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May 31, 2012 to June 7, 2012 Travels With Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Photos : Armenia  | Azerbaijan Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled to Denmark , Norway , Sweden , Armenia , Georgia , Azerbaijan , and Turkey from May 31-June 7. In Copenhagen, Denmark, Secretary Clinton held bilateral meetings with senior Danish officials. She also participated in the kick-off event for Green Partnerships for Growth, a bilateral initiative to promote green technology t...

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June 26, 2012 to June 30, 2012 Travels With Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Photos : Geneva   St. Petersburg Secretary Clinton traveled to Finland , Latvia , Russia , and Switzerland , June 27-July 1. In Helsinki, Finland, Secretary Clinton held bilateral meetings with senior Finnish officials to discuss a number of shared foreign policy priorities, including the European economy, Syria, Iran, and climate change. She highlighted Finland’s commitment and leadership in Afghanistan, sp...

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July 5, 2012 to July 17, 2012 Travels With Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary Clinton traveled to France , Afghanistan , Japan , Mongolia , Vietnam , Laos, Cambodia , Egypt , and Israel departing Washington, DC on July 5. In Paris on July 6, Secretary Clinton attended the third meeting of the Friends of the Syrian People. At that meeting, the Secretary consulted with her colleagues on steps to increase pressure on the Assad regime and to support UN-Arab League Special Envoy Annan&r...

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July 31, 2012 to August 10, 2012 Travels With Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Photos Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled to Africa July 31 through August 10, 2012. During this trip, the Secretary emphasized U.S. policy commitments outlined in the Presidential Policy Directive - to strengthen democratic institutions, spur economic growth, advance peace and security as well as promote opportunity and development for all citizens. The Secretary’s first stop was Sene...

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Regions: Somalia , South Africa , Sudan , Uganda , United Kingdom , United States

Topics: Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy

October 29, 2012 to November 2, 2012 Travels With Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Photos Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled to Algeria , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Serbia , Kosovo , Albania , and Croatia from October 29 to November 2. On October 30 in Algeria, the Secretary consulted with President Bouteflika on issues of bilateral and regional concern and followed up the productive discussions on economic and security cooperation at the U.S-Algeria Strategic Dialogue h...

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November 11, 2012 to November 20, 2012 Travels With Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Photos: Australia  -  East Asia Summit Cambodia 2012 | President's Trip Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled to Perth and Adelaide, Australia ; Singapore ; Bangkok, Thailand ; Rangoon, Burma ; and Phnom Penh, Cambodia November 11-20, 2012. On November 11, Secretary Clinton traveled to Perth, Australia to join U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, Australian Foreign Minister Bob Car...

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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Chicago, Illinois October 26, 2016 QUESTION: Secretary Kerry, welcome. I – we’re 80-some days from the – as we sit here today at the University of Chicago, we’re 80-some days from the end of this administration. It seems like a good time to kind of look back a little bit at your life and your career. And I wanted to ask you, I’m so intrigued by the fact that your dad was in the Foreign Service. And I was – what influence did tha...

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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 John Kerry Secretary of State National Convention Center Vientiane, Laos July 25, 2016 FOREIGN MINISTER WANG: Honorable John Kerry, Secretary of State of the United – Department of State of the United States of America, dear ASEAN colleagues, Secretary General of ASEAN, distinguished delegates, and ladies and gentlemen, I would like to express my warmest welcome on behalf of the Government of the Lao PDR to all honorable foreign ministers of Mekong countries and Secretary of State John Ker...

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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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Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Ministry of Foreign Affairs Naypyitaw, Burma May 22, 2016 MODERATOR: (Inaudible.) We will commence this press briefing with a brief statement by the Minister for (inaudible) of Myanmar, to be followed by the Secretary of State of the United States of America, and then the minister will take questions. And may I now call upon the minister for to deliver a speech. FOREIGN MINISTER AUNG SAN SUU KYI: Thank you. I won’t take too much time because I don&r...

