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Daily Press Briefing - July 1

Thursday, 2 July 2009, 4:28 pm | US State Department

HONDURAS U.S. Has not Completed Legal Determination of Situation / Legal Advisers Actively Assessing the Facts and Law / U.S. Focused on Multilateral Process Taking Place Through the Organization of American States Secretary General Has Mandate to ... More >>

Remarks With Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad

Thursday, 2 July 2009, 4:26 pm | US State Department

SECRETARY CLINTON: Hello. I am very welcome – very privileged to welcome the prime minister of the Palestinian Authority. Prime Minister Fayyad is someone who has worked very hard on behalf of the Palestinian people. I’m looking forward to our meeting ... More >>

Secretary's Remarks: Canada Day

Thursday, 2 July 2009, 3:59 pm | US State Department

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:32:51 -0500 Canada Day Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC July 1, 2009 More >>

Withdrawal of U.S. Forces from Mosul, Iraq

Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 4:24 pm | US State Department

Question: Does the June 30th Withdrawal under the Status of Forces Agreement include withdrawal from various U.S. outposts in Mosul? More >>

Kosovo Joins the IMF and World Bank

Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 4:10 pm | US State Department

At a ceremony today at the Department of State, Deputy Secretary James B. Steinberg received for deposit the Republic of Kosovo’s instruments of acceptance of the Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank ... More >>

US Dept. of State Press Briefing 29 June, 2009

Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 3:45 pm | US State Department

Recognize Political Conflict in Honduras/Must be Worked Out in a Peaceful and Democratic Dialogue More >>

Remarks at the Top of the Daily Press Briefing

Tuesday, 30 June 2009, 9:33 am | US State Department

SECRETARY CLINTON: Hello, how are you all? I actually missed you. (Laughter.) I know, I know, and I wanted to thank you for the flowers. I really appreciated those. They are immeasurably adding to the healing process. More >>

Annual Trafficking in Persons Report

Wednesday, 17 June 2009, 2:39 pm | US State Department

MR. WOOD: Good afternoon, everyone. A pleasure to have with us today Ambassador Luis CdeBaca, who is the Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. So Ambassador CdeBaca is going to make some remarks and then take your ... More >>

Special Envoy for Climate Change

Monday, 15 June 2009, 10:54 am | US State Department

MR. KELLY: Well, good morning. Welcome to the briefing room. We’re very pleased to have with us today Todd Stern, Special Envoy for Climate Change. Mr. Stern was appointed by Secretary Clinton on January 26. He served in the White House from 1993 ... More >>

Daily Press Briefing - June 12

Monday, 15 June 2009, 10:52 am | US State Department

MR. CROWLEY: Okay, round two, as everyone departs. We obviously have a constrained schedule this morning with the Secretary doing a readout of her meeting with Foreign Minister Falconi and Security Minister Carvajal. So we’ll try to do this, say, ... More >>

100th Anniversary of the Boundary Waters Treaty

Monday, 15 June 2009, 10:51 am | US State Department

Good morning. What a glorious day, and it’s an absolute delight for me to be here on this occasion. I take any excuse I can to get back to come back to New York, and to celebrate this commemoration with all of you and to have an opportunity to spend ... More >>

Remarks With Canadian Foreign Minister

Monday, 15 June 2009, 10:49 am | US State Department

FOREIGN MINISTER CANNON: (In progress) …billions of dollars in trade, shipping, agriculture, recreation, of course, and other sectors. The Government of Canada has taken significant efforts in the past three years to protect the Great Lakes, and ... More >>

Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues

Monday, 15 June 2009, 10:48 am | US State Department

SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Well, this is an especially happy occasion. And we actually reached the limit on the number of people that would be permitted into the Benjamin Franklin Room. But it is such a personal pleasure for me to welcome all ... More >>

Africa: Daily Press Briefing - June 11

Friday, 12 June 2009, 11:38 am | US State Department

MR. KELLY: Hey guys, I have a short statement to read at the top. I think as you probably already know, Secretary of State Clinton is traveling to Niagara Falls, New York, and Niagara Falls, Ontario, on Saturday, June 13, to participate in the ... More >>

North Korea: Back at the Brink?

Friday, 12 June 2009, 11:37 am | US State Department

Chairman Kerry, Ranking Member Lugar, and Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify today about one of our most important foreign policy challenges, that of North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats. More >>

US Remarks With Zimbabwean Prime Minister

Friday, 12 June 2009, 11:36 am | US State Department

SECRETARY CLINTON: We are very pleased to have the prime minister with us today. Prime Minister Tsvangirai has been a longtime advocate for his country and the people of Zimbabwe on behalf of human rights and economic opportunity. As you know, he is ... More >>

US Daily Press Briefing - June 9

Wednesday, 10 June 2009, 2:02 pm | US State Department

Let me start off with a short statement on travel of some senior officials. As you know, Special Envoy Mitchell is in Israel today. He is meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and other senior officials. Tomorrow he’ll be in Ramallah to ... More >>

U.S. Expresses Condolences

Wednesday, 10 June 2009, 2:00 pm | US State Department

The Government of the United States wishes to express its condolences to the family of his Excellency Omar Bongo Ondimba, and to the people and government of the Gabonese Republic following the death of President Omar Bongo Ondimba today. Africa has lost ... More >>

US Remarks With Mongolian Foreign Minister

Wednesday, 10 June 2009, 1:59 pm | US State Department

SECRETARY CLINTON: Good morning. Minister Batbold is here on behalf of his country of Mongolia. There has just been a peaceful transition of power with a new president. We are very committed to supporting the government and people of Mongolia as they ... More >>

Remarks at the Foundation for Art

Thursday, 28 May 2009, 2:19 pm | US State Department

Well, I welcome you all to the Benjamin Franklin Room here on the eighth floor of the State Department. And it’s a real pleasure to host this event. As Jo Carole so generously said, I have been involved with FAPE for a long time and am delighted ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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