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June 8, 2011 to June 14, 2011 Travels With Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Photos: United Arab Emirates | Zambia | Tanzania | Ethiopia Secretary Clinton traveled to the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) for a meeting of the Libya Contact Group on June 9. This meeting built on the last Contact Group meeting held in Rome and allowed the United States to discuss with its international partners the range of issues with respect to addressing the situation in Libya, including the ongoing implementation ...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Cabinet Exit Memo Washington, DC January 5, 2017 Introduction When President Obama took office in 2009, the United States was engaged in two costly wars, faced the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, and had a diminished standing with many of our allies and partners around the world. The starting point for this Presidency was one of the toughest I have ever seen in my decades of public service. Over the past eight years, President Ob...
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Remarks 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 Palace Hotel New York City September 21, 2016 Translated from French. SECRETARY KERRY : Good afternoon everybody. We’re really very happy to be here. It is my great pleasure to welcome the Tunisian President Caid Essebsi, who you know. I am going to speak a little in French as he has asked me to. Mr. President, welcome. I am delighted to see you again. PRESIDENT ESSEBSI: Thank you very much. SECRETARY KERRY: Tunisia is in the middle of a significant transi...
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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 HDMS Thetis Greenland June 17, 2016 FOREIGN MINISTER QUJAUKITSOQ: Good afternoon. I think it’s appropriate to have a brief presentation and introduction of what we are doing here. Welcome to this briefing and good afternoon to all of you. I am pleased to welcome Secretary John Kerry to Ilulissat, Greenland. Today, we are pleased of having you here with us here to present the challenges and what the climate change is affecting us and how it can affect the rest ...
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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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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Oxford, United Kingdom May 11, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: (Applause.) Wow. I think I’m just going to stop right now. (Laughter.) Thank you for just an incredibly warm, tremendous welcome to this historic hall. It’s a great honor for me to be here. Bob, where’d you run off to? Where did he go? Thank you so much for your welcome. And Warden MacMillan, thank you very much. I appreciate it. (Inaudible) Baroness Cathy Ashton, my good friend, thank you so muc...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State TD Garden Boston, MA May 6, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: President Aoun, thank you for your very generous introduction and thank you for the invitation to be here on this very, very special day. Jim Bean, Henry Nasella, members of the board, faculty, parents, friends, and especially the brilliant and charismatic class of 2016. (Applause.) The Garden is about as good as it gets for a commencement. All you have to do is just look up there at the banners heralding the Boston ...
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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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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State U.S. Embassy Bishkek Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan October 31, 2015 AMBASSADOR GWALTNEY: Good afternoon. Salamatsyzdarby . Secretary of State Kerry, Foreign Minister Abdyldaev, my fellow ambassadors and distinguished guests: It is my great honor and privilege to welcome you to the long-awaited opening of our new chancery. The American Embassy in the Kyrgyz Republic has come a very long way. Our initial embassy was a kindergarten here in Bishkek, and we very quickly outgrew it...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC October 28, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: (Applause.) Thank you very much. Thank you all very, very much. Bill, thanks so much for welcoming me to your new home, but thank you for remarkably generous comments. I’m very, really touched to hear them from somebody of Bill’s caliber, because as all of you know, he really was the State Department’s premier career diplomat par excellence to everybody’s standard. And now that you’ve bee...
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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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Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Revere Hotel Boston, Massachusetts October 13, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good afternoon. I’m delighted to welcome Secretary Carter and our friends from Australia, Foreign Minister Bishop and Defense Minister Payne. Julie and Marise, I’m really happy to have you here in Boston. We’ve been delighted to be able to give you a slight taste of this great city, which I have the privilege of calling home. And I think it’s been a very con...