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Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium May 19, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon, everybody. I’m personally very pleased to be back in Brussels, which I have come to understand, as many people in the world have, is a city of remarkable strength and resilience. And I’m very, very grateful to Secretary-General Stoltenberg and my NATO colleagues for the productive discussions that we’ve been able to have thus far today to lay the groundwork for the alliance ...

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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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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 John Kerry Secretary of State Dilgusha Palace Kabul, Afghanistan April 9, 2016 MODERATOR: (In progress) (Via interpreter) and after that we will only allow two questions. We’ll only be responding to two questions. So (inaudible) to his Excellency, president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – your Excellency president. PRESIDENT GHANI: (Via interpreter) The entirely merciful, especially merciful, honorable John Kerry, Secretary of State, and respective delegation with you, most ...

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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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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC February 29, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Good evening, everybody. Well, Frank-Walter and I wanted to take advantage of Leap Year, the extra day in February, so we figured we’d get together once again. We are hardly, hardly strangers. We spent an enormous amount of time in Vienna, in Lausanne, in Montreux, in Geneva, and already in Munich this year, and we’ve spent a lot of time working together, cooperating, and talking about the cri...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Ben Franklin Room Washington, DC February 23, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon, everybody. I’m delighted to welcome Minister Wang Yi back to the State Department to the Ben Franklin Room and back to Washington. And we had a – this is about the third time that we have now met in the last weeks, and we’ve had occasion to have a lot of conversations about all of the topics of interest between our countries. As I have said many times, the United St...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Bayerischer Hof Hotel Munich, Germany February 13, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you, Wolfgang. Thank you very much. Well, Wolfgang, thank you for reminding me that everything I’m doing now is a last. (Laughter.) It’s a little – depending on what I decide to do, so maybe not. (Laughter.) I am really happy to be back in Munich and I’m very happy to share thoughts with this, the 52nd edition of the Security Conference. And I think if you all thin...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Ben Franklin Room Washington, DC January 12, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good morning, everybody, and welcome to the State Department. I’m very, very pleased to be here with my colleague, Ash Carter, and my friends, Secretary Albert del Rosario and Secretary Gazmin. We’re here to reinforce and reaffirm the alliance between the United States and the Philippines, one of the strongest and longest, actually. As you know, this room that we are in was named fo...

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Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State The Kremlin Moscow, Russia December 15, 2015 FOREIGN MINISTER LAVROV: (Via interpreter) Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Today, we had a big negotiating day with John Kerry and his delegation finalizing their working visit to Moscow. We started with negotiations at Russian foreign ministry and we continued here in the Kremlin during the meeting with President Putin. Negotiations in the morning and in the evening were concrete, specific. We were focusin...

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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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Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Vienna, Austria November 14, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: (In French.) I’ll just say what I said, the last part, in English. I want to make sure that it is absolutely crystal clear that the United States stands with France and the rest of the world in our resolve to eliminate the scourge of violent extremist groups from the face of the Earth. And make no mistake: that resolve has only grown stronger in the wake of this unspeakable brutality. And I think Se...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC November 12, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: Nancy, thank you very, very much. I apologize for being a couple minutes late over here. And I’m delighted to see a lot of friends and pleased that all of you could come here, share some thoughts this afternoon. It’s great for me to be here, and I want to thank the United States Institute of Peace for hosting all of us here this afternoon. I have to tell you I’m used to flying long distances to deli...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Nazarbayev University Astana, Kazakhstan November 2, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: (In Kazakh.) (Applause.) I’m working at it, folks. (Laughter.) Thank you very, very much, President Katsu. Thank you. As all of you know, President Katsu had a very long and very distinguished career at the World Bank, and I was not at all surprised to learn that he had been working very hard to create economic opportunities for the next generation now of Central Asian leaders. So he is...

