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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State C Street Lobby Washington, DC January 19, 2017 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you. (Cheers.) Thank you, thank you, thank you very much. Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you. I accept the nomination. (Laughter.) Thank you very much. That was – that silenced it pretty fast. (Laughter.) I am leaving here, obviously, with sadness. It’s bittersweet because you leave. But I actually am excited about the next chapter. And I have a feeling we’re all going to continue to cross paths, co...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Department of State Washington, DC January 10, 2017 UNDER SECRETARY KENNEDY: Secretary Baker was not able to be with us here this evening, but it’s now my honor to read a letter from the 61st Secretary of State: “Ladies and gentlemen, good evening. I regret that I am unable to join Secretary Kerry and my former secretary colleagues, all of whom have been crucial to the creation of the U.S. Diplomacy Center Pavilion. The completion of the Diplomacy Center...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Berlin, Germany December 5, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Wow. That sounds like a campaign introduction, folks. (Laughter.) I accept the nomination. (Laughter.) I’m ready to go. How are you all? Hey guys, I’m really happy to see you guys here. Thank you very much. How are you doing? You good? You having fun? How are you having fun? What are you doing to have fun? Come on up here and talk to me. Come here, come here, come here. Come here. I have a very talkative ...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Hilton Chicago Hotel Chicago, Illinois October 26, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good evening, everybody. And thank you, very, very much to Ivo Daalder. Thank you, sir, Mr. Ambassador. And thanks to the Chicago Council for Global Affairs for inviting me here. And a profound thank you to Ambassador Lou Susman for his very generous introduction. And most importantly, Marge and Lou, thank you for many, many years of extraordinary friendship. I really value it. And I thin...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Bankova Kyiv, Ukraine July 7, 2016 PRESIDENT POROSHENKO: (Via interpreter) Dear Mr. State Secretary, dear John, dear ladies and gentlemen, I am sincerely pleased to welcome you to Ukraine. For me and for all Ukrainians, for the whole world, this visit is a reflection of mighty support that the United States has been providing at the very crucial stage of development of our country. This visit is deeply symbolic and we are very pleased that you have come, Mr. State S...

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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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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC February 17, 2016 AMBASSADOR CHACON: I’m Arnold Chacon, director general of the Foreign Service and director of Human Resources at the Department of State. In this edition of Conversations on Leadership, it’s a real privilege and honor to host Secretary John Kerry in conversation with one of our emerging leaders in the department, Ms. Michelle Los Banos, a midlevel Foreign Service officer and former Pickering Fellow who works in my offic...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Bloomington, Indiana October 15, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY:   Thank you very much.  I accept the nomination.  (Laughter.)  You have twice welcomed me by standing up, and I am deeply appreciative.  I will caution you all to remind you that Winston Churchill once said that the only reason people give a standing ovation is they desperately need an excuse to shift their underwear.  (Laughter.)  I know you had a much more noble concept in mi...

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Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC November 7, 2014 I have known and worked with Tony Blinken for more than twenty years now, and I am pleased that if confirmed he will return to the State Department, where he began his career in government in 1993, as Deputy Secretary of State. Since his time as Special Assistant in the Bureau of European Affairs and throughout his career, Tony has worked closely with Foreign Service Officers, members of the Civil Service, and political appoin...

