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Photos from China» Photos from Bangladesh and India» Photos from Kenya, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and Switzerland» Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Nairobi, Kenya, on August 22 to meet with President Kenyatta to discuss regional security issues and counterterrorism cooperation, as well as bilateral issues. Secretary Kerry also met with Kenyan Foreign Minister Amina Mohamed and other regional foreign ministers to discuss key challenges in East Africa, including the prospects for re...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Rosa Kempinski Hotel Nairobi, Kenya August 22, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you, sir. Thank you. Thank you, Mshila. Thank you (inaudible). Thank you very, very much. What are these big boards on the back of the wall here? Can you explain those to me? Mshila? Who can explain that to me, these boards? PARTICIPANT: No microphone. (Laughter.) SECRETARY KERRY: No microphone? Powerful voice, though. PARTICIPANT: I can explain one of the boards. SECRETARY KERRY: One of the ...
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Regions: Burundi , Kenya , Somalia , Sudan , United Kingdom , United States
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Rosa Kempinski Hotel Nairobi, Kenya August 22, 2016 FOREIGN MINISTER MOHAMED: I am delighted to welcome Secretary John Kerry back to Nairobi, and for a second visit in the last, I think, one year. The last time you were here was in May. SECRETARY KERRY: Yes. FOREIGN MINISTER MOHAMED: Yes, so thank you very, very much for coming back. I think it’s a pure reflection of where our relationship is, and which is growing and growing very, very, I think, in a very hea...
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Regions: Iran , Kenya , Russia , Somalia , Sudan , Syria , United Kingdom , United States
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Stanford University Memorial Auditorium Stanford, California June 23, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you so much. You’re the best. I love you. You are terrific. Thank you so much. Thank you. (Cheers.) Patricia, thank you. Thank you so much. Good morning, everybody. Are you all energized? (Cheers.) I saw that video. I thought I’d quit as Secretary and become an entrepreneur immedia...
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Regions: United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam
Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Grand Hyatt Hotel New York City April 5, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Mike, thank you very, very much. Thanks, more importantly, for your extraordinary leadership over the years. I think everybody here knows that Mike Bloomberg has been a pioneer on so many different things, critical issues, and concepts – a great business person and entrepreneur of extraordinary capacity. And he has proven his leadership qualities many times, both ...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Davos, Switzerland January 22, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Klaus, thank you very, very much. Hello, everybody. Good morning to you. Klaus, first of all, thank you for your very warm, generous introduction. I especially want to thank you for your superb leadership of the World Economic Forum for many years. As you’ve said, it’s been my honor to come here. This may have been the hardest trip of all. I was looking up at the mountain, fresh snow, and I saw those b...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Le Bourget Paris, France December 9, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you, Todd, extraordinarily for those more than generous words. I really, really appreciate them. I might have loved it if you found a less menacing notion than a ballistic missile. (Laughter.) But I appreciate it. At least it gets the job done. Ambassador Hartley, really nice to have you here, and Gina McCarthy, who is the head of our Environmental Protection Agency, thank you very, very much for being...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Loy Henderson Auditorium Washington, DC October 20, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: Drew, thank you very, very much. Good morning everybody. Welcome to the State Department. And Drew, thanks so much for not just great leadership, but for years of friendship. Drew was really the surrogate senator for the state of Massachusetts for a period of time. He was my director up there in the state and did an absolutely magnificent job. John, Jeremy, Andrea, thank you so much for being ...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Ronald Reagan Building Washington, DC September 19, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: (Applause.) Thank you very much. Eliot, thank you very, very much. I accept the nomination. (Laughter.) It’s wonderful to be here. I give you a lot of credit, Eliot. As someone who represents New York’s 16th District, as someone from the Bronx, thank you very much for not mentioning that the Boston Red Sox are 26 games out of first place. (Laughter.) As I had the privilege of servi...
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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC August 5, 2014 QUESTION: Secretary of State John Kerry, welcome to HARDtalk. SECRETARY KERRY: Pleasure to be with you. QUESTION: Scott Eisner from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has said that he and others have been pressing the Obama Administration for years to hold this kind of summit. To quote, he says, “If you want CEOs to pay attention, you’re going to need the commander-in-chief to take charge.” What took President Obama so lon...