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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 Lima, Peru December 11, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: Todd, thank you very, very much. Thank you all for being here. Thank you very much, and it’s a privilege for me to be able to share a few words here on what is, by necessity, a quick trip, and I apologize for that, and I am grateful for your steadfast efforts to get us over the finish line. Todd and I have worked together for a long time now, going all the way back to my time in the Senate, and I appreciate, Todd, ...

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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 Treaty Room Washington, DC October 24, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good morning. I want to start by welcoming my friend and my colleague, Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se, back to Washington, who is here along with South Korean Defense Minister Han Min-koo. We had a very productive what we call 2+2 meeting this morning – it is the third such dialogue that we have conducted – during which Secretary Hagel and I restated the degree to which we are deeply commi...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Waldorf Astoria Hotel New York City September 22, 2014 MS. JARRETT: (In progress.) -- Russell, who you will be hearing from this afternoon as well. This is our fifth high-level meeting for the Equal Futures Partnership, and they seem to get more impressive with each one. Since Secretary – then-Secretary Clinton and I launched Equal Futures back in 2012, we have been bringing countries together and rallying worldwide commitment to the economic and civic empower...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Chief of Mission Residence Paris, France September 15, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: All right. I want to make – I know we get crunched a little bit, but I really want to lay out some things that I think are very important and then you guys can ask some questions. Let me begin by saying that I sat in that room today with – how many nations were there? Thirty? MS. PSAKI: Twenty-six. SECRETARY KERRY: Twenty-six total? STAFF: Thirty delegations. SECRETARY KERRY: Th...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC August 5, 2014 MS. HYDE: Good afternoon. Mr. President and Secretary Kerry, Mr. Minister, and friends of Ghana: I am delighted to welcome you here for the signing of Ghana’s $498 million compact with the U.S. Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation. This agreement represents a major milestone in the U.S.-Ghanaian partnership, and I want to thank both teams, from Ghana and from MCC, who worked tirelessly to develop this in...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State National Academy of Sciences Washington, DC August 4, 2014 Thank you very, very much. My apologies that we are beginning just a couple of minutes late, and we’re delighted to welcome everybody here. Let me just say at the outset I had the chance to speak here earlier today on civil society, but I want to reemphasize the degree to which President Obama and the whole Administration are genuinely very excited about these several days. This summit has been long in...

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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Department of Treasury Secretary Jack Lew Washington, DC June 30, 2014 QUESTION: So why don’t I start with you, Secretary Kerry. How would you characterize the state of the U.S.-China relationship today? Does the U.S. see China as a true partner or an inevitable rival? SECRETARY KERRY: Well, we definitely don’t view China as an inevitable rival. We view China with hopes and possibilities of an increasing partnership. It’s a very important relatio...

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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: Kenred Dorsett, Minister of Environment and Housing, The Bahamas Ted Waitt, Founder and Board Chairman, The Waitt Foundation Elizabeth Wright-Koteka, Chief of Staff to Prime Minister, Cook Islands Mark Spalding, President, Ocea...

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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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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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Remarks John Kerry    Secretary of State Catherine A. Novelli    Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment  David A. Balton    Deputy Assistant Secretary , Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Washington, DC June 11, 2014 MS. HARF: Hi everybody. Thank you to everyone for coming today. For those of you who I haven’t met, I’m Marie Harf. I’m the deputy spokesperson here. We’ll be ...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Four Seasons Hotel Washington, DC December 11, 2013 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, thank you, David, very, very much. Thank you, Foreign Policy Magazine. And thank you, all of you, for not singing. I really appreciate it. (Laughter.) The – I understand that you’ve had a terrific session today talking about transformational trends with a lot of speakers. I guess Danny Russel was just here, who’s doing a superb job on Asia. And I have just come from the Hill...

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Testimony John Kerry Secretary of State Opening Remarks Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Washington, DC December 10, 2013 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, Mr. Chairman, thank you very, very much. Ranking Member Engel, Members of the Committee, thanks very much for welcoming me back, and I am happy to be back here. There’s no more important issue in American foreign policy than the question of the one we’re focused on here today. And obviously, from the Chairman’s introduction, you know...