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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 Former Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger, James Baker, Madeleine Albright, Colin Powell, and Hillary Clinton George Marshall Conference Center Washington, DC September 3, 2014 UNDER SECRETARY KENNEDY: Good afternoon. It is my great pleasure to welcome everyone here today for the groundbreaking ceremony for the new United States Diplomacy Center. We are celebrating the start of construction of the center, a state-of-the-art museum and educational resource that wil...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Ben Franklin Room Washington, DC June 19, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: Robyn, thank you very, very much. Thank you to all of you. Welcome to this celebration of pride here at State, and I’m very, very honored to have a chance to be able to talk with everybody. And thank you especially for putting up with my tardiness, which is not my fault. Blame Iraq and – (laughter) – a few other places. But I’m really delighted to be here. Robyn’s leadershi...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State London, United Kingdom June 13, 2014 AMBASSADOR BARZUN: Well, it is great to see your faces. Now, as you look at the faces on the walls up here, there’s some you may recognize – Abraham Lincoln, President Obama, George Washington, my predecessor over here -- there’s one you might – oh, where did he go? – might not recognize over there, which is Ambassador John Wynant. And he was ambassador here from 1941-1946, and I would argue, and I t...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State U.S. Embassy Manila Manila, Philippines December 17, 2013 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very, very much. Magandang gabi. ( Laughter.) I’m going to let you have it. What? AUDIENCE: Almost. SECRETARY KERRY: Almost. Well, come here. Come here. Come here. How should I say it? (Laughter.) All right. Give me the right way. AUDIENCE: Magandang gabi. SECRETARY KERRY: Magandang gabi . (Applause and cheering.) So he’s not such a good teacher. (Laughter.) Anyway, it i...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam David B. Shear U.S. Consulate Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam December 14, 2013 AMBASSADOR SHEAR: Welcome, everybody. Mr. Secretary, I’d like to introduce you to team Ho Chi Minh City. (Cheering and applause.) I’d like especially to introduce you to our new Marine detachment, five new Marines led by Staff Sergeant Childress. Where are you? (Applause.) There they are. I’d like also to welcome 10 or 12 loyal empl...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State American Center Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam December 14, 2013 SECRETARY KERRY: Mr. Ambassador, David, thank you very, very much. And thank you so much for your great leadership these past years. Xin chao, Vietnam. I’m very, very happy to be here and to be back. It’s an honor for me to be here with so many people who’ve really been taking part in and contributing to the great transformation and the great success that is taking place here in Vietnam. I...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State U.S. Embassy Islamabad, Pakistan August 1, 2013 AMBASSADOR OLSON: Mr. Secretary, good morning. Colleagues, it is my great honor and privilege to introduce a man who needs no introduction here, especially, Secretary of State John Kerry, who has been to Pakistan more times than I think we can count. This is his first visit as Secretary of State, but of course, he is well known as a good friend of Pakistan. And Mr. Secretary, it’s my honor to introduce you to the...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Embassy Guatemala Antigua, Guatemala June 5, 2013 AMBASSADOR CHACON: Good morning, everyone, Mission Guatemala. I have the easiest job this morning. I get to introduce a man who needs no introduction. Secretary Kerry, our 68 th Secretary of State, has a long and distinguished record of service to our nation. You represented the great state of Massachusetts for 29 years, serving and later chairing the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Secretary Kerry, I have a terr...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Chief of Mission Residence Stockholm, Sweden May 14, 2013 AMBASSADOR BRZEZINSKI: Mr. Secretary, we’ve had some formal meetings this morning. Now it’s the family meeting. Welcome to the U.S. Embassy Stockholm family community, and I just want to say, Mr. Secretary, my colleagues at U.S. Embassy Stockholm, my wife Natalia and I welcome you to our home, which is also your home. Mr. Secretary, I am so honored to introduce you to the U.S. Embassy community. L...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Embassy London London, United Kingdom February 25, 2013 AMBASSADOR SUSMAN: I know all of you. I know all of you. You’re just glad to be here to meet our new boss. But on behalf of Marjorie and myself, we couldn’t be more thrilled, the fact that Secretary Kerry is here on the first visit of his trip overseas in London, and he’s here at the London Embassy. I’ve known Senator Kerry for much long for me, but not too long for him. I will tell you ...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Ben Franklin Room Washington, DC February 6, 2013 Thank you. Mr. Vice President, thank you for an unbelievably generous, warm Oath of Office and your comments before them. I want to share with all of you that as a recovering politician – (laughter) – I’ve grown used to being sworn at; it’s really nice to be sworn in. (Laughter and applause.) I will say more about the Vice President in a moment, but I want to say thank you to my colleagues fro...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC January 30, 2013 UNDER SECRETARY KENNEDY: I have received my orders. Please sit. (Laughter.) Good morning ladies and gentlemen, Madam Secretary. Just one reminder, we are broadcasting this event on BNET, so when we get to the question period, please keep your questions diplomatic. (Laughter.) Four years ago, I stood at this microphone and said that I was about to introduce someone who needs no introduction. Since I ...

