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US Remarks with Hungarian Foreign Minister
Friday, 25 June 2010, 3:15 pm | US State Department
SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, good afternoon. It’s a pleasure to welcome the foreign minister here. This has been a great opportunity for me to visit with him and share our views on a range of important matters. I think it is clear to everyone that Hungary ... More >>
Daily Press Briefing - June 23
Thursday, 24 June 2010, 12:22 pm | US State Department
MR. CROWLEY: Good afternoon and welcome to the Department of State. Sorry that we’re running a little bit late, but the meeting with the Secretary and Defense Minister Barak ran a little bit long. Let me start there. Minister Barak arrived and had a ... More >>
US Remarks With Israeli Defense Minister
Thursday, 24 June 2010, 12:16 pm | US State Department
SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, it’s a pleasure to welcome back an old friend and someone who is certainly deeply involved in every important decision that affects Israel’s security and the prospects for peace. I’m looking forward to talking with Minister ... More >>
US Daily Press Briefing - June 22
Wednesday, 23 June 2010, 11:17 am | US State Department
MR. CROWLEY: Good afternoon and welcome to the Department of State. A few things to talk about before taking your questions. This morning, Secretary Clinton met with Finance Minister Mukherjee, Commerce Minister Sharma on Planning Commission, Deputy ... More >>
US: Remarks with Indian Finance Minister
Wednesday, 23 June 2010, 11:13 am | US State Department
SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon, and I’m delighted to welcome all of you to the Benjamin Franklin Room here on the eighth floor of the State Department We have been looking forward to this gathering and are very excited to continue the momentum ... More >>
US: Luxembourg Independence Day
Wednesday, 23 June 2010, 11:10 am | US State Department
On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I am pleased to wish Grand Duke Henri a happy birthday and to congratulate the people of Luxembourg as you celebrate your Independence Day on June 23. This is an opportunity to honor ... More >>
US: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Month
Wednesday, 23 June 2010, 11:08 am | US State Department
Thank you. Thank you all very much. (Applause.) Thank you. Gee, let’s do this every week. (Laughter.) It’s great after a hard week to tell you how delighted I am to join with all of you from the State Department and USAID and indeed from ... More >>
Daily Press Briefing - June 21
Tuesday, 22 June 2010, 3:00 pm | US State Department
MR. CROWLEY: Good afternoon and welcome to the State Department. A few announcements before taking your questions. The Secretary spoke this morning with Japanese Foreign Minister Okada. The call lasted 17 minutes. They talked about the importance of the ... More >>
World Refugee Day
Saturday, 19 June 2010, 2:33 pm | US State Department
Good morning, and welcome to the Benjamin Franklin Room here on the eighth floor of the State Department. And we’re delighted to be joined via video link from Syria by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Gutierrez. Welcome, ... More >>
Nomination of Joan E. Donoghue to the ICC
Saturday, 19 June 2010, 2:30 pm | US State Department
I congratulate Joan E. Donoghue, the State Department's Principal Deputy Legal Adviser, on her nomination by the U.S National Group to serve as a Judge on the International Court of Justice. She is judicious, fair, an extraordinary international legal counsel, ... More >>
Remarks with Danish Foreign Minister
Saturday, 19 June 2010, 2:26 pm | US State Department
SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, good morning. And I am very pleased to welcome the foreign minister to the State Department. We have a strong alliance, partnership, and friendship between our two countries. And I happen to live near the Danish Embassy in Washington. ... More >>
EU and Australian Sanctions on Iran
Friday, 18 June 2010, 1:30 pm | US State Department
I welcome today’s European Council declaration, which announces the EU will adopt strong measures to implement and accompany UN Security Council Resolution 1929, including in the trade, financial, banking and insurance, transport, and gas and oil sectors, ... More >>
Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing
Friday, 18 June 2010, 12:40 pm | US State Department
SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very much, Chairman Levin, Senator McCain, members of the committee. It’s a great pleasure for me to return to testify before a committee that I was very honored to serve on. And we are here, today, Secretary Gates, Secretary ... More >>
Daily Press Briefing - June 17
Friday, 18 June 2010, 12:38 pm | US State Department
MR. TONER: Let me start with the Secretary’s day. Welcome, by the way. She began her day on the Hill, where she met with Senators Lieberman and McCain prior to appearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the new START treaty with the Secretary ... More >>
Continued Incarceration of Alan Gross
Friday, 18 June 2010, 12:36 pm | US State Department
I was pleased to have the opportunity to meet today with family members of development worker and USAID subcontractor Alan Gross, and to express my concern over his continued incarceration in Cuba. More >>
Daily Press Briefing - June 16
Thursday, 17 June 2010, 1:52 pm | US State Department
MR. CROWLEY: Good afternoon and welcome to the Department of State. A couple of things to talk about before taking your questions. The Secretary, pretty much now, is beginning a meeting with the former president of South Africa, Thabu Mbeki, who ... More >>
Remove the Barriers, Remove the Fear of Sharing
Thursday, 17 June 2010, 1:51 pm | US State Department
SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Well, this is another great honor for the State Department to once again host the announcements of the World Food Prize for this year. And it is my pleasure once again to welcome Ambassador Quinn and John and Janis Ruan and ... More >>
Students "Brave" A New World
Thursday, 17 June 2010, 1:49 pm | US State Department
What a great moment for me to be able to come and see all of you and have this chance to thank you for participating in this program. And I thank everyone here at the State Department who works on it. Thank you so much, Maura, for you and your team’s ... More >>
Diplomacy Briefing On Sub-Saharan Africa
Tuesday, 15 June 2010, 6:10 pm | US State Department
President Obama visited Africa very early in his tenure to underscore the region’s importance to the U.S. and gave a historic speech in Ghana that very clearly sounded a call to action and a relationship not based on patronage, but on partnership. More >>
10th Annual Trafficking In Persons Report
Tuesday, 15 June 2010, 6:05 pm | US State Department
This issue of human security is most at stake when presented with the horrific crime of complete depravation of liberty, freedom, and independence – the crime of human trafficking. More >>
