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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State C Street Lobby Washington, DC January 19, 2017 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you. (Cheers.) Thank you, thank you, thank you very much. Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you. I accept the nomination. (Laughter.) Thank you very much. That was – that silenced it pretty fast. (Laughter.) I am leaving here, obviously, with sadness. It’s bittersweet because you leave. But I actually am excited about the next chapter. And I have a feeling we’re all going to continue to cross paths, co...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Ho Chi Minh University of Technology and Education Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam January 13, 2017 SECRETARY KERRY: President Dung, thank you very, very much for that introduction. Xin Chao Viet Nam. (Applause.) I want to thank Party Secretary Dinh La Thang, and the People's Committee Chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong. I'm very, very grateful for your welcome. I'm honored to be here, And I'm very pleased to be here in a building the president just told me was b...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State U.S. Institute of Peace Washington, DC January 10, 2017 MS WOODRUFF: Thank you, Nancy. I’m delighted to be here and, Mr. Secretary, I understand you sprinted across the street. Is that right? SECRETARY KERRY: My sprinting days are reduced, but I came. I got here. (Laughter.) MS WOODRUFF: Well, there – you were spied hurrying, I’ll put it that way. SECRETARY KERRY: “Spied,” right. (Laughter.) MS WOODRUFF: So the format is that I’m ...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Department of State Washington, DC January 10, 2017 UNDER SECRETARY KENNEDY: Secretary Baker was not able to be with us here this evening, but it’s now my honor to read a letter from the 61st Secretary of State: “Ladies and gentlemen, good evening. I regret that I am unable to join Secretary Kerry and my former secretary colleagues, all of whom have been crucial to the creation of the U.S. Diplomacy Center Pavilion. The completion of the Diplomacy Center...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Cabinet Exit Memo Washington, DC January 5, 2017     Introduction When President Obama took office in 2009, the United States was engaged in two costly wars, faced the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, and had a diminished standing with many of our allies and partners around the world. The starting point for this Presidency was one of the toughest I have ever seen in my decades of public service. Over the past eight years, President Ob...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Ben Franklin Room Washington, DC November 3, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, mabuhay . AUDIENCE: Mabuhay. SECRETARY KERRY: I’m happy really happy to welcome everybody. What a crowd. This is amazing. Are you running for office? (Laughter.) AMBASSADOR KIM: Next job. SECRETARY KERRY: Next job. (Laughter.) Obviously, one of our most popular diplomats, and impressive. I am really delighted that so many of you could come and join us...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Chicago, Illinois October 26, 2016 MODERATOR: It is an honor to welcome a Secretary of State to the University of Chicago. It is part of the mission of the Institute of Politics to facilitate these kinds of opportunities for you to interact with practitioners and leaders, and so we’re really pleased on that account. But I – our other mission is somewhat larger than that, which is: We live in a somewhat dispirited time in our politics. I don’t know ...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Palace Hotel New York City September 23, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, colleagues, welcome and good afternoon. I’m delighted to have a chance to be able to catch up to everybody, and thank you all for being here. Our time is a little bit limited, as you know, and our agenda is, as always, fairly unlimited, pretty substantial, so I’m going to jump right in if I can. First of all, I want to thank Foreign Minister Anifah for co-hosting, and I particularly wan...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Greenwald Pavilion, Aspen Institute Aspen, Colorado June 28, 2016 MR ISAACSON: Thank you very much. It’s a great honor and pleasure for us to have a man I’ve admired – most of us have admired – for many years, a man who – U.S. Naval, served in Vietnam, won the Purple Heart – I mean, three Purple Hearts, the bronze medal, the silver medal, has been a senator, candidate for president, and now our Secretary of State. In the past two ...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Shangri La Hotel Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia June 5, 2016 AMBASSADOR GALT: (In progress) This is also different from our past meetings because we don’t have any tea or cookies. (Laughter.) But today you have the opportunity to meet with United States Secretary of State John Kerry, so I trust that makes up for the missing cookies. (Laughter.) It’s a great privilege to introduce Secretary Kerry to you, but before I do that, I thought I would quickly introduce yo...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Rice University Houston, Texas April 26, 2016 MR LEEBRON: Good evening, and welcome to this wonderful venue at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. We are thrilled to be hosting such a remarkable event tonight and thankful to Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy for making it possible. We are very grateful to Secretary Kerry for choosing the Baker Institute for his address this evening, and we welcome him warmly to Rice University. ...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Paris, France December 9, 2015 MR FRIEDMAN: It’s a treat for us to have you here this morning. We really appreciate your taking time. SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you. MR FRIEDMAN: And I want to dive right in. Are we going to get a deal here in Paris, and why will it be important? SECRETARY KERRY: Well, look, I hope we do. We’ll see a new text around noon today, and then we’ll be able to begin to measure where the potential derailers really are, or aren&...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Bloomington, Indiana October 15, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY:   Thank you very much.  I accept the nomination.  (Laughter.)  You have twice welcomed me by standing up, and I am deeply appreciative.  I will caution you all to remind you that Winston Churchill once said that the only reason people give a standing ovation is they desperately need an excuse to shift their underwear.  (Laughter.)  I know you had a much more noble concept in mi...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Charles Hotel Cambridge, Massachusetts October 13, 2015 MR ALLISON: So thank you very much. Apologies for a short delay, but it’s a great honor to welcome to Harvard tonight our Secretary of State, and I’m Graham Allison, the Director of the Belfer Center. I would say we have not seen the Secretary of State exhibit such energy and determination in bringing home an agreement like the Iranian nuclear agreement. So the real purpose for me tonight is to, wit...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State East-West Center Honolulu, Hawaii August 13, 2014 MR. MORRISON: Well, thank you. Aloha. I want to welcome everyone. And for our online audience, and also for the Secretary, I’d like to describe who is here in our audience. We have the mayor of Honolulu, Mayor Caldwell. We have our senator, Mazie Hirono. We have our former governor, George Ariyoshi, and our other former governor, John Waihee. We have many members of the business and intellectual and public affa...