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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 John Kerry Secretary of State Foreign & Commonwealth Office London, United Kingdom October 22, 2013 SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon, everybody. Thank you for your patience. It’s a great privilege to be back in London and to be here with all of my fellow ministers who are part of the so-called London 11, which has been the principal support group and organizing entity to assist the Syrian opposition. And I want to thank our terrific host, Foreign Secretary William Hague, who ran a very ...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Intercontinental Hotel Geneva, Switzerland September 14, 2013 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, thank you very much for your patience, not just this morning, but over the last couple of days. We’re very appreciative and particularly grateful to Sergey Lavrov, who stayed extra time from what he had originally planned, hoping we’d finish sooner, and this gave us additional opportunity to be able to work through some of the issue...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Fatimah Jinnah Women's University Rawalpindi, Pakistan August 1, 2013 The video is available with closed captioning on YouTube. AMBASSADOR OLSON: So Mr. Secretary, all of these ladies are alumnae of various programs (inaudible) had with the United States. And many of them have actually studied in the United States (inaudible) other programs. Shah went to Thunderbird. MS. RUKH: Yes. I went to Thunderbird in 2011. Luckily I got a chance to be a part of that Project Ar...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of Treasury Jacob Lew, State Councilor Yang Jiechi, and Vice Premier Wang Yang Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC July 10, 2013 The video is available with closed captioning on YouTube SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning, everybody. I want to thank my good friend of almost 40-plus years, the Vice President of the United States, for coming today. I don’t think there’s ever been a Vice President who is as steeped in foreig...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Secretary for Higher Education, MHRD Ashok Thakur, and Minister for Human Resource Development Dr. M. Mangapati Pallam Raju New Delhi, India June 25, 2013 SECRETARY THAKUR: Secretary Kerry, Minister Raju, all the distinguished participants here today, I welcome all of you to the Higher Education Dialogue 2013, especially Secretary Kerry, as he has been taking a lot of interest in what we are doing. And yesterday, when we had the meeting, he had a special word to say...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State New Delhi, India June 24, 2013 Video is available with closed captioning on YouTube MODERATOR: Good afternoon, friends. I welcome you to this media interaction. As is usual, we will first have opening remarks followed by a few questions that the two leaders have agreed to respond to. May I now request the External Affairs Minister of India, Mr. Salman Khurshid, to make his opening remarks. EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER KHURSHID: Mr. John Kerry, Secretary of State, Secre...

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Op-Ed John Kerry Secretary of State Grist Washington, DC June 19, 2013 Everywhere I travel as secretary of state – in every meeting, here at home and across the more than 100,000 miles I’ve traveled since I raised my hand and took the oath to serve in this office – I raise the concern of climate change. I do so not because it’s a pet issue or a personal priority, but because it’s critical to the survival of our civilization, and that means it’s a critical mission for ...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center Arlington, VA May 20, 2013 The video is available with closed captioning on YouTube SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. I know you’re really upset that I came here to break the normal monotony and routine of this seminar. There will be no test, but I’m really happy to spend a few minutes with you. And Nancy, thank you very much, Madam Ambassador, for your wonderful stewardship of the FSI. You&rs...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State White House Washington, DC May 17, 2013 The video is available with closed captioning on YouTube . MS. JARRETT: Good morning, everyone. I’m Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to the President and Chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls. I’d like to welcome you all to the White House. This is the second time that we have held the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons here at the White House, and in ...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC May 3, 2013 The video is available with closed captioning on YouTube. SECRETARY KERRY: Susan, thank you very much for your stewardship and that of AFSA, and a welcome to all of the extended members of the State Department family. We are deeply appreciative for everybody taking part in this ceremony as we mourn and we commemorate and we celebrate our fallen brothers and sisters in service. I want to welcome CIA Director Brennan, USAID Admin...