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Op-Ed John Kerry Secretary of State Susan E. Rice, National Security Advisor The Washington Post December 15, 2014 In 2011, the world’s newest nation was born amid joyous celebrations. The international community welcomed South Sudan not just with cheers but also with promises of help. The hope and promise of that day are now at grave risk of being squandered if the nation’s leaders don’t at long last provide leadership. Violence that erupted in the capital city of Juba last December s...
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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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Testimony John Kerry Secretary of State Opening Remarks Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Washington, DC September 18, 2014 Well, thank you very much, Chairman Royce, Ranking Member Engel, all the members of the committee. It’s my privilege to be here today. I’m glad to have this opportunity. Let me begin by both congratulating you and thanking you for the vote that took place yesterday. We are enormously appreciative because stepping up the efforts with respect to the moderat...
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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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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Department of State Washington, DC June 16, 2014 QUESTION: Hi, everyone, and welcome to a special Yahoo livestream from the State Department with Secretary of State John Kerry. Secretary Kerry, thank you so much for joining us. SECRETARY KERRY: Happy to be with you. QUESTION: We’re going to be talking about the oceans, a subject near and dear to your heart in a moment, but of course, there is a lot going on in Iraq -- SECRETARY KERRY: Absolutely. QUESTION: -...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Georgetown University Washington, DC November 15, 2013 Thank you. Thank you, Hillary. Thank you very much. Thank you very much, Hillary, for a very, very generous introduction. And thank you most of all for the remarkable work that you have done. I think you’re over here, Hillary. Here we go. (Laughter.) Get you over there. That’s my job, seat the former First Lady/Secretary. (Laughter.) What a pleasure to be here, and distinguished members of the diplom...
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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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Loading Map... Photos from the trip» Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Tokyo, Japan; Bali, Indonesia; Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Kabul, Afghanistan; and London, (England) United Kingdom, October 1-14, 2013. In Tokyo, October 2-3, Secretary Kerry joined Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel for the U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee (SCC) meeting. The last SCC was held in June 2011 in Washington, DC. The meeting represents the next step in further strengthe...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Jen Psaki Department Spokesperson , Office of the Spokesperson Bali, Indonesia October 5, 2013 The video is also available with closed captioning on YouTube. SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon, everybody. Thank you for being patient. We appreciate it very much. I’m delighted to continue my trip through Asia, and on behalf of President Obama, it is an honor to represent the United States at the annual APEC economic leaders meet...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State New York City September 26, 2013 Well, thank you very much (inaudible). Thank you, and I apologize to all of my colleagues for being a little bit late. I’m sorry about that. But it is an enormous honor to be part of this event, which is the first of its kind in the history of the United Nations, and I think we should take pride in that. I thank the Foreign Minister of the Netherlands, who I visited with in Washington just last week, and all of our colleagues w...
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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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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 Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC June 19, 2013 The video is also available with closed captioning on YouTube. SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you. Please, please, please, please. Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you very, very much. Ken, thank you for a generous welcome. Thank you all. Secretary Pat Kennedy and Director General Linda Thomas-Greenfield, thank you for being here, and others. We appreciate it. Tara, every...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Dead Sea, Jordan May 26, 2013 SECRETARY KERRY: Klaus, thank you very much for a very generous introduction. And it is wonderful to be here with all of you. I have enjoyed participating in the World Economic Forum for many years, as Klaus said in his introduction. And Klaus, I think everybody here joins me in thanking you for creating this remarkable and important institution. It gives people a great opportunity, and we thank you. (Applause.) I want to thank – ...
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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 Via Google+ Hangout May 10, 2013 MS. MITCHELL: Hello, everyone. I’m Andrea Mitchell of NBC News and Andrea Mitchell Reports on MSNBC, and I want to welcome all of you to a special Hangout with Secretary of State John Kerry. This is the first in a series of Google+ Hangouts with the State Department to discuss critical foreign policy issues facing our country. Mr. Secretary, welcome. I know you just got back from overseas. Thanks very much for being with us. SE...