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Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Government Guest House Hanoi, Vietnam December 16, 2013 MODERATOR: (Via interpreter) Excellency John Kerry, U.S. Secretary of State, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh, ladies and gentlemen, correspondents; you may now have the honor to introduce Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to co-chair the press conference announcing the outcomes of the talk b...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State National Women in the Arts Museum Washington, DC December 9, 2013 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you. Thank you very, very much. I much appreciate your welcome. I will inform you that Winston Churchill once said the only reason people give a standing ovation is they desperately need an excuse to shift their underwear. (Laughter.) But I will believe that you had a much more noble goal. (Laughter.) Stuart, thank you. Stu, you are a marvel. And I tell you, I’m honored to...

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Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State New Delhi, India June 23, 2013 AMBASSADOR POWELL: ( In Hindi ) Good evening. A very big thank you to all of you for joining us tonight for this very special occasion. It’s my pleasure to welcome Secretary Kerry back to India, and to recognize his 28 years of service as a senator, in which he played a very important role in promoting our U.S.-India bilateral relationship, including heading up a Congressional trade mission at the time our economic relations were...

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Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Ben Gurion International Airport Tel Aviv, Israel April 9, 2013 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube . SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon, everybody. It's always a great pleasure for me to be able to be here in Israel. And before I leave for our next stop at the ministerial in London, I wanted to take a moment to update everybody on what I consider to be very constructive talks over the course of the last 24 hours here. A very g...

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Address John Kerry Secretary of State University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA February 20, 2013 Video is available with closed captioning on YouTube . Thank you. Thank you very, very much. Thank you. Good morning. Thank you for an extraordinarily warm welcome, Charlottesville. I am really honored to be here. Senator Tim Kaine, thank you very, very much for your generous words of introduction. Tim, as he mentioned, has only been on the Foreign Relations Committee, I guess now for a total of a few week...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC January 31, 2013 The video is available with closed captioning on YouTube . SECRETARY CLINTON:  Thank you, Richard, for that introduction and for everything you’ve done to lead this very valuable institution. I also want to thank the board of the Council on Foreign Relations and all my friends and colleagues and other interested citizens who are here today, because you respect the Council, you understand the important work that ...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC January 30, 2013 UNDER SECRETARY KENNEDY: I have received my orders. Please sit. (Laughter.) Good morning ladies and gentlemen, Madam Secretary. Just one reminder, we are broadcasting this event on BNET, so when we get to the question period, please keep your questions diplomatic. (Laughter.) Four years ago, I stood at this microphone and said that I was about to introduce someone who needs no introduction. Since I ...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC November 8, 2012 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you all very much. Well, it’s a great delight to see all of you here. And as I look out on this audience, I see many familiar faces from the diplomatic community. And I especially thank each and every one of you for being here on this important issue. Congressman Moran, thank you for joining us ...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Georgetown University Washington, DC October 18, 2012 Video is available with closed captioning on YouTube Thank you. Well, it is wonderful to be back here at Georgetown and in one of the most beautiful venues not only in Washington but anywhere, to have this chance to talk with you about an issue that will definitely shape your futures, and to share with you some thoughts about what that actually means. As Dean Lancaster said, I am a Hoya by marriage. (...

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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Lima, Peru October 15, 2012 QUESTION: Forgive me – this is the first time we’ve had to talk since the Benghazi tragedy, and with respect to your hosts, I’d like to focus my questions on that. There’s a lot of discussion of the decision not to extend the mission of the additional security team in Tripoli. Would that have made a difference in the Benghazi situation? SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, Wendell, we’re going to find out t...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jakarta, Indonesia September 3, 2012 FOREIGN MINISTER NATALEGAWA: (In Indonesian.) I will say a few words in Bahasa, and for those who are not proficient in Bahasa (inaudible.) (Via interpreter.) I am pleased to be able to have welcomed Secretary of State Madam Hillary Clinton to Indonesia today. Our meeting today constitutes a continuation of the series of consultations and conversations we have had over the recent past, incl...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC December 19, 2011 MS. NULAND: Good morning, everybody. We are very pleased to welcome Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. SECRETARY CLINTON: Hi. I see we have some special reporters here today. Welcome. We’re so glad you’re here. Maybe you can help your dad do his work here. (Laughter.) Good morning, and I am pleased to be here this morning to release the 10 th edition of To Walk the Earth in Safety , the United States G...

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Address Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC December 19, 2011 Thank you.  Well, it is wonderful to be back at Georgetown to give all of the students an excuse not to keep studying for their last finals.  (Laughter.)  That’s what accounts for the enthusiastic response here in Gaston Hall.  But thank you so much, President DeGioia.  This great university has such a long history of nurturing diplomats and peacemakers and at least one former president who ...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC December 15, 2011 Thank you so much, Christine. And those words of advice, I think, will be taken to heart by everyone here. I also want to add my words of welcome and thanks to the presidents of the Seven Sisters colleges. You’ll be hearing from all of them throughout the day, but certainly from Barnard and Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Smith, and Wellesley, I thank you all for your vision and leadership, as well...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State East-West Center Honolulu, HI November 10, 2011 DR. MORRISON: Aloha. AUDIENCE: Aloha. DR. MORRISON: How do you introduce the Secretary of State? And I think the first thing I think of as a public servant, we sometimes hear the word public servant spoken in a kind of derogatory tone. But the public servants that I’ve known, the members of our state and local government, members of our Congress, members of the international community, with a lot of v...

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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC October 11, 2011 SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, originally when I set this up, I had wanted to do this for a while and I thought the – let me make sure everybody’s got their mikes here – I thought that the fact that I’m giving two speeches this week, one tomorrow at the Center for American Progress on American leadership and to talk about a lot of the sort of durable values and interests that shape our policies today an...