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Townhall John Kerry Secretary of State National Academy of Sciences Washington, DC August 4, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good morning, everybody. Thank you, Linda, very, very much for opening this exciting beginning of a very exciting three days, and we’re really delighted to welcome everybody here. Thank you all for joining us this morning to have a candid back-and-forth about a critical topic, and we are particularly grateful to all of our panelists. I want to thank Shaka Ssali for helping to &n...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia October 11, 2013 The video is also available with closed captioning on YouTube. Selamat Pagi. Good morning. (Applause.) Four thousand seven hundred delegates, 123 countries – this is really remarkable. And it’s a pleasure – (applause). Yes, it is remarkable. (Applause.) And it’s a great, great pleasure for me to be in this beautiful, dynamic city. I want to thank Prime Minister Najib. Thank you so much for your welcome,...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC June 20, 2013 The video is also available with closed captioning on YouTube. Thank you. Thank you very, very much. I really appreciate the opportunity to be here. I apologize for being a moment late. I just came from the Hill, where I was testifying on the subject of Syria, where we obviously have an enormous impact in terms of refugees. I appreciate your allowing me to sneak in and move the box and stand here and talk to you. (...
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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 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 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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Townhall Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Newseum Washington, DC January 29, 2013 Video is available with closed captioning on YouTube . MS. SALES: Hello. I’m Leigh Sales from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Welcome to this town hall-style event with the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who has her last day at the State Department this Friday. This is a town hall with a difference though because we have people all around the world ready to ask to questions from Britain to...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC November 8, 2012 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you all very much. Well, it’s a great delight to see all of you here. And as I look out on this audience, I see many familiar faces from the diplomatic community. And I especially thank each and every one of you for being here on this important issue. Congressman Moran, thank you for joining us ...
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Press Statement Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC October 22, 2012 The United States continues to be concerned by the crisis in the Horn of Africa. Although the famine in Somalia ended earlier this year, more than two million people in that country still urgently need humanitarian aid. And the overall humanitarian situation in the region remains fragile; more than 9 million people in the Horn need assistance. That's why today we are announcing an additional $58 million in assi...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Clinton Presidential Center Little Rock, Arkansas September 30, 2011 MODERATOR: Thank you. And now we’re going to open it up for questions. And let me assure you there’s going to be a lot of hands from the Clinton School side, so you’re going to see me call on them a lot. I just want to be very clear on that. To start if off, let me ask the president of the student body of the Clinton School to ask the first question. QUESTION: Thank yo...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Georgetown University's Gaston Hall Washington, DC December 14, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. It is wonderful being back here at Georgetown in this magnificent Gaston Hall, and to give you something to do during exam week. (Laughter.) It’s one of those quasi-legitimate reasons for taking a break – (laughter) – which I’m very happy to have provided. I want to thank Jas for his introductory remarks, and clearly, those of you wh...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC December 11, 2009 MR. CROWLEY: A woman who truly needs no introduction, the 67 th Secretary of State and our global rock star, Hillary Rodham Clinton. (Laughter.) SECRETARY CLINTON: Just don’t ask me to sing, that’s all I ask. Well, it is a very great pleasure to be here today to welcome you to the first in a series of diplomacy briefings that we will be hosting here at the State Department. I want to thank all of you for being...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture Washington, DC October 16, 2009 Please watch “ See the Future; Feed the Future; Change the Future ,” a video released by the Department of State and narrated by Actor Matt Damon to highlight the Global Food Security Crisis and the U.S. Commitment to Action.” OPERATOR: Welcome and thank you for standing by. At this time, all participants are on a listen-only mode until the question and answer session...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington Convention Center Washington, DC October 1, 2009 Thank you. Well, thank you very much, Stephen, and it is a real pleasure for me to join you today and be part of what has already been a very substantive program. I thank you and the Corporate Council on Africa for your tireless efforts to develop stronger business and trade ties between the United States and the countries of Africa. And I want to also recognize my colleague in the cabinet, the ...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Yar'Adua Center Abuja, Nigeria August 12, 2009 MR. ERUBAMI : Your Excellency, distinguished leaders of (inaudible). I am (inaudible). (Applause.) We are engaged in the (inaudible) democracy and (inaudible). I stand before you tonight (inaudible). We are here to honor our distinguished (inaudible) Ms. Hillary Clinton. (Applause.) SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very much (inaudible). That reminded me of an old American television show where Ed McMahon used t...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State St. Joseph's School Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo August 10, 2009 MS. BAROANI : (Via interpreter) Mrs. Secretary, Mr. Dikembe Mutombo, dear friends from the international and local press and dear friends of the students of Kinshasa, good afternoon. (Inaudible) good afternoon. AUDIENCE: (Inaudible.) MS. BAROANI: (Via interpreter) It is an honor for Search for Common Ground to be able to welcome you. That Mrs. Clinton is here in this room toda...
