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U.S.- Brazil Defense Cooperation Agreement
Wednesday, 14 April 2010, 3:31 pm | US State Department
On April 12, 2010 in Washington, D.C., Brazilian Minister of Defense Nelson Jobim and U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates signed an agreement on defense cooperation between the governments of Brazil and the United States of America. More >>
Signing of the Megaports Agreement
Wednesday, 14 April 2010, 3:30 pm | US State Department
SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, I am very pleased to be here with Secretary of Energy Steven Chu and to join Foreign Minister Taiana to sign this Megaports Agreement on behalf of our two countries. This launches a cooperative effort between the United States ... More >>
Clinton To Sign Plutonium Disposition Protocol
Wednesday, 14 April 2010, 3:29 pm | US State Department
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will sign and offer remarks on the recently concluded protocol to amend the United States-Russian 2000 agreement, on eliminating excess weapon-grade plutonium from ... More >>
Remarks with Ban Ki-moon
Wednesday, 14 April 2010, 3:28 pm | US State Department
SECRETARY CLINTON: I am so pleased to welcome the Secretary General back to the State Department where he’s been many times in the past. It’s especially significant that he is here during this Nuclear Security Summit. We have so many matters to discuss ... More >>
Remarks to the Press in Kabul
Wednesday, 14 April 2010, 3:27 pm | US State Department
REAR ADMIRAL PITTMAN: Ladies and Gentlemen, we have Ambassador Holbrooke and General Petraeus. We’re going to go ahead and do about 30 minutes on the record, and we’ll play it by ear. We’ll go around and if we finish early we may do a little bit more. More >>
Nuclear Security Summit
Wednesday, 14 April 2010, 3:25 pm | US State Department
MR. HAMMER: Hello. Good morning, everyone. Thanks for joining us. Today we have with us Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes, who will kick off a brief introduction of what is coming up this exciting week. And then ... More >>
Signing of the Megaports Agreement
Wednesday, 14 April 2010, 3:24 pm | US State Department
SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, I am very pleased to be here with Secretary of Energy Steven Chu and to join Foreign Minister Taiana to sign this Megaports Agreement on behalf of our two countries. This launches a cooperative effort between the United States ... More >>
Press Briefing on U.S. - South Africa Dialogue
Wednesday, 14 April 2010, 3:23 pm | US State Department
Deputy Assistant Secretary Susan Page will hold a press briefing concerning the U.S.-South Africa Strategic Dialogue on Wednesday, April 14 in the Public Affairs conference room 2208, beginning at 3:30 pm. More >>
Signing of the Plutonium Disposition Protocol
Wednesday, 14 April 2010, 3:22 pm | US State Department
SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, good afternoon, and let me state the obvious. I am very pleased that Foreign Minister Lavrov and I are able to do this together. We have had many meetings over the past 15 months and I always look forward to a productive ... More >>
Recent Violence in Bangkok
Tuesday, 13 April 2010, 5:24 pm | US State Department
As long-time friends of Thailand, President Obama and I are deeply saddened by the recent violence and loss of life in Bangkok. As you prepare to celebrate the upcoming Songkran [Song-krahn] holiday, the United States renews our call for both the opposition ... More >>
Strengthening the Transatlantic Economy
Monday, 12 April 2010, 11:27 am | US State Department
Madame Chair, Senator DeMint and Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Subcommittee on European Affairs. Thank you for inviting me to testify today on this important subject. In September I appeared before the full Committee in conjunction ... More >>
Fifth U.S. Climate Action Report
Monday, 12 April 2010, 11:25 am | US State Department
The Department of State has issued a Federal Register Notice notifying interested members of the public of the opportunity to submit comments on the draft fifth National Communication on U.S. climate change actions. This document, also called the U.S. ... More >>
Background Note: Ethiopia
Monday, 12 April 2010, 11:24 am | US State Department
Geography Area: 1.1 million sq. km (472,000 sq. mi.); about the size of Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico combined. Cities: Capital --Addis Ababa (pop. 5 million). Other cities --Dire Dawa (237,000), Nazret (189,000), Gondar (163,000), Dessie (142,000), Mekelle ... More >>
Remarks on Nuclear Nonproliferation
Monday, 12 April 2010, 11:21 am | US State Department
SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Thank you very, very much. (Applause.) Oh, it is wonderful to be here and to see this kind of a crowd on a beautiful Friday afternoon to talk about foreign policy here at this great university, and I am honored to be the sixth ... More >>
The Death of Polish President Kaczynski
Monday, 12 April 2010, 11:20 am | US State Department
I join President Obama in offering my deepest condolences to the people of Poland, to the Kaczynski family, and to the families of all those killed in this tragedy. Lost alongside President Kaczynski and his wife were Polish leaders from across the ... More >>
Release of the Nuclear Posture Review
Monday, 12 April 2010, 11:18 am | US State Department
SECRETARY GATES : Thank you all for being with us today. Today, the Department of Defense is releasing the Nuclear Posture Review, a report that outlines a balanced and comprehensive approach to dealing with the role of nuclear weapons in America’s ... More >>
Interview Jake Tapper of ABC's "This Week"
Monday, 12 April 2010, 11:14 am | US State Department
QUESTION: Secretary Clinton, I'd like to start with you. This has been a big week for talking about deterrents. Especially deterrents against Iran. And yet we learned that Iran is announcing the third generation of centrifuges. Six times faster than ... More >>
Interview With Bob Schieffer of CBS
Monday, 12 April 2010, 11:13 am | US State Department
QUESTION: But already, the critics on the right, especially, are saying we’re giving away too much, Mr. Secretary; that if, for example, we’re attacked with biological or chemical weapons, that the attacker won’t have to worry that we won’t ... More >>
Bilateral Economic Relationship With China
Monday, 12 April 2010, 11:12 am | US State Department
Good morning. Thank you CICIR President Cui for those kind words of introduction and your warm welcome. For 30 years, the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR) has been a leading forum for critical study of international relations, ... More >>
Khmer New Year
Monday, 12 April 2010, 11:10 am | US State Department
On behalf of President Obama and the American people, I congratulate the people of the Kingdom of Cambodia on the occasion of Khmer New Year. More >>
