monde. Bonjour! I’m really happy to be here. And though the Foreign Service is in my blood, I have no intention of bleeding while I’m here. (Laughter.) Let me introduce to all of you – I’m going to say a few words about Charlie in a minute, but we have the Ambassador from UN...
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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 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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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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October 27, 2010 to November 8, 2010 Travels With Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Photos (November 2-8) | Photos (October 27-November 1) Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled to Hawaii, Vietnam , China , Cambodia , Malaysia , Papua New Guinea , New Zealand , and Australia October 27-November 8. Secretary Clinton arrived in Honolulu on October 27 where she met with Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara to discuss a broad range of issues, including our close coord...
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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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