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United States Supports Bali Democracy Forum
Tuesday, 14 December 2010, 11:20 am | America.gov
Washington - Praising the opportunity to "listen and learn from the experiences of other countries," U.S. Under Secretary of State Judith McHale expressed U.S. support for the Bali Democracy Forum for promoting peaceful transitions to democracy. More >>
United States Marks Human Rights Day
Tuesday, 14 December 2010, 11:18 am | America.gov
Washington - U.S. officials from the president on down marked International Human Rights Day on December 10, which commemorates the adoption by the United Nations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. More >>
ssistant Secretary Carson Outlines U.S.-Africa Priorities
Tuesday, 14 December 2010, 11:17 am | America.gov
Washington - The United States government is very much focused and enga= ged on a wide array of issues across the African continent, and WikiLea= ks has not distracted U.S. officials in any way from their overall goal= of building a strong U.S.-Africa ... More >>
Biological Weapons Pact Offers Cooperation Against Pandemics
Tuesday, 14 December 2010, 11:15 am | America.gov
Washington - The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC), which took effect in 1975, originally was designed to ban the development, production and stockpiling of biological and toxin weapons by nation states. To meet the threats of the 21st ... More >>
State Department Daily Press Briefing, December 7
Thursday, 9 December 2010, 4:33 pm | America.gov
MR. CROWLEY: Good afternoon - good morning and welcome to the Department of State. We're doing kind of an unusual double-header today. We'll have the Main State briefing here this morning, and then we will have a briefing at the Foreign Press Center in ... More >>
Clinton, Korean and Japanese Foreign Ministers After Meeting
Thursday, 9 December 2010, 4:32 pm | America.gov
SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon. I am delighted to have both Minister Maehara of Japan and Minister Kim of the Republic of Korea here for these consultations and this historic trilateral meeting that underscores the strength of our shared commitment ... More >>
White House on U.S., Japan, South Korea Trilateral Meeting
Thursday, 9 December 2010, 4:30 pm | America.gov
Statement by NSC Deputy Spokesman Ben Chang on the meeting between National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara of Japan, and Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan of the Republic of Korea More >>
Proclamation on National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day 2010
Thursday, 9 December 2010, 4:29 pm | America.gov
Nearly 70 years ago, on December 7, 1941, our service members and civilians awoke on a quiet Sunday to a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by Japanese forces. Employing whatever weapons were at hand, those who defended Hawaii that fateful morning stand ... More >>
Statement by Japan, Sth Korea, United States on North Korea
Thursday, 9 December 2010, 4:27 pm | America.gov
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Seiji Maehara, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea Kim Sung-hwan, and the Secretary of State of the United States of America Hillary Rodham Clinton, met in Washington, D.C., on December ... More >>
Free Press Essential to Democracy
Thursday, 9 December 2010, 4:26 pm | America.gov
New York - Thirteen working journalists from 11 Western Hemisphere nations got a firsthand look at the important role a free press plays in a democratic society and witnessed the recent U.S. midterm elections, thanks to the fifth Edward R. Murrow ... More >>
Entrepreneurship Builds Business Momentum in Africa
Thursday, 9 December 2010, 4:22 pm | America.gov
New York - Business momentum is building across Africa and the rest of the world is starting to notice, says professor and entrepreneurship expert Murray B. Low. Low directs the Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center at Columbia University's Columbia ... More >>
U.S. Hopes Talks with Iran Have Started a "Serious Process"
Thursday, 9 December 2010, 4:20 pm | America.gov
Washington - The Obama administration hopes that December 6-7 meetings in Geneva between representatives of Iran, China, Russia, France, the United Kingdom, the United States and Germany mark the beginning of "a serious process" to address the global ... More >>
U.S. President Obama at White House Hanukkah Reception
Monday, 6 December 2010, 10:54 am | America.gov
Good evening, everybody. AUDIENCE: Good evening. THE PRESIDENT: Welcome to the White House. I want to thank all of you for joining us in celebrating the second night of Hanukkah. Happy Hanukkah, everybody. (Applause.) We are joined tonight by Ambassador ... More >>
Obama on International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Monday, 6 December 2010, 10:50 am | America.gov
America stands in solidarity with the growing number of nations around the world that have committed themselves to ending unequal treatment of persons with disabilities. On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we acknowledge the contributions ... More >>
Hillary Clinton at Manama Dialogue Opening Dinner in Bahrain
Monday, 6 December 2010, 10:38 am | America.gov
SECRETARY CLINTON: Good evening, Your Majesty, Royal Highnesses, Highnesses, ministers, ambassadors, excellencies, ladies and gentlemen: It is a great pleasure for me to join you this year for the seventh annual Manama Dialogue. And I want to congratulate ... More >>
Summary of Obama's Call with Israeli Prime Minister
Monday, 6 December 2010, 10:34 am | America.gov
On the way home from visiting the troops in Afghanistan, President Obama called Prime Minister Netanyahu. The President expressed his deepest condolences on behalf of the American people for the tragic loss of life resulting from the fires in northern ... More >>
"Substantial" Actions Show U.S. Commitment to Climate Change
Monday, 6 December 2010, 10:33 am | America.gov
Washington - More than 190 nations, many with widely different needs and political realities at home, are trying to unite around a common global agenda at the climate conference in Mexico - not an easy task. Nearly a week into the meetings, the U.S. ... More >>
Building U.S.and Russian Bridges with ... Banjos?
Monday, 6 December 2010, 10:27 am | America.gov
Washington - Both Russia and the United States have great musical traditions. Now, one of the traditional American instruments - the banjo - has helped strengthen relations between the American and Russian people. The California-based Deering Banjo Company ... More >>
Rice on International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Monday, 6 December 2010, 10:25 am | America.gov
Today I am proud to join President Obama and all Americans who are commemorating International Day of Persons with Disabilities. One of my greatest honors as U.S. Ambassador has been to sign the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, ... More >>
President Obama's Remarks to U.S. Troops at Bagram Air Base
Monday, 6 December 2010, 10:23 am | America.gov
THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! (Applause.) I'm sorry, Bagram, I can't hear you. (Applause.) Air Assault! (Applause.) It is great to be back. Let me first of all thank the 101st Airborne Division Band. Where's the band? Give them a big round of ... More >>
