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Remarks With Irish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin

Wednesday, 17 March 2010, 3:43 pm | US State Department

SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, I am delighted to be standing here with the foreign minister. Because of our personal relationship and because of the close relationship between our two countries, we always look forward to these visits. And I’m also going to ... More >>

Daily Press Briefing - March 15

Tuesday, 16 March 2010, 7:32 pm | US State Department

On March 18th and 19th, Secretary Clinton will participate in a meeting of the Quartet with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, European High Representative Catherine Ashton, as well as Quartet Representative Tony Blair ... More >>

Appreciation Event for Haiti Earthquake Task Force

Tuesday, 16 March 2010, 7:24 pm | US State Department

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will deliver remarks to Haiti earthquake task force volunteers to express the U.S. Government’s appreciation for their help during the crisis on Monday, March 15 at 10:30 a.m. at the Department of State. More >>

Remarks At the Women In The World Summit

Tuesday, 16 March 2010, 7:23 pm | US State Department

SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Thank you so much, Tina, for having the inspiration to put together this remarkable program over this weekend and for introducing some of the inspiring women who have been part of Vital Voices. More >>

New Tool to Foster Online Open Dialogue

Tuesday, 16 March 2010, 7:20 pm | US State Department

The Department of State today launches "Opinion Space", an interactive site hosted on State.gov that seeks to foster global conversations on foreign affairs. More >>

Reestablishment of Lithuanian Independence

Thursday, 11 March 2010, 6:07 pm | US State Department

Greetings from Washington. I am delighted to congratulate each of you on the 20th anniversary of the restoration of Lithuania’s independence. More >>

Press Availability in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Thursday, 11 March 2010, 6:05 pm | US State Department

Assistant Secretary CAMPBELL: Good afternoon. I have just concluded a very successful discussion with our Malaysian counterparts; part of our mission here in Southeast Asia to continue to the process of strengthening our ties in the region. I’ll be ... More >>

2009 Human Rights Report

Thursday, 11 March 2010, 6:04 pm | US State Department

The human rights reports are important both to make policymakers in the United States more aware of what’s going on in the world. They give information to Congress, they give information to the Executive Branch, specifically on what’s happening ... More >>

US Efforts To Counter Violent Extremism

Thursday, 11 March 2010, 6:03 pm | US State Department

In the past eight years, the United States has made great strides in what might be called tactical counterterrorism – taking individual terrorists off the street, and disrupting cells and operations. But an effective counterterrorism strategy must ... More >>

Remarks With Haitian President

Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 12:02 pm | US State Department

SECRETARY CLINTON: Good morning. Let me begin by saying how honored we are to have President Preval here at the State Department. Everyone knows how devastated Haiti was by the earthquake of January the 12th. The Haitian people suffered so greatly ... More >>

Northern Ireland Assembly Vote on Devolution

Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 11:59 am | US State Department

I commend the Northern Ireland Assembly today for its affirmation of the Hillsborough Agreement and its endorsement of the devolution of policing and justice, an important step in ensuring a peaceful and prosperous future for all of the people of Northern ... More >>

International Women's Day

Tuesday, 9 March 2010, 10:56 am | US State Department

March 8th is International Women’s Day—a day to reflect on the progress the world has made in advancing women’s rights, and to recognize what work remains to be done. More >>

US Remark With Costa Rican Foreign Minister

Friday, 5 March 2010, 6:24 pm | US State Department

MODERATOR: (Via interpreter) Good afternoon, we are going to begin our (inaudible) Pathways to Prosperity in the Americas. At the main table, we have the President of the Republic Mr. Oscar Arias, the Foreign Minister of Costa Rica Bruno Stagno, ... More >>

Daily Press Briefing - March 4

Friday, 5 March 2010, 11:19 am | US State Department

The Secretary is in Costa Rica today. She had a meeting with female entrepreneurs before moving to the Pathways for Prosperity ministerial, which I think she is still in the midst of. Later on this afternoon, she will have a meeting with Costa Rican ... More >>

Town Hall With Brazil's Globo Network

Friday, 5 March 2010, 11:18 am | US State Department

QUESTION: Madam State Secretary, I arrived recently from Tehran, where I interviewed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. And he was really happy with what he described support from the Brazilian Government. My question is, are you happy, too? More >>

US Remarks With Brazilian Foreign Minister

Thursday, 4 March 2010, 3:44 pm | US State Department

MODERATOR: (Via interpreter) Good afternoon. We’ll start now the press interview with Foreign Minister Amorim and the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Both ministers will say a few words to begin, and then we will go to questions from the ... More >>

US Daily Press Briefing - March 3

Thursday, 4 March 2010, 3:39 pm | US State Department

Just to start off, Secretary Clinton is in Brazil – in Brasilia, to be more precise. She has had a meeting today with Foreign Minister Amorim, and shortly will have a meeting with President Lula of Brazil before she travels to Sao Paulo, where she’ll ... More >>

Remarks With Chilean President

Wednesday, 3 March 2010, 5:41 pm | US State Department

PRESIDENT BACHELET: (Via interpreter) Good morning, everyone. I would like to, first and foremost, thank the international solidarity of the many neighboring and friend countries, and very particularly I’d like to thank the solidarity of the United ... More >>

Daily Press Briefing - March 2

Wednesday, 3 March 2010, 5:02 pm | US State Department

MR. CROWLEY: Continuing on with the news from the rest of the world, the Secretary is wheels-up from Santiago en route to Brasilia as we speak. Tomorrow, she’ll have meetings with President Lula and Foreign Minister Amorim of Brazil. Today, she met ... More >>

Remarks With Chilean President-elect

Wednesday, 3 March 2010, 5:01 pm | US State Department

SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, thank you very much. I just had the privilege and opportunity of a long conversation with President-elect Pinera about the immediate crisis of the earthquake and about a number of important issues that we will be working on ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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