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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 Rajiv Shah    USAID Administrator Ronald Reagan Building Washington, DC December 17, 2010 MR. STEINBERG: Thank you for that welcome and thank you for coming to the program here today. I’m Don Steinberg and it’s my pleasure to introduce today’s proceedings to mark the release of the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Defense Review, or QDDR. SECRETARY CLINTON: Development. (Laughter.) MR. STEINBERG: Hmm. (Laughter.) Le...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton    Secretary of State Anne-Marie Slaughter    Director Patrick F. Kennedy    Under Secretary for Management  Rajiv Shah    USAID Administrator Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC December 15, 2010 UNDER SECRETARY KENNEDY: Good morning, everyone. Before beginning this Secretary of State town hall meeting on the QDDR, I would like to ask all of you to rise for a moment in a moment of silence and memory of Ambassador R...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Ritz Carlton Hotel Manama, Bahrain December 3, 2010 SECRETARY CLINTON: Good evening, Your Majesty, Royal Highnesses, Highnesses, ministers, ambassadors, excellencies, ladies and gentlemen: It is a great pleasure for me to join you this year for the seventh annual Manama Dialogue. And I want to congratulate the International Institute for Strategic Studies for the vision of this Dialogue and for convening what I am sure will be another thought-provoking c...

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

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Parliament House Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea November 3, 2010 PRIME MINISTER SOMARE: Madam Secretary of State, I would just like to say that we’ve made a wonderful dialogue, really, one-to-one and with the ministers. And we are really honored that, Secretary of State, you were able to give time amidst a very busy schedule of yours to visit our country. We view this as a reaffirmation of the importance which the United States Government attaches ...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia November 2, 2010 Well, it is really a great treat to be here. I learned that we haven’t had a Secretary of State at Embassy KL since 1995. So I’m making up for lost time to be here, to thank you for the work that you do every single day. It is a real treat for me to be able to come to Malaysia on behalf of President Obama and our country and know as Paul just said, that we have such a hard-working, dedicated world-class...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton    Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke    Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan  Treaty Room Washington, DC December 7, 2009 AMBASSADOR HOLBROOKE: Madame Secretary, thank you for doing this wonderful event to honor one of the bravest and best Foreign Service officers I’ve ever been privileged to work with.   Before I turn it over to the Secretary, I want to remind you all that Secretary Clinton was in Pakistan just a ...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Former Secretary of State Colin Powell Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC December 7, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Welcome to the Benjamin Franklin Room here at the State Department for such a happy occasion, totally in keeping with the spirit of the times where we are about to have the unveiling of the official portrait of Colin Powell as Secretary of State. Four years ago, hundreds of employees from across the State Department gathered in the lobby downs...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton    Secretary of State Karl W. Eikenberry    U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan , Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Embassy Kabul Kabul, Afghanistan November 18, 2009   AMBASSADOR EIKENBERRY: Well, good evening, members of this very great United States civilian and military and Afghan team. We’re deeply honored and very pleased to have with us today the 67 th Secretary of State of the United States of America, Hillary Rodham Clin...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State George Washington University Washington, DC October 5, 2009 MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the chairman of the George Washington University Board of Trustees, Russ Ramsey. (Applause.) MR. RAMSEY: Good evening, everyone. It is my honor and pleasure, on behalf of the entire Board of Trustees, to welcome all of you this evening. Tonight’s event highlights all that is right with our country: dynamic leaders; bright, engaged students; a...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Foreign Service Institute Arlington, VA September 18, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you so much, Ruth. Thank you so much, and I want to thank Dr. Whiteside for that warm introduction. I think it’s only fair since I have just witnessed an Arabic language lesson and walked down the hall and heard greetings in a number of different languages that nearly on the first day that I was Secretary of State I was holding a meeting of our senior leadership tea...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton    Secretary of State Farah Anwar Pandith    Special Representative to Muslim Communities  Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC September 15, 2009 MS. PANDITH: Assalamu alaikum. Good evening. And welcome to the U.S. Department of State. My name is Farah Pandith and I am Secretary Clinton’s Special Representative to Muslim Communities. This new role and her vision to advance an agenda of partnership and engagement appropriate for the 21 ...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Pretoria, South Africa August 7, 2009 Thanks to all of you, and let me begin with an apology. I know that you have been here much longer than you should have been. But in some ways, it is our collective responsibility, since you have such a program planned, that we got behind and have not caught up yet. But I did not want to miss this opportunity to come and thank you personally for what you’re doing every single day. And I am delighted to have wit...

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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Nairobi, Kenya August 6, 2009 QUESTION: Madame Secretary, thank you very much for taking time out of this very hectic schedule to spend it with us. SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you, Fareed, and thank you for coming to Nairobi for this opportunity. QUESTION: It’s my pleasure. Let me take you back a little bit. Let me ask you – you are somebody who has had an incredibly full life with many different accomplishments. But much of it was not spent i...

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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Conducted by Fareed Zakaria of CNN and Beatrice Marshall of KTN University of Nairobi Nairobi, Kenya August 6, 2009 VICE CHANCELLOR MAGOHA: Secretary Clinton, your Excellencies, Dr. Sally Kosgey, the minister for education, science, and technology, Chancellor Wanjui, PS higher education, Your Excellencies, invited guests, participants, ladies, and gentlemen, on behalf of the University of Nairobi and on my own behalf, I warmly welcome you all to the un...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Kenyatta International Conference Centre Nairobi, Kenya August 5, 2009 Good morning. Let me thank the trade minister for those welcoming words, and tell you what a privilege it is for me to join you here today. I am very grateful to the people and Government of Kenya for hosting this AGOA Forum, and particularly to the president, the prime minister, and the entire Kenyan Government. The presence of so many distinguished leaders from across Africa reflect...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Conrad Hotel Bangkok, Thailand July 23, 2009 AMBASSADOR JOHN: Well, good morning. All of us are obviously delighted to welcome you here, Madame Secretary. I think everyone is aware that the Secretary has been here to Thailand many times in the past. What many people don’t know is that she not only is a great friend of His Majesty, the King and Her Majesty, the Queen, but also the Thai people, just as importantly. As an example, Sophia and I were up...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Consulate General Mumbai, India July 19, 2009 MODERATOR: Good morning, everyone. It is my great honor to introduce to you our new ambassador, Timothy Roemer. And, actually, this group needs very little introduction, because it's an X Generation consulate staff, and one of the best in the world. And you guys have already Googled everything there is to know about Ambassador Roemer. (Laughter.) MODERATOR: But I would mention a couple of things. We are g...

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Speech Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC July 15, 2009 Thank you very much, Richard, and I am delighted to be here in these new headquarters. I have been often to, I guess, the mother ship in New York City, but it’s good to have an outpost of the Council right here down the street from the State Department. We get a lot of advice from the Council, so this will mean I won’t have as far to go to be told what we should be doing and how we should think about the future. Ri...

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Speech Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC July 15, 2009 MR. HAASS: Well, thank you for delivering a truly comprehensive talk that was broad and deep. So really, thank you for that, and for doing it here. I’m going to go straight to our membership and let them ask some questions. I ask them only to wait for a microphone, and to keep their questions as brief as they can be, so we can get as many in as possible. And just let us know your name and your affiliation when we do call...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC July 13, 2009 MR. FULGHAM: Good morning. AUDIENCE: Good morning. MR. FULGHAM: Come on, all the Starbucks coffee to drink this morning. Come on, good morning. AUDIENCE: Good morning. MR. FULGHAM: USAID and State Department colleagues and members of the press, it is my distinct pleasure to welcome you to the United States Agency for International Development. We are honored to have with us today Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as w...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC July 10, 2009 UNDER SECRETARY KENNEDY: This is one of those occasions where a long introduction would be entirely inappropriate. (Laughter.) Welcome to the State Department’s Dean Acheson Auditorium, members of the State Department, the foreign affairs community, and our colleagues in the press. And it is my distinguished pleasure to introduce the Secretary of State, Secretary Clinton. SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Yankee Stadium New York City May 13, 2009 Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. And does it get any better than this, a graduation ceremony for one of the great universities in the world in the home of New York Yankees? Nothing could be better. (Applause.) And thanks to all of you for cheering a visitor. I didn’t realize that was permitted in Yankee Stadium. I am honored to receive this degree. And on behalf of the other honorees, I say thank yo...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC May 1, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much, Director General Harry Thomas. I appreciate your leadership and words today. And it’s always a pleasure to be with so many members of the State Department family. We’re joined by career ambassadors, retired officers returning to State after decades of distinguished service, young diplomats and civil servants just beginnin...