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Testimony John Kerry Secretary of State Opening Remarks Before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations Washington, DC April 18, 2013 Well, Mr. Chairman, President Pro Tem, thank you very, very much – Senator Harkin, Senator Johanns. It’s great to be here with you guys. And I’m still getting used to being on this side of dais, but it’s a pleasure to be in front of this committee. And Mr. Chairman, let me say to you, I know you caused a lot of consternation &nd...

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Testimony John Kerry Secretary of State Opening Remarks Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Washington, DC April 17, 2013 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube . Well, thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I ask you just to remember what goes around comes around. (Laughter.) Thank you, Mr. Chairman and Congressman Engel, Ranking Member. Thank you for your comments about Boston. It’s impossible for me to express my sadness and my anger, frankly, over those terrible even...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Opening Remarks Before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Washington, DC April 17, 2013 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very, very much, Madam Chairwoman and Madam Ranking Member, my good friend Nita Lowey, Chairman Rogers, and members of the committee. It’s great to appear before you. This is a privilege for me. I like the intimate setting, and I look forward to having good dialogue with everybody. We do indeed...

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Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Baghdad, Iraq March 24, 2013 SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon. As-Salāmu `Alaykum. I’m glad to be here with all of you, and it’s a pleasure for me to be able to be back in Iraq. I haven’t been able to be here for a little bit of time now, so the difference for me is very noticeable in the reduced energy, if you will, and presence of personnel. I was very pleased to be able to have a chance to affirm to the Iraqi leaders that I met wi...

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Townhall Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Newseum Washington, DC January 29, 2013 Video is available with closed captioning on YouTube . MS. SALES: Hello. I’m Leigh Sales from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Welcome to this town hall-style event with the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who has her last day at the State Department this Friday. This is a town hall with a difference though because we have people all around the world ready to ask to questions from Britain to...

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Testimony Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Opening Remarks Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Washington, DC January 23, 2013 This video is also available with closed captioning on YouTube . Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member, members of the committee, both older and new. I’m very grateful for this opportunity and I thank you very much for your patience to give me the chance to come and address these issues with you. As both the Chairman and the Ranking Member ha...

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Press Statement Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC December 21, 2012 Today, I spoke to Senator John Kerry and congratulated him on his nomination to be the next Secretary of State. I also spoke with President Obama and told him that he has made an excellent choice. I hope Senator Kerry will be confirmed quickly. I have been privileged to know John for many years and to call him a friend, colleague, and partner. He will bring decades of service to our country and deep experience in ...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Dublin City University Dublin, Ireland December 6, 2012 Thank you. Thank you. Good afternoon. It is wonderful to be here at DCU and back in Dublin. I want to thank you, President MacCraith, for that kind introduction. I’m delighted to be joined here by a number of officials and dignitaries, including your Chancellor, Martin McAleese, whom I have had the pleasure of meeting before when he was the spouse of a president. (Laughter.) We had a lot in co...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State European External Affairs Section Headquarters Brussels, Belgium December 5, 2012 HIGH REPRESENTATIVE ASHTON: I can safely say that you, Hillary, have been a special friend to the European Union in your four years as Secretary of State. Not only do you represent the best of diplomacy, but for me it’s been a great honor and privilege to get to know you and have the chance to cooperate closely with you. I wish you every possible success in whatever a...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC December 5, 2012 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube I am delighted to join Human Rights First in welcoming human rights defenders from around the world.  I am touched that you have chosen to honor Ambassador Chris Stevens with the Beacon Award.  Chris stood up for human rights in the best possible way – through the power of his own example.  To his family, I extend my congratulations for thi...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Embassy Brussels, Chief of Mission Residence Brussels, Belgium December 4, 2012 AMBASSSADOR GUTMAN: Good morning. Michelle and I, and actually now that our own son visiting – Collin is visiting, Collin, we’d like to welcome you all to our home, which, as all of the Embassy employees know, is your home as well and is indeed America’s home here in Brussels. And today, I don’t need to tell you, is truly a special day, a day of thrill...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Czernin Palace Prague, Czech Republic December 3, 2012  Video is available with closed captioning on YouTube on Secretary Clinton's comments on Syria  and closed captioning on YouTube on comments on U.S.-Czech Nuclear Cooperation MODERATOR: (In Czech.) FOREIGN MINISTER SCHWARZENBERG: (In Czech.) SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you, my friend. It is such a pleasure to be back in one of the most beautiful cities in the world and to meet with one of ...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State APTN Soundbite Prague, Czech Republic December 3, 2012 I am not going to telegraph in any specifics what we would do in the event of credible evidence that the Assad regime has resorted to using chemical weapons against their own people, but suffice it to say we are certainly planning to take action if that eventuality were to occur.