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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 Treaty Room Washington, DC March 12, 2013 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube . SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon. I’m delighted to welcome Foreign Minister Eide to the State Department. It’s a particular pleasure for me because I had the occasion of living in Norway for a couple years when my dad served in the Embassy there. I was reminiscing with the Foreign Minister about some wonderful times in the parks and on the hills and ...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC March 8, 2013 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube . UNDER SECRETARY SHERMAN: Good afternoon, Mrs. Obama, Secretary Kerry, Mrs. Heinz Kerry, Secretary Sebelius, Congresswoman Edwards, Minister Collins of Australia, all of Your Excellencies with us today, distinguished guests, welcome to the U.S. Department of State for the Seventh Annual Celebration of the Secretary of State’s International Women...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC February 13, 2013 The video is available with closed captioning on YouTube. SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning, everybody. Is it morning still? FOREIGN MINISTER JUDEH: It is almost -- SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon. Good afternoon. It’s a huge pleasure for me to welcome Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh to the State Department, to the United States. And I also spoke with His Majesty King Abdullah earlier this morning about some of the issues...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Ben Franklin Room Washington, DC January 31, 2013 Video is available with closed captioning on YouTube . Thank you all very, very much. As Kris just said, we’re all like one millisecond away from just collapsing here – (laughter) – because of the emotion and the feelings that are coursing through all of us. And this is my final event in a room named for Ben Franklin who has watched over us over the last four years. I have lost count of ...
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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 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 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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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Waldorf Astoria Hotel New York City September 27, 2012 This video is available on YouTube with closed captions. So I thank you all very much and I hope that you’ve had some lunch. I’m well aware that running around (inaudible) New York the week of the General Assembly, there’s hardly a moment to breathe, let alone to eat, so I hope you will not be in any way deterred from getting some nourishment. I want to welcome all of you to our thi...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Far Eastern Federal University Vladivostok, Russia September 8, 2012 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very much, Andrey Kostin, for that introduction and stealing one of my lines about the importance of including women across the APEC region in economic growth and prosperity. And also, I thank you for everything you’ve done to organize this important gathering, which has already heard from some of the leaders in the region about our commitment to enhan...
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Address Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC December 19, 2011 Thank you. Well, it is wonderful to be back at Georgetown to give all of the students an excuse not to keep studying for their last finals. (Laughter.) That’s what accounts for the enthusiastic response here in Gaston Hall. But thank you so much, President DeGioia. This great university has such a long history of nurturing diplomats and peacemakers and at least one former president who ...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Pier Sixty at Chelsea Pier New York, NY December 16, 2011 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. (Applause.) Oh, my goodness. Well, if it ever were a secret. (Laughter.) Thank you, Marc, and thanks to all of you for being part of this evening to support such an extraordinary, important organization that is relied upon certainly across the world, and that includes the State Department. I want to thank Marc and Frank Giustra. I want to thank Louise for her leadersh...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC December 15, 2011 Thank you so much, Christine. And those words of advice, I think, will be taken to heart by everyone here. I also want to add my words of welcome and thanks to the presidents of the Seven Sisters colleges. You’ll be hearing from all of them throughout the day, but certainly from Barnard and Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Smith, and Wellesley, I thank you all for your vision and leadership, as well...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC December 15, 2011 SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon, everyone. It’s a great pleasure to welcome Foreign Minister Sovndal for our first meeting here in Washington in his new role. And it is also clear that for me, even in this age of video conferencing and, obviously, telephone calls, and email, that there’s nothing to replace face-to-face meetings and diplomacy. And so I thank you very much for coming, Minister. Our friendship ...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Marriott Wardman Park Hotel Washington, DC December 14, 2011 Thank you very much, Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, who has been an absolutely essential leader on behalf of our policies in Africa and in particular with respect to South Sudan. And I want publicly to thank him for all of his work. President Kiir, it is an honor to welcome you here as a head of state along with your ministers and distinguished delegation. I also wish to thank our co-hosts...