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Testimony Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Opening Remarks Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Washington, DC April 22, 2009 (9:50 a.m. EDT) SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Ranking Member. Greetings to many friends and former colleagues. It is a pleasure to be here with you this morning. This Committee has been the source of many advances in our nation’s foreign policy and I look forward to working with you to continue that tradition. When I appeare...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC March 12, 2009 (11:30 a.m. EDT) SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, good morning. And it’s wonderful to be here today for this special occasion. I want to thank our musicians and singer, as you can see from the program, the Lavenia Nesmith Quartet. And I’m delighted – John Robinson told me that he was determined to have an all women’s musical performance. So I thanked John for that. (Applause.) I want t...

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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Interview With Jodi Kantor of the New York Times Washington, DC February 6, 2009 QUESTION: Well, thank you so much for giving me a couple of minutes. The goal is a really nuanced, substantive profile of Special Representative Holbrooke. Boy, that’s a mouthful.   SECRETARY CLINTON: Yes.   QUESTION: You know, that gets – that doesn’t so much do a retread of his past, but really talks about the match between man and mission, an...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Under Secretary for Management Patrick Kennedy Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC February 4, 2009 UNDER SECRETARY KENNEDY: Good afternoon and welcome. It’s the responsibility of a management officer to be as efficient and as economical as possible, so just a few brief remarks. When asking a question, please identify yourself and your office for the benefit of others. In light of the limited time available we have today, please make your questi...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State , Secretary of State Announcement of appointment Washington, DC January 22, 2009   SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Thank you very much, and welcome to the State Department. Please be seated.   We are delighted to be joined this afternoon by President Obama and Vice President Biden for this very important announcement. But it is also absolutely a delight to have the President and the Vice President here with us today. It is an indication of t...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State , Secretary of State Remarks to Department Employees at Welcome Event Washington, DC January 22, 2009 Thank you. Thank you all so much. Well, I am absolutely honored and thrilled beyond words to be here with you as our nation's 67 th Secretary of State. And I believe, with all of my heart, that this is a new era for America. (Applause.) President Obama set the tone with his inaugural address. And the work of the Obama-Biden Administration is committ...

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Ceremony to Commemorate Foreign Policy Achievements (2001-2009) Secretary Condoleezza Rice Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC January 15, 2009 View Video SECRETARY RICE: Good morning. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the State Department. A special welcome, of course, to the President and to our First Lady. Today is a very special day. We are going to commemorate many of the achievements of our nation over the last eight years in furthering the Freedom Agenda. Mr. President, we’ve been th...

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Testimony Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State , Secretary of State Statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Washington, DC January 13, 2009 Thank you, Senator Schumer, for your generous introduction, and even more for your support and our partnership over so many years. You are a valued and trusted colleague, a friend, and a tribute to the people of New York whom you have served with such distinction throughout your career. Mr. Chairman, I offer my congratulations as you take o...

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

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Interview on Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 7, 2008 QUESTION: Secretary Rice, welcome back to Fox News Sunday. SECRETARY RICE: Pleasure to be with you, Chris. QUESTION: Are you persuaded by the evidence you’ve seen that the Mumbai attack was launched from Pakistan, and are there signs the attackers were trained either by current or former Pakistani military or intelligence? SECRETARY RICE: Well, we have passed information to both India and Pak...

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Remarks on the NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC November 26, 2008 View Video    SECRETARY RICE: All right. I wanted to come down before the Thanksgiving holiday and before some significant meetings that I’ll participate in next week, just to give you a little bit of an update on where we are on a couple of issues and then I’m happy to take your questions. As you know, I’m going to travel to Brussels to attend the NATO foreign ministers ...