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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 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 Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC November 29, 2012 Thank you all very much. Oh my goodness. Thank you. I think we could just end the program right now. (Laughter.) Florence, thank you. Thank you for continuing to be a smiling advocate on behalf of an AIDS-free generation. And congratulations on those two sons of yours, who are the strongest evidence of what we can achieve. I’m very grateful to you for sharing your energy, your story, and your ...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Brookings Institution Washington, DC November 29, 2012 Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you very much. It’s wonderful to be back at Brookings. It’s always a joy to be introduced by such a longtime friend and colleague as Strobe Talbott and to have this opportunity to discuss with you how we have, over the last four years, revitalized our transatlantic alliance. I also want to recognize and thank members of the diplomatic corps who are here. There...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC November 28, 2012 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you, and welcome to the State Department. And here in the Diplomatic Rooms, in a room named for Ben Franklin, we have many events throughout the course of the year, but I like to think that Mr. Franklin would find this one especially important because of his commitment to innovation and all that can spring from good businesses doing good work. I want to thank Under Secretary...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC November 28, 2012 Thank you. Thank you. Thank you all, very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. (Laughter.) Thank you, all. Thank you. Yeah, that’s good. (Laughter.) Wow. Well, welcome to the Ben Franklin Room. (Laughter.) And congratulations on your 20 th anniversary. I am so pleased to be here and to have this chance to join this celebration. Ken, thank you for your kind words and your efforts h...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC November 28, 2012 SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon, everyone. It is such a personal pleasure for me to welcome the Chairperson here for our high-level meetings. This is our third high-level meeting, and we highly value the relationship and the increasing cooperation that we are enjoying with the African Union. And of course, I want to congratulate the Chairperson for becoming the first woman chair of the African Union. I want ...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC November 27, 2012 SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, let me welcome all of you again here to the State Department for this Second International Council on Women’s Business Leadership Meeting. This is a great way to end the year, since we started the year together back in January. And I know from having run into a number of you along the way you’ve been hard at work ever since coming up with new ideas and concrete i...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Millennium Challenge Corporation Washington, DC November 27, 2012 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you, all. Thank you. Well, it’s wonderful to be here and to have this opportunity to tell you in person how much I value the work that you do every day. I’m aware that it’s not only those of you in this room that are part of this event today, but also by video conference and those who are calling in from around the world. And my first and most imp...

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Press Statement Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC November 20, 2012 On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I am delighted to send best wishes to the people of Suriname as you celebrate 37 years of independence this November 25. Our two countries share a rich tradition of cultural and religious diversity that is a foundation for a stronger future. Your efforts to preserve your natural resources and environment are setting an example for others. Through th...