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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State The Newseum Washington, DC December 14, 2011 QUESTION: And I would like to conclude and highlight this discussion on innovation and the global marketplace by introducing the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. (Applause.) While you put on your mike, there was some discussion earlier about – one of the participants said, if there were more women involved in business and all these other things, that there would be more innovation and all of that. A...
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Press Statement Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC December 14, 2011 On behalf of the United States, I want to commend the Libyan people for the strides you have taken in laying the foundation for an inclusive and vibrant civil society over the last few months. As soon as Qadhafi’s oppressive grip started to loosen, you responded by claiming the rights and dignity of a free people and by answering the needs of your fellow Libyans – whether they were across the street or...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC December 12, 2011 SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon, and let me again welcome the foreign secretary here to Washington and to the State Department. It is a special pleasure to see him at the end of a year in which we cooperated so closely and constructively together. We’ve had a very robust shared calendar as we’ve tackled these global challenges every single day of this entire year, it seems. And we’ve met on many previo...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC December 12, 2011 I am delighted to send greetings and thank each of you for your hard work protecting forests around the world. I also want to thank Avoided Deforestation Partners for hosting this event to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Wangari Maathai, a true visionary. We all know that in order to build low-carbon economies of the future, we need sustainable forests. Wangari knew better than anyone that the key to this future is ...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Fokker Terminal The Hague, Netherlands December 8, 2011 SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, good evening, and it’s wonderful to be back in The Hague. I want to thank my colleague and friend, Foreign Minister Rosenthal, a longtime friend, and co-conspirator from time to time, Eric Schmidt. Also, thanks to Leon Willems, the director of the Free Press Unlimited, and to those of my colleagues whom I know are here, namely Carl Bildt, an incredibly connected foreig...
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Press Availability Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium December 8, 2011 SECRETARY CLINTON: Very much like the logo, a great image of the skyline, which I know very well. I want to thank the Secretary General as he leaves, for his outstanding leadership and the opportunity that we’ve had to work together. And we’ll continue to be working closely together in the run-up to our summit in Chicago next May. This year has been one of great change, and we see democratic trans...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Hague, Netherlands December 8, 2011 FOREIGN MINISTER ROSENTHAL: Okay. Let me, on my part first, welcome Secretary of State Clinton to the Netherlands, after a long trip through Asia, back home, Europe. Secretary Clinton – Hillary, dear Hillary – you have shown great leadership in defending online freedom, and this issue perfectly fits the agenda of our transatlantic relationship, and I’m very pleased inde...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Palais des Nations Geneva, Switzerland December 7, 2011 Thank you, Mr. President. And I would also like to express my appreciation to all of the delegates and to my colleague, Minister Rosenthal, for his comments. I want to thank the Implementation Support Unit for all the efforts to advance the work here. I want to start by acknowledging that our countries have accomplished a great deal together under the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention. One hun...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Palais des Nations Geneva, Switzerland December 6, 2011 Good evening, and let me express my deep honor and pleasure at being here. I want to thank Director General Tokayev and Ms. Wyden along with other ministers, ambassadors, excellencies, and UN partners. This weekend, we will celebrate Human Rights Day, the anniversary of one of the great accomplishments of the last century. Beginning in 1947, delegates from six continents devoted themselves to drafti...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Bonn Conference Center Bonn, Germany December 5, 2011 We’ve had an excellent series of presentations already this morning, so I will not, in the interests of time, go over the points that were made by Your Excellency. But I think it is important to recognize the critical nature of the next two periods: first between now and the end of 2014, the transition; and then the decade of transformation that follows. As the World Bank has recently projected,...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Bonn Conference Center Bonn, Germany December 5, 2011 SECRETARY CLINTON: Okay. Well, good afternoon, everyone. We have some more seats. This has been a very full and productive day here in Bonn, and I want to touch on a few key points. First, I want to express our appreciation to the German Government, particularly Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister Westerwelle for hosting this conference, and to the Afghans – particularly President Karzai and ...
