Secretary Remarks

Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC January 29, 2013 QUESTION: Very good. Well, I do want to talk. We have so much to talk about and not much time, I know. But I want to begin with Benghazi. You’ve talked about Benghazi as one of your lasting regrets. Your review board outlined systemic failures of the State Department, but I wonder whether you also see it as an intelligence failure. I mean, the U.S. was really taken by surprise by this attack, even though, as we now...

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Regions: Afghanistan, Algeria , Iran , Pakistan , Russia , Rwanda , Syria , United States

Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs, Treaties and International Agreements

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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Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs, Treaties and International Agreements

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

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Intercontinental Hotel New York City September 19, 2011 Moderated by Nick Kristof MODERATOR:  Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming the Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State of the United States; Nick Kristof, moderator and columnist for The New York Times; Reema Nanavaty, director for economic and rural development for the Self-Employed Women’s Association; Paul Polman, chief executive officer of Unilever; His Excel...

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Topics: Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State United Nations Headquarters New York City September 30, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: The 6,195 th meeting of the Security Council is called to order. The provisional agenda for this meeting is before the Council in document S/Agenda 6,195, which reads, and I quote: “Women and Peace and Security,” end of quote. Unless I hear any objection, I shall consider the agenda adopted. The agenda is adopted.   I should like to inform the Council that I ...

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Topics: Energy, Global Women's Issues, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Sheraton Hotel and Towers New York, NY September 25, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you so very much, and it is once again a great, great delight, a personal privilege, to be here at CGI and to see how this innovative approach toward changing the future, by investing in people, and using the talents of so many to make the cases for those whose voices will not be heard here, has made such a difference. What I have found in the last five years with the extr...

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Regions: Rwanda , United Kingdom , United States

Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

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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Remarks with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni Secretary Colin L. Powell Press availability following meeting Kampala, Uganda May 27, 2001 PRESIDENT MUSEVENI: (In progress) the relationship between the United States and Uganda on the one hand, as well as regional issues. Our views have been harmonious. I did not see any discrepancies in our positions. However, since I am a common sight here in Uganda and the journalists always like something new, I think I should invite General Powell so he can give you...

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Regions: Libya , Mali , Nigeria , Rwanda , Sudan , Uganda , United Kingdom , United States

Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Countering Terrorism, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

Remarks at the University of Witwatersrand Secretary Colin L. Powell Remarks to University of Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa May 25, 2001 SECRETARY POWELL: Thank you very much. Thank you. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Let me start by saying that I am deeply honored to receive a copy of your bill of rights, modeled in the fashion of our Bill of Rights. Our Bill of Rights represented the first Ten Amendments to our Constitution, and the very first of those Amendments was the right of fre...

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Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

Remarks to the Press Aboard Aircraft en Route to Bamako, Mali Secretary Colin L. Powell Remarks to the Press Bamako, Mali May 22, 2001 SECRETARY POWELL: Good evening, everyone. How are you? Thank you for joining me on this trip. I'm ready for your questions. We'll keep it short for this flight. QUESTION: As the first African-American Secretary of State, what does this trip mean to you personally? And secondly, why are you going to Africa now, before you go to China, Russia, Latin America, Europe, these ...

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Topics: Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance