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Fact Sheet: International Agricultural Commodity Prices
Monday, 7 March 2011, 10:18 am | US State Department
With the exception of rice, prices for grains and oilseeds on international markets are approaching the peak levels reached in 2008. It should be noted, however, that higher international commodity prices do not necessarily translate into higher consumer ... More >>
Fact Sheet: U.S.-Poland Cooperation on Clean Energy
Monday, 7 March 2011, 10:12 am | US State Department
Secretary of State Clinton and Foreign Minister Sikorski today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Cooperation in Clean and Efficient Energy. More >>
U.S. Representative to OSCE on Armenia
Monday, 7 March 2011, 10:10 am | US State Department
We would like to warmly welcome Foreign Minister Nalbandyan to the Permanent Council, and to thank him for his remarks. More >>
State Department on Situation in Abyei Region of Sudan
Monday, 7 March 2011, 10:09 am | US State Department
The United States condemns this week's violent clashes in the Abyei region and urges all parties to refrain from taking actions or making statements that could further heighten tensions there. More >>
Food Prices Crisis of 2007-2008: Lessons Learned
Monday, 7 March 2011, 10:06 am | US State Department
"Fighting hunger is a priority for us and it demands our highest levels of patience and commitment." - Secretary Clinton More >>
Clinton: 4th Anniversary of Robert Levinson's Disappearance
Monday, 7 March 2011, 10:05 am | US State Department
As we approach the fourth anniversary of Bob Levinson's disappearance, we have received recent indications that Bob is being held somewhere in southwest Asia. More >>
Clinton: Adopt Nuclear Materials Treaty
Monday, 7 March 2011, 10:02 am | US State Department
Washington - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called for the Conference on Disarmament to move ahead quickly on a proposed treaty that would ban the production of nuclear-weapons-usable fissile materials. More >>
U.S., Partners Airlift People Fleeing Libyan Violence
Monday, 7 March 2011, 10:01 am | US State Department
Washington - The United States is boosting its effort to help people displaced from Libya find their way home. President Obama announced March 3 that U.S. planes will fly Egyptian citizens home from Tunisia, where they fled to escape weeks of violence ... More >>
Clinton: Remarks With Costa Rican Foreign Minister Castro
Monday, 7 March 2011, 9:52 am | US State Department
SECRETARY CLINTON: Good morning. It is a great pleasure for me to welcome Dr. Castro here today. I first met him when he was the incoming foreign minister, and he welcomed me to the Pathways for Prosperity Summit in San Jose. And it’s wonderful for me ... More >>
Hillary Clinton: Violence in Cote d'Ivoire
Monday, 7 March 2011, 9:48 am | US State Department
The United States strongly condemns Laurent Gbagbo’s acts of violence perpetrated against the people of Cote d’Ivoire, including his security forces’ attack yesterday on unarmed women demonstrators that left seven dead. Gbagbo and his forces have shown ... More >>
Opening Remarks Before the Senate Appropriations Committee
Thursday, 3 March 2011, 1:08 pm | US State Department
Thank you very much, Chairman Leahy, and Ranking Member Graham. It’s wonderful being back here in the Senate and having this opportunity to discuss these important issues with you. And I welcome all the new members to the Senate. I hope that they ... More >>
Summary of Obama's Call with Canadian PM on Libya
Thursday, 3 March 2011, 10:56 am | US State Department
Readout of President Obama's Call with Canadian Prime Minister Harper More >>
Ambassador Rice on U.N. General Assembly Libya Resolution
Thursday, 3 March 2011, 10:50 am | US State Department
Remarks by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on the UNGA Libya Resolution, March 1, 2011 More >>
When Your Dentist Turns Green
Thursday, 3 March 2011, 10:49 am | US State Department
Washington - Dental offices in the United States flush an estimated 36 billion liters of clean drinking water down the drain every day. More >>
International Women's Day
Thursday, 3 March 2011, 10:48 am | US State Department
Washington - "If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants," the world's great scientific intellectual Isaac Newton wrote in 1676. The accomplishments of women, too, owe much to the "giants" who preceded them - women who bravely endured ... More >>
Clinton Urges Congress to Approve Obama's Budget
Thursday, 3 March 2011, 10:47 am | US State Department
Washington - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged Congress to approve President Obama's budget request for the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development, and warned that cutting funding could harm key investments ... More >>
Refugee Crisis Developing on Libya's Borders
Thursday, 3 March 2011, 10:45 am | US State Department
Washington - The situation in Libya has become not just a political crisis, but a potential humanitarian crisis as well. Foreign workers and frightened Libyans are pouring to the borders to escape the turmoil, and international aid agencies are ... More >>
Breaking the Cycle of North Korean Provocations
Thursday, 3 March 2011, 10:44 am | US State Department
Chairman Kerry, Senator Lugar, and Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify today on Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). The North Korea issue is one of the most important foreign policy challenges of our time. North Korea's ... More >>
U.S. Policy Toward North Korea
Thursday, 3 March 2011, 10:41 am | US State Department
Chairman Kerry, Senator Lugar, and Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify today on North Korea, one of our most enduring foreign policy challenges. I would also like to personally thank this committee for its leadership in advancing ... More >>
Clinton: Remarks Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee
Thursday, 3 March 2011, 10:39 am | US State Department
SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very much, Madame Chairman, and congratulations on your assuming this post. And I want to thank you publicly for traveling to Haiti with our team on behalf of the efforts that the United States is pursuing there. And I ... More >>