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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Rangoon, Burma December 2, 2011 QUESTION: Secretary Clinton, thank you very much for taking time out. This is a busy trip, historic, really. I wanted to start with Aung San Suu Kyi. It must – I would like to know what it was like to see her face to face. There was obviously a lot of chemistry between you. But I also wanted to ask: Right now, is American policy too focused on her? Dare I say does she have a veto on U.S. policy toward Myanmar? SECR...
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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Rangoon, Burma December 2, 2011 QUESTION: Madam Secretary, thank you very much for talking to the BBC. SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you, Kim. QUESTION: As usual, we’re very delighted to be here with you in Burma. It’s very special for the BBC to be in the country. I wanted to start by asking you about your meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi. You’ve said that she is an inspiration to you. She has talked about the fact that she’s read your...
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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Rangoon, Burma December 2, 2011 QUESTION: Madam Secretary, thank you so much for doing this interview. SECRETARY CLINTON: Happy to talk to you. QUESTION: Thank you. What do you think is the most significant development that came out of your meetings with Aung San Suu Kyi? SECRETARY CLINTON: I think it was an important meeting for both substantive and symbolic reasons. Obviously, I was thrilled to finally meet her. She felt like an old friend that I was...
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Press Availability Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Nay Pyi Taw, Burma December 1, 2011 SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon, and – mingalaba , is that how you say it? Yeah? How? QUESTION: Mingalaba . SECRETARY CLINTON: Mingalaba . Thank you. Let me start by saying that I want to emphasize that while I may be the first United States Secretary of State to visit in over a half century, our two nations are far from strangers. We’ve had a long history together, from the earliest American m...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Busan Exhibition and Convention Center Busan, South Korea November 30, 2011 Well, good morning, and let me begin by thanking President Lee and the Korean Government for the excellent preparation and for the example that we have heard about and see for ourselves here in Busan. And let me also thank the OECD for helping to organize this Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness. I’m pleased to be the first American Secretary of State to attend suc...
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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 Busan Exhibition and Convention Center Busan, South Korea November 30, 2011 Thank you so much, Michelle, and thanks to all of you who are here at the Session on Gender as part of the Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness. First and foremost, I want to thank UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet, Korean Minister for Gender Equality and Family Minister Kim Kum-lae, everyone participating on this panel, and all of my colleagues and counterpar...
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November 30, 2011 to December 2, 2011 Travels With Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Photos Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled to the Republic of Korea and Burma , November 30 - December 2, 2011. Secretary Clinton traveled to Busan, Republic of Korea November 30 to attend the Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness. Secretary Clinton’s participation reflects the United States' strong political commitment to development as key pillar of global security, prosper...
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Remarks Office of the Secretary Letter from Secretary Clinton delivered by the U.S. Ambassador to Senegal to the International Conference on Family Planning in Dakar Washington, DC November 29, 2011 Dear Friends: On behalf of the U.S. Department of State, it gives me great pleasure to extend my greetings to those gathered in Dakar for the International Family Planning Conference. While I regret I am unable to be with you in person today, I thank you for your leadership and hard work, ...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Grand Hyatt Bali, Indonesia November 19, 2011 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very much, Daniel, and thanks for all of your work directing the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and to all who worked with you in order to achieve this very impressive compact. The MCC embodies the United States' commitment to work in partnership with nations around the world to support economic growth and deliver results that make a difference in people's lives. So it ...
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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Grand Hyatt Bali, Indonesia November 18, 2011 QUESTION: Madam Secretary, thanks for your time. SECRETARY CLINTON: How are you, Chuck? QUESTION: You know, hanging in there. SECRETARY CLINTON: Good, good. QUESTION: I am impressed with how you handle all this jetlag all the time. SECRETARY CLINTON: (Laughter.) Life is perpetually jetlagged. QUESTION: I can only imagine. Let’s start with the news of the day. SECRETARY CLINTON: Yeah. QUESTION: Myanmar...