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Op-Ed Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Op-Ed City Press, South Africa August 9, 2009 When I first visited the Victoria Mxenge co-operative in Cape Town in 1997, I met homeless women working to transform an empty patch of land into a new community. They pooled their savings and microloans, bought shovels, poured concrete and built new homes for themselves and their children. In 1997 there were just 18 homes. I returned a year later and saw 104. Yesterday I found a village of thousands of homes w...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Johannesburg, South Africa August 7, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very much, and it's a great pleasure for me to be here. I want to express my appreciation to IDC and to BUSA and to the government for having representatives and helping to make this event an important one on my schedule of visits throughout Africa, a real highlight extraordinary opportunities that lie ahead. So I wish to thank Jeffrey and Jerry and, of course, the minister. My delega...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Nairobi, Kenya August 6, 2009 AMBASSADOR RANNEBERGER : Well, please everyone, please. Thank you. Well, thank you. Thank you very much, everyone, for coming. I am extremely honored today to have with us the Secretary of State. It’s really a great pleasure and a privilege to welcome you, Madame Secretary, to the U.S. mission, and really to our mission community. That you’ve come to Africa and to Kenya first so early in your tenure is most encou...
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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 Intercontinental Hotel Nairobi, Kenya August 5, 2009 Thank you so much, Secretary Carson. (Applause.) Well, I’m very happy to be here for this occasion. I think the remarks that have already been put forth, particularly by the minister, illustrate the commitment that Mauritius has had over a number of years, going back to the 1980s, to the ingredients that build a good business climate and attract investments. And we are here to embark on the next ...
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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 Nairobi, Kenya August 5, 2009 SECRETARY VILSACK: Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Mr. Minister, thank you very much. I come from the state of Iowa, where they say that that’s where the tall corn grows. Well, apparently, I’m where the tall maize grows. (Laughter.) And it is a pleasure and an honor to be here. Earlier this afternoon, I had a chance to meet with one of the ministers from Namibia. And he said something that I thought wa...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State The Mayflower Hotel Washington, DC April 22, 2009 Thank you. Thank you all very much. Thank you. It is a real pleasure to be here with you today on Earth Day, to thank you for your hard work and your generosity in tackling some of the most urgent problems facing our planet and its people. I especially appreciate being with both Jane and Walter, two visionary leaders who have made such a difference in their lives and work. I have to confess that when Jane...
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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 to National Association of Manufacturers Secretary Colin L. Powell Board of Directors Meeting Monarch Hotel, Washington, DC October 31, 2001 3:00 p.m. EDT SECRETARY POWELL: Thank you so very much, ladies and gentlemen, for that warm welcome. And Don, I thank you for your kind and generous introduction. And I am pleased to follow the many distinguished colleagues of mine. You have heard from within the Administration already the President and my other Cabinet colleagues, and I am pleased to have ...
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Interview by Cheryl Martin and Others Secretary Colin L. Powell BET's "Lead Story" With Cheryl Martin, Clarence Page, DeWayne Wickham, and Armstrong Williams Washington, DC June 3, 2001 MS. MARTIN: Welcome to the program. I'm Cheryl Martin. Secretary of State Colin Powell just returned from a week-long visit to Africa, visiting four countries -- Mali, South Africa, Uganda and Kenya. He is the first Secretary of State in history to visit the continent this early in his tenure. We are pleased to have Secr...
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Testimony at Budget Hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC March 8, 2001 Well, thank you very much, Mr. Chairman and Senator Biden for your welcome. It's good to be back before the committee, this time as the Secretary of State. And I thank you for the prompt consideration of my nomination just a few short weeks ago. I've been the Secretary of State for five and a half weeks. I must admit it's starting to feel like five and a half months, if not fi...
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