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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC October 11, 2011 QUESTION: Thanks very much for doing this. SECRETARY CLINTON: I’m happy to do it – glad this worked out. QUESTION: We should have tea more often. (Laughter.) SECRETARY CLINTON: That’s right. Exactly. Well, when I invited you, I wanted to talk about these two speeches that I’m giving this week. And obviously, there are a lot of other things going on in the world. But just so that I fulfill my oblig...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State John Jay School of Criminal Justice New York, New York September 9, 2011 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Thank you very much, President Travis. And it is, for me, a great personal pleasure to be in this new facility for John Jay. I had the opportunity to visit John Jay when it wasn’t quite as light-filled as this atrium is but knowing that it was always fulfilling its mission. And to come back here today to be with all of you is a singular honor. I&r...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Michael Rudd, Australian Defense Minister Stephen Francis Smith Government House Melbourne, Australia November 8, 2010 FOREIGN MINISTER RUDD: Thank you very much. First of all, could I say to both the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State how terrific it’s been to have you here in Melbourne. Back in Washington, I said to both Hillary and Vira, a friend to Bob, we intende...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Melbourne, Australia November 7, 2010 MODERATOR: Hello, I’m Leigh Sales. Welcome to this ABC News special, Hillary Rodham Clinton: An Australian Conversation. Let me explain today’s format. The Secretary of State will address our audience here in Melbourne for about 10 minutes or so and I’ll briefly interview her afterwards. I’ll then open the floor to questions from our audience will go for about three quarters of an hour. In our...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Parliament Theatrette Wellington, New Zealand November 4, 2010 PRIME MINISTER KEY: Okay. So firstly, can I start by saying I’m delighted to welcome you, Secretary Clinton, and your team to New Zealand. We’re very pleased you’ve taken the time in your extensive travel schedule to come to Wellington. The people of both Canterbury and New Zealand will deeply appreciate your display of solidarity in visiting Christchurch tomorrow, and we th...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Georgetown University's Gaston Hall Washington, DC December 14, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. It is wonderful being back here at Georgetown in this magnificent Gaston Hall, and to give you something to do during exam week. (Laughter.) It’s one of those quasi-legitimate reasons for taking a break – (laughter) – which I’m very happy to have provided. I want to thank Jas for his introductory remarks, and clearly, those of you wh...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Grand Hyatt Hotel Washington, DC December 7, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, thank you all very, very much. This is an extraordinary evening, and I am deeply honored to receive this award on behalf of the State Department and USAID, the work that is done every single day by the men and women who serve in both, doing the diplomacy and development work that truly is part of smart power. I want to express my appreciation to Nancy Lindberg and Bill Lane, to Ja...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Kabul, Afghanistan November 19, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you all very much for being here. I want to start by thanking Ambassador Eikenberry and General McChrystal and all of the dedicated men and women of the U.S. and NATO ISAF missions here in Afghanistan. The work that Ambassador Eikenberry and General McChrystal are doing together, both their personal collaboration and the joint efforts of their teams, is a model for civilian-military cooperatio...

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Speech Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Brookings Institution Washington, DC September 18, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Thank you very much. Well, it is a great delight to be back here at Brookings through that revolving door, which really does go both directions. I spoke with Strobe shortly after I was asked to take this job as Secretary of State and began thinking about who needed to be in this new Administration. And he ruefully said, “I know you’re going to decimate the pl...

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Interview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Bangkok, Thailand July 22, 2009 QUESTION: So, you’re here in Thailand. You have a couple of pretty intractable problems on your agenda: getting North Korea to disarm, promoting change in Myanmar. First, on North Korea, how do you think the – you and your partners can draw North Korea back to the negotiating table? SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, Michele, first, let me say that I am here to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ r...

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Press Availability Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Sheraton Grande Laguna Laguna Phuket, Thailand July 22, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon. Let me begin by saying how delighted I am to be here in Phuket for meetings with the nations of ASEAN and its partners throughout the region. This visit to the ASEAN Regional Forum follows my February trip to Jakarta and my visit to the ASEAN secretariat, where I stressed America’s commitment to strengthen our presence and engagement in this r...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State New Delhi, India July 19, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you so much, Mr. Minister. Minister Pawar, it's a pleasure to be here with you. I remember very well your kind hospitality five -- well, four-and-a-half years ago. And I am delighted to be with you again at this premier institute which, as you explained, has contributed so much, not only to agriculture in India, but to agriculture in the world. Here at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, som...

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Speech Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC July 15, 2009 Thank you very much, Richard, and I am delighted to be here in these new headquarters. I have been often to, I guess, the mother ship in New York City, but it’s good to have an outpost of the Council right here down the street from the State Department. We get a lot of advice from the Council, so this will mean I won’t have as far to go to be told what we should be doing and how we should think about the future. Ri...

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Speech Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC July 15, 2009 MR. HAASS: Well, thank you for delivering a truly comprehensive talk that was broad and deep. So really, thank you for that, and for doing it here. I’m going to go straight to our membership and let them ask some questions. I ask them only to wait for a microphone, and to keep their questions as brief as they can be, so we can get as many in as possible. And just let us know your name and your affiliation when we do call...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC July 10, 2009 UNDER SECRETARY KENNEDY: This is one of those occasions where a long introduction would be entirely inappropriate. (Laughter.) Welcome to the State Department’s Dean Acheson Auditorium, members of the State Department, the foreign affairs community, and our colleagues in the press. And it is my distinguished pleasure to introduce the Secretary of State, Secretary Clinton. SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank...

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Testimony Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Washington, DC May 20, 2009 Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, Senator Lugar, members of the Committee. And I appreciate greatly your action on our nominees. Obviously, that’s a matter of great concern, and I am grateful for your attention. When I last appeared before this Committee at my confirmation hearing in January, I emphasized the need for a comprehensive approach to the challenges th...

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Testimony Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Washington, DC May 20, 2009 Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, Senator Gregg, Senator Specter, Senator Bond. I’m very pleased to be here with you and to have this opportunity to discuss in some detail both the threats and the opportunities facing our country.   When I appeared before the Senate Appropriations Committee a few weeks ago with Secret...

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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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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC May 11, 2009 Good morning. (Applause.) Well, I want to thank Ambassador Tom Miller, and I’m delighted to see all of you so enthusiastic and excited about the day ahead. I also want to thank Ed Elmendorf for his leadership of this wonderful United Nations association and, of course, the Model UN. There’s someone in the audience that I wanted to just recognize as well: Bill Luers, who is retiring today as ...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC May 1, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much, Director General Harry Thomas. I appreciate your leadership and words today. And it’s always a pleasure to be with so many members of the State Department family. We’re joined by career ambassadors, retired officers returning to State after decades of distinguished service, young diplomats and civil servants just beginnin...

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Testimony Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee Washington, DC April 30, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Senator Cochran, members of the Committee, former colleagues and friends. I thank you for this opportunity to appear before you. And I also thank you for your stalwart support of the men and women of the State Department and USAID, who serve in critical and often dangerous missions in all corners of the wor...

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Testimony Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Remarks Before House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Washington, DC April 23, 2009 (9:25 a.m. EDT) SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very – is this on? Is this on? I want to get to your questions. I think it might help to do a quick overview of what we do have in the supplemental and the reasons behind it. We know that we’re asking for a significant sum, but it represents only a fraction of what we ...

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Testimony Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Opening Remarks Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Washington, DC April 22, 2009 (9:50 a.m. EDT) SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Ranking Member. Greetings to many friends and former colleagues. It is a pleasure to be here with you this morning. This Committee has been the source of many advances in our nation’s foreign policy and I look forward to working with you to continue that tradition. When I appeare...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State , Secretary of State En Route Seoul, South Korea Seoul, South Korea February 19, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, we're half way through our trip, and I just wanted to give you a sense of what's next in Korea, and then I think we have time set for tomorrow afternoon to get together to have a conversation as well. We've had kind of a two-day or two-country experience with what I believe are the elements of smart power, if you look at the many tools for ...

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Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State , Secretary of State Announcement of appointment Washington, DC January 22, 2009   SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Thank you very much, and welcome to the State Department. Please be seated.   We are delighted to be joined this afternoon by President Obama and Vice President Biden for this very important announcement. But it is also absolutely a delight to have the President and the Vice President here with us today. It is an indication of t...