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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Grand Hyatt Bali, Indonesia November 18, 2011 QUESTION: Madam Secretary, thanks so much for doing this. SECRETARY CLINTON: Glad to do it, Jake. QUESTION: So much of this trip is about China and making sure that the U.S. is asserting itself in the Pacific. Is it too late for us to counter the power that China has already asserted in this region? SECRETARY CLINTON: Jake, it’s not about countering anybody else’s power. It’s about asserti...
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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Grand Hyatt Bali, Indonesia November 18, 2011 QUESTION: Thank you, Secretary Clinton, for doing this. The President has made a big announcement about your trip to Myanmar. Also on this trip, the President announced that there will be new troops in Australia. A lot of this looks like an effort to curb China. What kind of message are you trying to send to China? SECRETARY CLINTON: We are not trying to curb China or anyone else. What we’re trying to...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Bali International Convention Center Bali, Indonesia November 18, 2011 Thank you so much, and I am so excited about being back here today, and I want to recognize all of the distinguished guests. I know Minister Gita Wirjawan was here, and I know he had to go to a meeting at the – has already left with some distinguished officials. But to all of you public and private sector representatives, organizations, executives from within ASEAN and beyond, i...
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Press Statement Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC November 18, 2011 Earlier today the United Nations General Assembly sent a strong message to the Iranian regime that the international community cannot and will not tolerate assaults on its diplomatic corps. The targeting of another nation’s diplomats is not just a threat to that nation, it is a threat to the international system. I want to thank Saudi Arabia for drafting and marshalling support for this resolution and the ov...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Bangkok, Thailand November 17, 2011 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Oh, what a great way to start our day together. And I want to begin by thanking the ambassador. Thank you to the ambassador for her leadership. As you probably know, Ambassador Kenney is one of very best, and we are really greatly admiring and appreciative of her leadership here. I also want to thank our deputy chief of mission – where is our DCM Cefkin? Okay. Good. There you are bac...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Manila, Philippines November 16, 2011 MODERATOR: Please be seated. We will now proceed to the conferment of the award. Be it known to all men by these (inaudible) that I, Benigno S. Aquino III, president of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, have caused to be inscribed in the roster of the Order of Lakandula the name of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State, United States of America, with the rank of Bayani...
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Press Availability Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Hawaii Convention Center Honolulu, Hawaii November 11, 2011 SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon, everyone. Let me begin by saying how pleased I am to be here in beautiful Honolulu for this APEC Leaders' Meeting and the work that all of the ministers have been doing, and to have a chance to report to you briefly about the extraordinary efforts underway here. As you know, President Obama will be arriving back home shortly, and we will then emb...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Hawaii Convention Center Honolulu, Hawaii November 11, 2011 SECRETARY CLINTON: Good morning, everyone. Let me invite you, please, to find your chairs. And we want to get started with this ministerial meeting kickoff, and I’m delighted to join with Ambassador Kirk in welcoming all of the foreign and economic ministers, the officials and representatives from APEC’s member economies, and the international organizations that are here today. I wou...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Sheraton Waikiki Honolulu, Hawaii November 11, 2011 SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, good afternoon, everyone. First, let me apologize for being late. It has been quite a packed day, and there’s a great deal of excitement and energy and hard work going on. I want to thank Nina and tell her how much I appreciate what she does and what she’s doing today to help highlight a part of the work of the APEC Summit, and something we hope and trust is also of ...
