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Interview With David Gregory of NBC
Monday, 16 November 2009, 11:46 am | US State Department
QUESTION: Let me begin by something that’s very controversial back home, as you well know, the decision by the Attorney General to transfer some of the high-profile prisoners from Guantanamo Bay from the prison there. The self-proclaimed perpetrators ... More >>
Interview With George Stephanopoulos
Monday, 16 November 2009, 11:46 am | US State Department
QUESTION: Well, and as you’re in Singapore, you and the President are facing, really, his toughest decision yet on Afghanistan. And on his way over when he stopped at Elmendorf Air Force Base, President Obama made this commitment to the troops and ... More >>
US State Department Secretary's Remarks
Monday, 16 November 2009, 11:41 am | US State Department
SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Well, it’s wonderful being back at this great university, which I just learned has a total of 44,000 students, the director told me. It’s amazing. So I’m thrilled to be here. Thank you so much for doing this. More >>
Daily Press Briefing - November 13
Monday, 16 November 2009, 11:39 am | US State Department
MR. KELLY: Okay. Afternoon. It’s Friday. Let’s hope the skies part and the rains stop by Saturday. Well, just a quick – quick update on the Secretary. She, of course, has been in the Philippines for a couple of days. She’s met with senior Filipino ... More >>
Remarks With Manila Radio Host Mo Twister
Monday, 16 November 2009, 11:38 am | US State Department
QUESTION: We have a huge election coming up in May, and it’s supposed to be – it’s kind of as exciting for us, as it was for you guys in your last election. We have 47 million registered voters – that’s well over 50 percent, we have 3 ... More >>
Statement On The Passing Of James Lilley
Monday, 16 November 2009, 11:37 am | US State Department
I was saddened to learn of the passing of Ambassador James Lilley, one of our nation’s finest diplomats. My thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends. More >>
High-Speed Internet Gap Between Rich And Poor
Friday, 13 November 2009, 12:43 pm | US State Department
While the “digital divide” between rich and poor countries may be shrinking overall, the gap is widening between the developed and developing worlds in the availability of broadband or high-speed Internet, a crucial tool for achieving economic and social ... More >>
Daily Press Briefing - November 12
Friday, 13 November 2009, 12:42 pm | US State Department
MR. KELLY: Afternoon. First of all, a statement, or some information on Ambassador Holbrooke’s travel. He’s currently traveling to Berlin. He’s there today. He’ll be in Paris tomorrow, in Munich on November 14, and then next week he’ll be in ... More >>
US Briefing on Relief Efforts
Friday, 13 November 2009, 11:20 am | US State Department
SECRETARY CLINTON: We are very proud to have so many Filipino Americans. And I’m very proud that our militaries work together, the American military and the military of the Philippines, saving lives and rescuing people, and I am very pleased that ... More >>
Remarks With Philippines Foreign Secretary
Friday, 13 November 2009, 11:19 am | US State Department
FOREIGN SECRETARY ROMULO: Thank you all for joining us this afternoon. It is my privilege to welcome Secretary Hillary Clinton to Manila. She was here as First Lady with President Bill Clinton during our hosting of APEC in 1996, and this time she ... More >>
Remarks at APEC Singapore Conference
Thursday, 12 November 2009, 12:44 pm | US State Department
SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, good afternoon. Thank you very much for coming here this afternoon. Before I get started on my comments concerning the important meetings being held here at the APEC ministerial, I want to take a moment to recognize the ... More >>
Dr. Rajiv Shah as USAID Administrator
Wednesday, 11 November 2009, 10:43 am | US State Department
Dr. Raj Shah is a leader in the development community, an innovative and results-oriented manager, and someone who understands the importance of providing people around the world with the tools they need to lift themselves out of poverty and chart their ... More >>
Interview on the Charlie Rose Show
Wednesday, 11 November 2009, 10:11 am | US State Department
QUESTION: It is a historic time in this historic city. Where were you when you heard the news that the Berlin Wall had come down? More >>
Interview: US State Department
Wednesday, 11 November 2009, 10:10 am | US State Department
QUESTION: So you’re just about to send more troops into Afghanistan. Why? For what? Is it to establish democracy, the western civil society, or is it just to prevent the establishment of new bases of terrorism? More >>
Dr. Sebastian Hesse-Kastein of MDR Radio
Wednesday, 11 November 2009, 10:08 am | US State Department
SECRETARY CLINTON: I do. I was living in Arkansas with my husband and my daughter. He was the governor of Arkansas at the time. And it seems like a very long time ago, because televisions were much smaller, they were in boxes, not in flat screens hung ... More >>
H Clinton's Upcoming Trip to the Philippines
Wednesday, 11 November 2009, 9:56 am | US State Department
Susan Reichle, USAID Acting Administrator for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance; Alan Dwyer, USAID Foreign Disaster Assistance Principal Regional Advisor for East Asia Pacific; and Rick Scott, USAID East Asia Director More >>
Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate Celebration
Wednesday, 11 November 2009, 9:55 am | US State Department
Good evening, Berlin. (Applause.) It is indeed an honor and a great personal privilege to be here on behalf of President Obama and the United States of America – (applause) – to commemorate with you that night 20 years ago when history broke through concrete ... More >>
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle
Wednesday, 11 November 2009, 9:53 am | US State Department
FOREIGN MINISTER WESTERWELLE: (Via interpreter) Madame Secretary, ladies and gentlemen, I extend a very warm, warm welcome to all of you here, and a very warm welcome goes out to the Secretary of State of the United States of America. Dear Hillary Clinton, ... More >>
Keynote Address at the Atlantic Council Gala
Wednesday, 11 November 2009, 9:52 am | US State Department
There are so many in this room, and then so many others who have been mentioned, who deserve all of the appreciation and admiration we can bestow upon them. But I have the great and high honor today to accept this freedom award on behalf of the ... More >>
Interview With Tom Brokaw of NBC
Wednesday, 11 November 2009, 9:51 am | US State Department
QUESTION: Madame Secretary, in some ways, is it a more dangerous world now than it was 20 years ago? We had two superpowers talking to each other. They both had nuclear weapons, but they were constantly in touch and Gorbachev was in the Soviet Union. ... More >>