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Signing Ceremony of the U.S.-Israel Memorandum of Understanding with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni Secretary Condoleezza Rice Treaty Room Washington, DC January 16, 2009 MR. MARTINEZ: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Raymond Martinez. I am the U.S. Deputy Chief of Protocol. The United States Secretary of State, the Honorable Condoleezza Rice, and her Excellency, the Foreign Minister of Israel Tzipi Livni, are here today signing a Memorandum of Understanding between the United States...

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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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Interview With Andrea Mitchell of MSNBC Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC January 12, 2009 QUESTION: Thank you very much. Madame Secretary, Iran. The President-elect has said that he wants a change of approach to Iran. Do you think a change of approach, engagement with Iran, can work? SECRETARY RICE: Well, it’s not an issue of engagement or non-engagement with Iran. It’s a question of whether or not Iran is willing to make a strategic choice to move in a different direction. And ther...

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Interview With The Washington Post Editorial Board Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC January 12, 2009 QUESTION: We’re on the record? MR. MCCORMACK: Yep. QUESTION: Well, I’ll take the privilege of starting with our favorite subject. What do you think – what have we learned from the latest pipelines discussion between Russia and Ukraine and Europe? And is this one different from the last one, and do you see the Russians learning anything different? SECRETARY RICE: Well, I think w...

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Interview With Sylvie Lanteaume, Lachlan Carmichael, and Jordi Zamora Barceló of Agence France-Presse Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 22, 2008 QUESTION: Thank you. I guess we’ll start by looking forward a little bit, and I know you welcomed the election of Barack Obama – SECRETARY RICE: Yes. QUESTION: – and for what it meant for the United States, and also how the outside world looked at Obama. But why do you think there is such overwhelming support around the...

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Interview With Robert McMahon of Council on Foreign Relations Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 18, 2008 QUESTION: Okay. So, Secretary Rice, the town is pretty much abuzz over inauguration planning, and I’d like to go back to the last inauguration, where the President issued a pretty bold statement and a bold program about democracy promotion, especially in the Middle East. And you were very much involved in that early on. Nowadays, we hear less of it, although I know you’ve...

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Remarks From Daughters and Sons Meeting at the Council on Foreign Relations Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 17, 2008 MS. MITCHELL: Welcome. This is so wonderful for me to see all of you, many of you friends, many of you sons and daughters of friends. I am Andrea Mitchell from NBC News, Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, and you all know our very special guest, the Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice. Welcome to the Council on Foreign Relations. And tonight is a very special evening...

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Roundtable With Associated Press Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC December 15, 2008 SECRETARY RICE: Well, I thought that we’d spend a few moments discussing the work that we’re going to do in New York. I’ll leave in a few minutes to go to New York. Today, we will have a meeting that the British are sponsoring on Zimbabwe. And the purpose of that meeting is to review the situation in Zimbabwe, but I think the position of the United States is well known on this, that we’ve...

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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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Interview With Steve Scully of C-SPAN Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC November 10, 2008 QUESTION: Secretary of State Rice, how does the world view America? SECRETARY RICE: Well, the world views America still, I think, as a place where you can be anybody and do anything, where it doesn’t matter where you came from; it matters where you’re going. I think that’s why there was such great interest in our recent election, because it talked about overcoming old wounds. And I think m...

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Remarks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Secretary Condoleezza Rice Ramallah November 7, 2008 PRESIDENT ABBAS: (Via interpreter.) In the name of God, the merciful and the compassionate, once again I welcome Dr. Rice, who visits us today. This visit and the previous visits have expressed extensive and brilliant diplomatic – American diplomatic efforts towards the Middle East. And here it is important to thank President Bush, who had laid the foundations for such diplomatic efforts at Annapo...

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Briefing En Route Paris, France Secretary Condoleezza Rice En Route Paris, France December 16, 2007 SECRETARY RICE: Okay, we can just go directly to questions. You know that we're going to Paris for the donors conference, the kind of next event for the international community after Annapolis. And the goal here is to focus on that part of the movement toward a Palestinian state that we consider to be absolutely essential to creating a two-state solution; that is, capacity building for the Palestinian sta...