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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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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC November 8, 2011 Thank you. Thank you all very much. Well, I am absolutely delighted to be here for this really important summit and the work that we’re doing together. I want to thank Susan. She’s the first ever special advisor on international children’s issues here at the State Department. We are delighted that someone of her interest and energy would be the person to set the template for this important position. And I...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State National Institutes of Health's Masur Auditorium Bethesda November 8, 2011 Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. And it is, for me, a distinct personal pleasure to be back here at NIH, a set of institutions that I admire so much and which are so critically important not only to our own country and to the future of science here but indeed around the world. I want to begin by thanking Francis Collins for his leadership and for the work that he has don...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium Washington, DC November 7, 2011 Thank you. Well, it’s a great pleasure for me to be here this evening. And I thank my friend and my predecessor, Madeleine Albright, for not only that kind introduction, but for her extraordinary leadership, and in particular of NDI. Thanks also to Shari Bryan and Ken Wollack for inviting me here today. And I want to begin by wishing an Eid Mubarak to Muslims here tonight and around the wo...
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Press Statement Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC November 5, 2011 Good morning! I’m delighted to send greetings to each of you as you come together to develop new ways to empower women. I also want to thank my good friend, Minister Kevin Rudd, and the Australian Government for hosting this important forum. Study after study shows that gender equality is crucial to the economic and political stability of countries around the world. When women are able to participate in the p...
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Press Statement Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC November 4, 2011 The civilian surge in Afghanistan and Pakistan that President Obama launched in 2009 to accompany the military surge in Afghanistan has helped advance our goals of defeating al-Qaeda, reversing the Taliban’s momentum in key areas, and bolstering the economy and civil society of both countries. As U.S. troops begin a phased drawdown in Afghanistan as part of the larger plan for transition, our civilian initiat...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Ritz-Carlton Hotel Washington, DC October 31, 2011 Thank you. Thank you so much, and it is a great pleasure for me to be here this evening. I want to thank Ambassador Rich Armitage for that introduction and for his long service to our country. I also want to thank Tom Kennedy and Jim Holmes and everyone at the American-Turkish Council. I am delighted that our respective ambassadors are here, Ambassador Ricciardone and Ambassador Tan. And I am pleased to ...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Opening Remarks Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Washington, DC October 27, 2011 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very much, Madam Chairwoman, and to Ranking Member Berman and to the members of the committee, I appreciate this opportunity once again to appear before you. I want to start by recognizing the concerns that many of you have about Afghanistan and Pakistan policy. You and the American people are right to ask questions, but I think it&rsqu...
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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC October 26, 2011 QUESTION: Secretary Clinton, thank you very much for sitting down with the BBC. And the response to our call for questions has been overwhelming. The thousands of viewers we have across the Persian-speaking world have sent in their questions. And in a matter of a few days, back when we were initially scheduled to speak with you in the spring, and, of course, in the last 24 hours, got over 1,500 comments on the website, a...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC Secretary Clinton's Remarks October 24, 2011 MS. SHEERAN: Well, we’ll give you your chance now. Secretary Clinton, I know that you want to listen and not speak, but before we let you off the hook, this is the 50 th anniversary of the creation of the World Food Program. It was created with the idea that peace cannot be built on an empty stomach, after the experience of a war-ravaged Europe was stalked by hunger and malnutrition, and t...
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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Intercontinental Hotel Tashkent, Uzbekistan October 23, 2011 QUESTION: Secretary Clinton, the U.S. commander in Iraq, General Lloyd Austin, wanted upwards of 15,000 troops in Iraq next year. The White House talked about three to five thousand. So why is President Obama pulling all our troops out? SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, Chris, I think we should put this into the appropriate historical context. First of all, President Obama said that combat troops woul...
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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Intercontinental Hotel Tashkent, Uzbekistan October 23, 2011 QUESTION: Secretary Clinton, welcome back to Meet the Press. I want to start with Iraq and the President’s decision about withdrawal. As you know, Republicans have already piled on, suggesting that the prospect of sectarian violence once U.S. troops leave is real, among them Mitt Romney saying that it unnecessarily endangers the success that the United States has had in Iraq by withdraw...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Embassy Tashkent Tashkent, Uzbekistan October 23, 2011 SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, I am delighted to be here, and I want to thank all of you for coming out on a Sunday morning and apologize that, as is often the case, we got a little delayed, did some interviews and had some typical challenges. But all is well, and I’m especially pleased to join you here in this beautiful atrium. As some of you might remember, when I came last December, you did not ha...