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Interview With Steve Scully of C-SPAN Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC November 10, 2008 QUESTION: Secretary of State Rice, how does the world view America? SECRETARY RICE: Well, the world views America still, I think, as a place where you can be anybody and do anything, where it doesn’t matter where you came from; it matters where you’re going. I think that’s why there was such great interest in our recent election, because it talked about overcoming old wounds. And I think m...

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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Announces Departure of Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Karen P. Hughes Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC October 31, 2007 View Video SECRETARY RICE: Good morning. I told Karen just as we were out in the anteroom that I had changed my mind, I was not going to make this announcement. (Laughter.) But it is really with a great deal of sadness but also a great deal of happiness for what she has achieved that I announce on behalf of ...

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The State Department and the Iraq War Secretary Condoleezza Rice Opening Remarks Before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Washington, DC October 25, 2007 As Delivered (10:10 a.m. EDT) SECRETARY RICE: Chairman Waxman, Representative Davis, members of the Committee, thank you very much. And I hope, Chairman Waxman, I won't need the entire five minutes because I am really here to answer your questions. I want to just make a few opening contextual points nonetheless, and that is to unde...

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Interview With Matthew Swibel of Forbes Magazine Secretary Condoleezza Rice New York, New York September 30, 2007 Complete Interview Series with Forbes Magazine: 8.07.2008 - 3.11.2008 - 12.03.2007 - 10.15.2007 - 09.30.2007 QUESTION:  I'd like to start out talking a little bit about your -- how you define diplomatic process, okay? So someone who worked on your team I spoke to recently said that, to him, it's like gardening, something you're tending to all the time, but you never leave it comple...

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Resources for Transformational Diplomacy Secretary Condoleezza Rice Testimony Before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations Washington, DC May 10, 2007 View Video (10:25 a.m. EDT) SECRETARY RICE: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you Ranking Member Gregg, members of the subcommittee. Mr. Chairman I will place the full statement into the record so that we might have full time for exchange and I will just start with a few comments. I appreciate, again, the opportunity to address this co...

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Remarks at Foreign Affairs Day Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC September 10, 2001 SECRETARY POWELL: Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. It's a great, great pleasure to welcome you here back to the Department this morning. And I want to thank Reverend Davis for that remarkable opening. (Laughter and applause.) One of these days, Ruth is going to be up there going away, she's going to pull out the handkerchief and start going like this, and we'll all be stuck for at least an hour or two. (...

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Preserving U.S. Global Leadership Secretary Colin L. Powell Address at Roundtable Meeting at the State Department Washington, DC July 10, 2001 Thank you very much, Lonny, and thank you Brian and Pat for your interventions as well, and to welcome you all here to the State Department today, and to begin by thanking you for what you have been doing as a group to support the 150 Account and to support the State Department. It's a great pleasure to be here, of course, with Lockheed Martin, with whom I've had...

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Statement Upon Signing of Principles of Cooperation Secretary Colin L. Powell Remarks to the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities Washington, DC June 11, 2001 SECRETARY POWELL: Thank you very much, Ambassador Davis, and I would like to welcome you all here this morning, and especially Antonio for the beautiful speech and for your commitment to this effort. It is my honor to share the table with you in a few moments as we put this Declaration of Principles into effect. I was very moved by th...

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Prepared Statement for the Record on the President's International Affairs Budget for FY 2002 Secretary Colin L. Powell Testimony Before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations Washington, DC May 15, 2001 As Delivered As Prepared Mr. Chairman, members of the subcommittee, I am pleased to appear before you for the first time as Secretary of State, and to testify in support of the President's International Affairs Budget for FY 2002. This Budget represents a needed increase in the Dep...

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Testimony on the President's International Affairs Budget for FY 2002 Secretary Colin L. Powell Testimony before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations Washington, DC May 15, 2001 [As Prepared] As Delivered Well, thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for your warm welcome, and I thank you for your opening statement. And Senator Leahy, I thank you for your opening remarks, and I look forward to hearing from the other members of the Committee during the question and answer period. And I...

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Prepared Testimony on the President's International Affairs Budget for FY 2002 Secretary Colin L. Powell House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Other Programs Washington, DC May 10, 2001 [As Delivered] As Prepared Mr. Chairman, members of the subcommittee, I am pleased to appear before you for the first time as Secretary of State, and to testify in support of the President�s International Affairs Budget for FY 2002.  This Budget represents a needed increase in...

