Secretary Remarks

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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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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Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, 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, Treaties and International Agreements

Interview With Rita Braver of CBS Sunday Morning Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 22, 2008 QUESTION: You know, other than the President and Vice President, you have become such a symbol for this Administration. What’s that been like for you? SECRETARY RICE: Oh, I don’t think of myself as a symbol. I just think of myself as someone who’s tried to do a good job on behalf of the country. And I think we have managed to keep the country safe. And for those of us who were t...

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Interview on CBS News Radio with Dan Raviv and Charles Wolfson Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 9, 2008 QUESTION: Welcome to the Marshall Room at the State Department. I’m Dan Raviv of CBS News here for a radio interview with the Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Thanks so much for joining us, Madame Secretary. SECRETARY RICE: It’s a pleasure to be with you. QUESTION: And I’m here with our State Department reporter Charles Wolfson. Good morning, Charlie. QUESTION: ...

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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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Latin America: We Need These Trade Deals Secretary Condoleezza Rice Op-Ed The Miami Herald July 15, 2007 On Monday, several hundred citizens of the Americas -- members of civil society, faith groups and nongovernmental organizations from nations across our hemisphere -- joined President Bush here for the White House Conference on the Americas. The goal was to strengthen and expand the consensus behind democracy and free markets that defines nearly our entire hemisphere today. A dream long denied That th...

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Remarks at the White House Conference on the Americas Secretary Condoleezza Rice Hyatt Regency Hotel Crystal City, Virginia July 9, 2007 View Video (4:00 p.m. EST) SECRETARY RICE: Good afternoon. Thank you very much, Tom, for that wonderful and kind introduction. And I should just say that Assistant Secretary of State Tom Shannon has been really the tip of the spear in moving our policies on Latin America. He has spent endless hours on airplanes to go to Latin America and to spend time with our colleagu...

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Interview by Selected Print Journalists from UN Security Council Member Countries Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC November 4, 2002 (10:30 a.m. EST) SECRETARY POWELL: It is a great pleasure to welcome you all here, and to make the most use of our time, I would just throw it to questions. QUESTION: Thank you, sir. I guess my first question is, what is the deadline for the US for reaching a resolution in the Security Council? I mean, last week you said that it should be next week. SECRETARY POWELL...

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Prepared Statement for the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary Secretary Colin L. Powell House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary Washington, DC April 26, 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 State Department Budget for FY 2002. This Budget represents a significant ...

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