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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 U.S. Mission Geneva, Switzerland May 2, 2016 AMBASSADOR HAMAMOTO: Secretary, it’s so great to have you back here in Geneva. After coming here numerous times over the last couple years, it’s now been about nine months since your last visit, and I will say we were starting to worry that we weren’t your favorite post anymore. (Laughter.) So thank you very much for coming back to Geneva to dispel that notion once and for all. We like being your favorit...

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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 Osobnyak Guesthouse Moscow, Russia May 7, 2013 FOREIGN MINISTER LAVROV: (In Russian.) SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much, Sergey. Thank you very, very much. Thank you for a very generous welcome. It’s been great to be here with you today, and we’ve had very thorough, very cooperative and extensive conversations, and I’m deeply appreciative for the hospitality that the Foreign Minister and the President have both afforded to me today. I might comm...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Ministry of Foreign Affairs Berlin, Germany February 26, 2013 The video is available on YouTube . MODERATOR: (In progress) – Berlin for a town hall meeting, the first show of Facebook TV here in Germany. This is John Kerry. He is here on stage. That’s what we promised you. He is. It feels good. Now, come on, let’s hear applause. (Applause.) Ladies and gentlemen, BASE_camp Berlin will thank Mark Zuckerberg and Gunnar Bender from Facebook for them to...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd, and Australian Defense Minister Stephen Smith Presidio Golden Gate Club Ventana Room San Francisco, CA September 15, 2011 SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon, everyone. It is a great pleasure for Secretary Panetta and I to welcome Foreign Minister Rudd and Defense Minister Smith and the entire Australian delegation, our friends and our partners, here today. I must say, on a personal...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Waldorf-Astoria New York City September 11, 2009   SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Thank you so very much. Oh, what an evening and what inspiration I certainly have derived from the stories and the words of our four honorees. I am deeply grateful for that very kind introduction, Dick. I thank everyone associated with the Institute, particularly Anne Roosevelt, who has been a friend for a number of years. I am also pleased that my successor and friend,...

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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Phya Thai Palace Bangkok, , Thailand July 22, 2009 View Video at The Nation MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Secretary of State Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton. (Applause.) SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Thank you. MODERATOR: And the host of today’s event is Nation’s group editor Mr. Suttichai Yoon and Nation’s channel editor, Ms. Veenarat Laohapakakul. QUESTION: Good morning, everyone. Of course, everyone has been waiting f...

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Press Conference Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State James S. Brady Press Briefing Room Washington, DC May 19, 2009 Released by White House Office of the Press Secretary 11:25 A.M. EDT MR. GIBBS: A renewed guest appearance. Thank you all for coming. As we talked last week here, you all know the national security priority that Pakistan is for this administration. President Obama asked all those in the administration to respond quickly to the conditions that we're seeing now in the Swat Valley a...

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Interview With the Dallas Morning News Editorial Board Secretary Condoleezza Rice Dallas, Texas November 9, 2007 MODERATOR: You are meeting with the Editorial Board of the Dallas Morning News. Around the table (inaudible). We are pleased to have you here and very interested in your thoughts on developments around the world, both in the short term and in the long term. I think we would probably be remiss -- oh, and I should also point out we have our international editor as well from the newsroom here. Q...

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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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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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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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