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Interview With the New York Post Editorial Board Secretary Condoleezza Rice New York City October 1, 2007 QUESTION: Welcome. SECRETARY RICE: Thank you. Nice to be here. Thank you. QUESTION: Do you have any messages for us today? SECRETARY RICE: I don't. I'll just start out with whatever is on your mind. I'm sure we'll get to plenty of my messages as we go. QUESTION: Might as well start with Iraq. SECRETARY RICE: Yeah, sure. QUESTION: Now that the surge, the troop surge, seems to be working, what are the...

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Interview With Matthew Swibel of Forbes Magazine Secretary Condoleezza Rice New York, New York September 30, 2007 Complete Interview Series with Forbes Magazine: 8.07.2008 - 3.11.2008 - 12.03.2007 - 10.15.2007 - 09.30.2007 QUESTION:  I'd like to start out talking a little bit about your -- how you define diplomatic process, okay? So someone who worked on your team I spoke to recently said that, to him, it's like gardening, something you're tending to all the time, but you never leave it comple...

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Remarks With Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer at the Ronald Reagan Library Secretary Condoleezza Rice Simi Valley, California May 23, 2007 View Video (2:00 p.m. EST) SECRETARY RICE: Mrs. Reagan has been a wonderful supporter and friend. Thank you for that, Mrs. Reagan. But she and the man that she called Ronnie shared a truly special relationship, and we here in America are gaining a fuller portrait of that affection. President Reagan's diaries have just been released and published, and in t...

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Interview on National Public Radio's Morning Edition With Michele Keleman Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC November 27, 2002 MS. KELEMAN: So I wanted to start out talking a little bit about the weapons inspectors because they began their work today. The inspectors came back saying they had good signs of cooperation. But I wonder, from where you sit now, do you have faith in these UN teams that they're going to be as aggressive as the Bush administration wants them to be and that they'll quickly ...

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Campaign Against Terrorism Secretary Colin L. Powell House International Relations Committee Washington, DC October 24, 2001 [ As Delivered ] As Prepared Mr. Chairman. Mr. Lantos. Members of the Committee. I am pleased to appear before you today to update you on our nation�s diplomatic response to the September 11 terrorist attacks, as well as to report to you on my recent trip to Pakistan, India, and China. Before I begin, I would like to take a moment to commend you, Mr. Chairman, along with this Comm...

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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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Remarks at Association of American Universities, Spring 2001 International Meeting Secretary Colin L. Powell Remarks at Association of American Universities, Spring 2001 International Meeting Washington, DC April 23, 2001 As Prepared for Delivery Thank you, Chairman Vest, for that very kind introduction. I am pleased to be here among so many of America�s and the world�s most prestigious leaders in the field of education. And I welcome the opportunity to speak to so many talented people gathered together...

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Testimony at Budget Hearing before House Budget Committee Secretary Colin L. Powell Testimony at Budget Hearing before House Budget Committee Washington, DC March 15, 2001 And I want to say to you this morning, Mr. Chairman and Mr. Spratt and Members of the Committee, that I will bring that same fighting spirit up before this Committee and all the other committees of Congress as I do what I think is necessary to support the President's budget, which I think begins a process of turning around the dilapid...

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2002 International Affairs Budget Secretary Colin L. Powell Testimony at Budget Hearing before the Senate Budget Committee Washington, DC March 14, 2001 I am pleased to have this opportunity to appear before you to present the President's submission for 2002 for the International Affairs budget. In January, at my confirmation hearing, I told the Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that President Bush would be a leader who faithfully represents to the world the ideas of freedom and justice ...

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Testimony at Budget Hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC March 8, 2001 Well, thank you very much, Mr. Chairman and Senator Biden for your welcome. It's good to be back before the committee, this time as the Secretary of State. And I thank you for the prompt consideration of my nomination just a few short weeks ago. I've been the Secretary of State for five and a half weeks. I must admit it's starting to feel like five and a half months, if not fi...

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