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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Loy Henderson Auditorium Washington, DC November 2, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning. AUDIENCE: Good morning. SECRETARY KERRY: How are you doing? Everybody good? AUDIENCE: Yeah. Good. SECRETARY KERRY: Good. The loudest “yeah” was over here. Where are you from? QUESTION: Sri Lanka. SECRETARY KERRY: Sri Lanka. Well, you have reason to be loud. That’s good. I appreciate – Sri Lanka’s done some amazing things in the last years. So Evan, t...
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Photos from the trip» Secretary Kerry traveled to Austria, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and United Kingdom from October 28 to November 4. While in Vienna, Secretary Kerry held bilateral and multilateral meetings with foreign counterparts to discuss the ongoing crisis in Syria. The Secretary then travels to Bishkek, Samarkand, Astana, Dushanbe, and Ashgabat to conduct bilateral discussions with senior government leaders in each country. This will be Secretary Kerry&r...
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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State U.S. Ambassador's Residence Astana, Kazakhstan November 2, 2015 QUESTION: Hello, Mr. Secretary. It’s an honor and a privilege to (inaudible). SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. QUESTION: Thank you (inaudible) for your time and to answer a few questions. (Inaudible) to our TV audience in the countries of Commonwealth of Independent States. We are speaking with you during your Central Asia visit within the framework of 5+1. What is the reason of this format...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Nazarbayev University Astana, Kazakhstan November 2, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: (In Kazakh.) (Applause.) I’m working at it, folks. (Laughter.) Thank you very, very much, President Katsu. Thank you. As all of you know, President Katsu had a very long and very distinguished career at the World Bank, and I was not at all surprised to learn that he had been working very hard to create economic opportunities for the next generation now of Central Asian leaders. So he is...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State American University of Central Asia Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan October 31, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: I did this once before. (Laughter.) Minister Sarieva, an outstanding graduate of this university, we’re really proud of her work. And President Wachtel, faculty, students, all of you here, everybody with their smartphone pointing at me today – (laughter) – I’ve never seen so much energy in two introducers as you have. You are amazing. I think I’ll ...
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Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Doha, Qatar March 5, 2013 QUESTION: Secretary Kerry, let’s start with Iran. You have said they do not have an infinite amount of time for negotiations. The Israelis have said they are moving closer to the redline. Do you agree with the Israelis? SECRETARY KERRY: Well, I’m not going to get into redlines and timing publicly, except to reiterate what the President has said again and again, which is he prefers to have a diplomatic solution. He would like t...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Foreign Ministry Paris, France February 27, 2013 FOREIGN MINISTER FABIUS: (In French - Via interpreter) Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us. Thank you for being here. Together with John Kerry, we will be saying a few words, and then if you so wish we are available for the press’s questions. It gives me great pleasure to host Secretary of State John Kerry on the occasion of his first visit to Europe. It is an honor as well as a pleasure to have among...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Foreign Ministry Berlin, Germany February 26, 2013 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube . FOREIGN MINISTER WESTERWELLE: And I will speak in my native language. SECRETARY KERRY: For sure. FOREIGN MINISTER WESTERWELLE: So Mr. Secretary John Kerry, ladies and gentlemen, welcome in Berlin to all of you. And I will now continue in my native language. (In German.) So once again, John, thank you so much for coming to Berlin so early in your new of...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Foreign and Commonwealth Office London, United Kingdom February 25, 2013 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube . FOREIGN SECRETARY HAGUE: Ladies and gentlemen, it’s a great honor to welcome the 68 th Secretary of State of the United States of America, John Kerry, to London today and to the Foreign Commonwealth Office. Secretary Kerry, we are delighted that you chose the United Kingdom as your first destination overseas. My own first vi...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC February 14, 2013 Video is available with closed captioning on YouTube . SECRETARY KERRY: Happy Valentine’s Day, everybody, and greetings. Good to see you all. It’s a huge pleasure for me to welcome Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon back to Washington and here to the State Department. We are about to meet. We haven’t met yet. We’re going to have a chance to be able to talk through a number of topics. But we know above a...
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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC February 8, 2013 The video is available with closed captioning on YouTube . SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon, everybody. It’s my great, great pleasure to welcome Foreign Minister John Baird here to the State Department. He was one of the first calls that I made after I officially came into the building and started and was sworn in, and he is my first guest as Foreign Minister. So I hope everybody does understand that this is meant to ...
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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC October 3, 2012 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon, everyone. I am delighted to welcome a very well known figure here to the State Department and to have this opportunity to greet him as Foreign Minister. But before I turn to the issues that bring us together today, let me say a few words about a subject that I know is on many people’s minds. There are continui...
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On-the-Record Press Briefing (1415 hrs) Secretary Colin L. Powell Remarks to the Press Washington, DC September 14, 2001 [ audio ] SECRETARY POWELL: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I will be brief today because of time constraints, and I have a phone call coming in just a few moments. So I will give you a short statement of just what we have been doing in the State Department over the last 24 hours, take a couple of questions, and then I regret I'll have to leave. We continue to work hard to build...
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