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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 Intercontinental Hotel Adelaide, Australia November 15, 2012 SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, first I want to thank the Minister for meeting with me and my team this afternoon. We have so many areas of cooperation between our two countries, and we want to deepen the already ongoing discussions over resources and energy, and Minister Ferguson has been a real leader in not only moving Australia's energy and resources agenda forward, but working with the United...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State State Reception Center Perth, Australia November 14, 2012 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube FOREIGN MINISTER CARR: Ladies and gentlemen, it was Dr. Johnson who said, “Keep your friendships in good repair.” And in that spirit, AUSMIN concluded in its meeting today, very much in the spirit of business as usual, steady as she goes, no new strategic content or announcements but a matter of consolidation. If I draw you...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC November 14, 2012 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube I’m sorry I can’t be with you tonight.  But I am delighted to have this chance to thank the National Archives and its Foundation for preserving the records of our democracy and bringing them to life for the American people.  You inspire us to learn more about our own history, to share our stories and experiences with people around the glo...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC November 14, 2012 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube I want to thank all of you for highlighting the unique needs of fragile and conflict-affected states. We all know the statistics.  Right now, these states are home to 1.5 billion people.  So far, not one of these states is on track to meet a single Millennium Development goal by 2015.  The New Deal for Fragile States, which you have developed fr...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State University of Western Australia Perth, Australia November 13, 2012 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube Thank you very much, Minister Evans and thanks also to Premier Barnett, hereafter known as Premier Sputnik – (laughter) – and Chancellor Chaney, our excellent two ambassadors – your alumnus, Kim Beazley, who served you so well in Washington, and our Ambassador, Jeff Bleich, who I think knows more Australians ...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State George C. Marshall Center Washington, DC November 8, 2012 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube Hey. Good morning. What a great day. Welcome to the State Department and congratulations. I am so pleased and delighted to see so many families and children here at this special ceremony. And I particularly want to thank Secretary Janet Napolitano for joining us. You’ve already heard from Janet, and you know that she’s the ...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State The Carnegie Institution for Science Washington, DC November 8, 2012 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube SECRETARY CLINTON: This is a very moving moment to honor someone whose life and work truly exemplify the meaning of “search for common ground.” And I greatly appreciate everyone who has supported this organization and its mission over a number of years, John Marks and Susan Collin Marks, my longtime friend Ambass...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton    Secretary of State Rajiv Shah    USAID Administrator Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC November 8, 2012 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube ADMINISTRATOR SHAH: Well, I will be very brief. My name is Raj Shah. I’m the Administrator at USAID. We want to thank all of our colleagues from universities, from the Department of State, and from across our government. And I’ll get a chance to make a few remarks a...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Parliament Tirana, Albania November 1, 2012 I am delighted to be here and to have this opportunity to speak before this parliament of a free, independent, sovereign, democratic Albania. (Applause.) Mr. President, Madam Speaker, Mr. Prime Minister, members of parliament, the honor is especially great because I am joining you in celebrating your jubilee – 100 years of independence. That was a hard-fought victory. As I walked with – I love sayin...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Government Building Pristina, Kosovo October 31, 2012 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube . PRIME MINISTER THACI: (Via interpreter) Honorable Secretary Clinton, allow me to express my condolences and those of the Kosovar people for the consequences of the hurricane. We pray for them, and we are visit the U.S. – will soon (inaudible) after this hurricane. Honorable Lady Ashton, Secretary Clinton, 13 years ago, Kosovo was a...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Palace of Serbia Belgrade, Serbia October 30, 2012 PRIME MINISTER DACIC: (Via interpreter) I wish to express my pleasure for having here the State Secretary Mrs. Clinton and Lady Ashton. It is an exceptional pleasure for us in the first hundred days of Serbia’s functioning, we can talk about the High Representatives of the highest – the most important states in the world and the most important international organization. We are – of cou...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State George C. Marshall Conference Center Washington, DC October 25, 2012  The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube . Thank you all very much. Thank you. Thank you. I’m actually trying to overlook that, but – (laughter). But thank you for that warm welcome. I’m very pleased to be here today and see so many of you from across the State Department who are committed to helping to make this a better workplace for all o...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC October 25, 2012  The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube . I am delighted to extend my greetings to everyone at the first-ever Demo Africa event.  I want to thank the organizers of Demo, the Government of Kenya, and the Lions Africa partners for making this event a reality. Africa is the only developing region in the world where the growth rate is expected to rise this year.  Internet usage has grown ...

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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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Op-Ed Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy The New York Times October 24, 2012 IT has been 21 years since Ukraine gained its independence from the Soviet Union. Since then, Ukrainians have made much progress on reforming and modernizing their country. Ukraine has also become an important partner on a number of pressing global and regional issues, from nuclear nonproliferation to food security and the...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Caracol, Haiti October 22, 2012 Good afternoon, and what an extraordinary honor and pleasure it is to be here with all of you today to celebrate Haiti’s progress with three presidents. It’s a little unusual, don’t you think? (Applause.) I want to begin by thanking President Martelly for his leadership and his vision and his passion – (applause) – about the people of his country and for your administration’s commitment ...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Sae-A Administration Building Caracol, Haiti October 22, 2012 (In progress) the formal dedication. With me is Senator Patrick Leahy. Senator Leahy, who has been – (applause) – a stalwart champion of support for Haiti; and Secretary Hilda Solis, Secretary of Labor – (applause) – which (inaudible) as well in Haiti. And I think people know our great ambassador, Pam White, and her predecessor, Ambassador Ken Merten, who’s also h...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Georgetown University Washington, DC October 18, 2012 Video is available with closed captioning on YouTube Thank you. Well, it is wonderful to be back here at Georgetown and in one of the most beautiful venues not only in Washington but anywhere, to have this chance to talk with you about an issue that will definitely shape your futures, and to share with you some thoughts about what that actually means. As Dean Lancaster said, I am a Hoya by marriage. (...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State The Westin Hotel Lima, Peru October 16, 2012 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube. Good morning. I am very pleased to be here for this important conference and to join with all of you in making clear that social inclusion and development for all really does depend upon the status of women, and opening wide the doors of opportunity for women and for all people is the great work of our time. And I especially want to thank the Pres...

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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Lima, Peru October 15, 2012 QUESTION: When I first met Chris Stevens, it was in a Benghazi elevator of a hotel. He really knew that area well. There was – there are some reports that he was concerned about the rise of al-Qaida. When did the U.S. become aware of transnational extremists operating in Eastern Libya, and what was the U.S. policy to deal with it? SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, we have long known that extremists have come out of Libya, and c...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Palacio de Gobierno Lima, Peru October 15, 2012 Well, thank you very much, Mr. President, for the warm welcome. I’m delighted to be back here in Lima. I have been looking forward to tomorrow’s conference as we discuss ways to tap the potential of women and further social inclusion and economic progress here in Peru. I think it is very fitting that you are hosting this conference during Social Inclusion Week, because there is no doubt that pro...

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Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy

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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Regions: Algeria , Egypt , Jordan , Libya , Mali , Morocco , Tunisia , United Kingdom , United States

Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC October 12, 2012 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube SECRETARY CLINTON: Good morning, everyone. I am delighted to welcome back to Washington someone who is very well known here, a friend and a colleague, and his colleagues as well. We last hosted Minister Terzi in February, and he's back to attend the annual dinner for the National Italian American Foundation, an organization that does so much to ...

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Regions: Afghanistan, Iran , Italy , Libya , Syria , United Kingdom , United States

Topics: Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Treaties and International Agreements

Press Statement Washington, DC October 11, 2012 The United States is proud to be marking this first-ever International Day of the Girl Child. In the last few decades, we have made great progress in raising the status of girls around the world. Today, an unprecedented number of girls are reaping the benefits of an education – one that will help pave the way to healthier, more productive and secure lives. We have come a long way, but there are still millions of girls who are forced to drop out of sc...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC October 11, 2012 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube On behalf of the people of the United States, I am honored to join you in marking this first-ever International Day of the Girl Child.  Together, over the past few decades, we have helped raise the status of girls around the world.  More girls than ever are reaping the benefits of an education that will pave the way to healthier, more productive, and ...

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