Secretary Remarks

Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Ben Franklin Room Washington, DC February 6, 2013 Thank you. Mr. Vice President, thank you for an unbelievably generous, warm Oath of Office and your comments before them. I want to share with all of you that as a recovering politician – (laughter) – I’ve grown used to being sworn at; it’s really nice to be sworn in. (Laughter and applause.) I will say more about the Vice President in a moment, but I want to say thank you to my colleagues fro...

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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 , Secretary of State Washington, DC View Video February 2, 2009 (Applause.) Thank you all very much. Thank you. It is an overwhelming honor to be sworn in to assume this position on behalf of our country. I thank my dear friend, Vice President Biden, and I thank President Obama for investing the trust and confidence in me during a particularly challenging time in our nation’s history. I look out and see so many friends and colleagues. I partic...

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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 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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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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