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Remarks at the Department of State Awards Ceremony Secretary Colin L. Powell Remarks to the Department of State Washington, DC May 10, 2001 Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen, for that warm welcome, and Gretchen, I thank you for that kind and generous introduction. I am pleased to have the opportunity to sort of insert myself into this ceremony that Under Secretary Larson will be running. I am getting ready to go up on the Hill to testify for the money that we need to run this Department, but I d...

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Testimony on the President's International Affairs Budget for FY 2002 Secretary Colin L. Powell House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Other Programs Washington, DC May 10, 2001 Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and thank you, Mrs. Lowey, for those opening remarks and thank you for allowing my full statement to go into the record. What I would like to do, Mr. Chairman, is to summarize that statement, touching on a few high points, and then before going to your que...

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Prepared Statement on Counterterrorism before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Secretary Colin L. Powell Testimony before Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary Washington, DC May 8, 2001 [As Delivered] As Prepared Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. It is a very great pleasure to be here, and I thank you for the opportunity to testify this morning. And, Mr. Chairman, Mr. Chairman, Mr. Chairman -- all -- and the most distinguished panel you have put togethe...

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Testimony on Counterterrorism before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary Secretary Colin L. Powell Testimony on Counterterrorism before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Washington, DC May 8, 2001 [As Prepared] As Delivered Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. It is a very great pleasure to be here, and I thank you for the opportunity to testify this morning. And, Mr. Chairman, Mr. Chairman, Mr. Chairman -- all -- and the most distinguished panel you h...

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Remarks at the National Newspaper Association's 40th Annual Government Affairs Conference Secretary Colin L. Powell Remarks to the National Newspaper Association Hyatt Regency Hotel, Washington, DC March 23, 2001 SECRETARY POWELL: Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen, for that warm welcome. It's a great pleasure to have the opportunity to address you again. I think it has been almost ten years since last I had this privilege, and I remember fondly that morning. I am especially touched that General ...

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Testimony at Budget Hearing before House Budget Committee Secretary Colin L. Powell Testimony at Budget Hearing before House Budget Committee Washington, DC March 15, 2001 And I want to say to you this morning, Mr. Chairman and Mr. Spratt and Members of the Committee, that I will bring that same fighting spirit up before this Committee and all the other committees of Congress as I do what I think is necessary to support the President's budget, which I think begins a process of turning around the dilapid...

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2002 International Affairs Budget Secretary Colin L. Powell Testimony at Budget Hearing before the Senate Budget Committee Washington, DC March 14, 2001 I am pleased to have this opportunity to appear before you to present the President's submission for 2002 for the International Affairs budget. In January, at my confirmation hearing, I told the Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that President Bush would be a leader who faithfully represents to the world the ideas of freedom and justice ...

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Interview on ABC's 'This Week' Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC February 4, 2001 Interview by Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts MS. ROBERTS : Welcome to the program. We have a very special program on store for you today. MR. DONALDSON : Absolutely. The Secretary of State Colin Powell in his first interview since taking office. Welcome, Mr. Secretary, nice to see you. SECRETARY POWELL : It's good to see you, Sam. Cokie, good to be here. MR. DONALDSON : Well, most of us have called you "General" all...

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Town Hall Meeting Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC January 25, 2001 Thanks very much, ladies and gentlemen, for that very warm welcome and a special welcome to those who are in the overflow conference rooms and a very, very special greeting and hello to the men and women of the State Department who are watching this at embassies all across the world. And I wanted to let them know here and now how much I appreciate, and President Bush appreciates, all that they are doing in the service of our nat...

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Secretary Powell Greets State Department Employees Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC January 22, 2001 Thank you and good morning. Thank you very much. Well, thank you so very, very much, my colleagues. I�m sorry I�m late. (Laughter.) I don�t like to keep the troops waiting, but if you will forgive me. And I thank you for this wonderful greeting. It is so marvelous, I think we ought to do it again tomorrow. (Laughter.) I never get anything like this in the Pentagon. (Laughter.) And that is why I a...

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