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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Ismaili Center Dushanbe, Tajikistan October 22, 2011 Please attribute the following content to an interview with Bloomberg News QUESTION: Secretary Clinton, thank you so much for making the time to join us on Bloomberg Radio. You’ve just come from Pakistan, where you, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, and the CIA director delivered a clear message to the Pakistanis that they have to wipe out terrorist safe havens now. The Pakistanis said that the...
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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Ismaili Center Dushanbe, Tajikistan October 22, 2011 Please attribute the following content to an interview with National Public Radio QUESTION: Madam Secretary, first of all, thank you very much for sitting down with us for this interview. I’d like to ask you first about your visit to Pakistan. You had a full court press of senior American officials there, and you yourself delivered some very strong statements, even warnings, to Pakistan’s...
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Townhall Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Ismaili Center Dushanbe, Tajikistan October 22, 2011 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Please let me tell you how excited I am to be here with you. Sher, thank you for that introduction and for being our moderator today. I wanted to thank the Aga Khan Development Network for supporting this forum and working so hard to create opportunities for the Tajik people and the Dushanbe Ismaili Center. Thanks to you for hosting us in this truly beautiful, impressive ...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Islamabad, Pakistan October 21, 2011 Thank you. Thank you, thank you. Thank you. And it truly is a pleasure to be back here at Embassy Islamabad again. And I want to thank everyone, certainly Cameron and Marilyn for making me feel so welcome, being my hosts for the evening. And I want to thank also the deputy chief of mission as well. There’s a lot of incredible energy at this mission, and that is in part due to your understanding and commitment, A...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Reuters Soundbite Islamabad, Pakistan October 21, 2011 "In response to the legitimate concerns that we have heard from our Pakistani partners, we are trying to squeeze and prevent terrorists on the Afghan side of the border from attacking Pakistan. Now similarly, we need greater cooperation on the Pakistani side of the border. In effect, we want to squeeze these terrorists so that they cannot attack and kill any Pakistani, any Afghan, any American, ...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Islamabad, Pakistan October 21, 2011 MODERATOR: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. As-salaam alaikum. We have the honor here today to have Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar with us. They have had their meetings. They will now be speaking to you. Over to Madam Khar first. FOREIGN MINISTER KHAR: Thank you. (Inaudible.) A very good morning and as-salaam alaikum to everyone. I’m just (inaudible). Madam Se...
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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Serena Hotel Islamabad, Pakistan October 21, 2011 MODERATOR: A very warm welcome to Pakistan, Secretary Clinton. It’s good to have you with us again. You come at a time which is very important for this crucial relationship; troubled times, if you may say. And you’ve had lots of meetings in the last few hours. We hope to get a lot of news out of you during this session. But we do hope that you’ve been able to untie some hard knots. And...
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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Serena Hotel Islamabad, Pakistan October 21, 2011 MR. PIRZADA: As salaam alaikum. On your behalf, all of you the civil society members who are in this hall, and on behalf of the countless millions of Pakistanis who are watching this on live television, I extend a warm welcome to United States Secretary of State, Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Secretary Clinton, without exaggeration, is a household name and face in Pakistan. And why not? She has invested ...
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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Kabul, Afghanistan October 20, 2011 Please attribute the following content to an interview with CNN News. QUESTION: Secretary Clinton, thank you very much for talking with CNN. You’ve seen these reports coming out of Libya about Qadhafi. He could be captured. What do you know about that? SECRETARY CLINTON: We cannot confirm it yet, Jill. We have seen the reports, and we want to wait until there is evidence, because we’ve had reports in the ...
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