Secretary Remarks

Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State The White House Washington, DC December 2, 2013 Gayle, thank you very, very much. Thanks for your tremendous leadership and your collaboration in this effort, and to all of our distinguished colleagues in the Obama Administration and distinguished guests here, all of whom the President – most of whom, many of whom the President named – we’re grateful to you for being here and being part of this. And I thank the President for convening this really r...

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Regions: Canada , France , Germany , Japan , Norway , Sweden , United Kingdom , United States

Topics: Global Health

Press Briefing on Board Plane En Route Brussels Secretary Colin L. Powell Brussels, Belguim December 5, 2001 SECRETARY POWELL : I don�t know if you heard about the blue on blue incident we had in Afghanistan where one of our bombs hit a special forces unit and we lost some kids, maybe a dozen or so wounded and some Afghans, one of those unfortunate accidents that happen in war. QUESTION: You don�t know what happened? SECRETARY POWELL: No, I just know that it was something went wrong in one of the missil...

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Regions: Afghanistan, Cyprus , France , Iran , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States

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

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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Regions: Canada , China, France , Kenya , Mali , Mexico , Senegal , Sierra Leone , Somalia , South Africa , Sudan , Uganda , United Kingdom , United States , Zimbabwe

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

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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Regions: China, Colombia , Russia , United Kingdom , United States , Western Hemisphere

Topics: Combating Drugs and Crime, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy

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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Regions: Colombia , Mexico , Russia , United Kingdom , United States

Topics: Combating Drugs and Crime, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance