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Arrest Of Htay Kywe & Other Democracy Activists

Wednesday, 17 October 2007, 5:03 am | US State Department

The United States condemns the Burmese regime's arrest on October 13, 2007, of pro-democracy activists, including prominent 88 Generation Students leader Htay Kywe and activists Aung Thoo, Thin Thin Aye, and Zaw Htat Ko Ko. More >>

Envoy Cal Ripken Jr. Embarks On Visit To China

Tuesday, 16 October 2007, 9:31 am | US State Department

Baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. will travel to China on October 28, 2007 on his first trip as an American Public Diplomacy Envoy for the U.S. Department of State. More >>

Sec Rice Interview With Ayala Hasson, Channel 1

Tuesday, 16 October 2007, 9:30 am | US State Department

Now, the United States understands fully that ultimately there must be a comprehensive peace in the Middle East. This is in the basis of the roadmap. It's in the basis of all the resolutions. More >>

Sec Rice Interview With Jonathan Karl Of ABC

Tuesday, 16 October 2007, 9:28 am | US State Department

There have been decades in trying to make peace between Israel and the Palestinians, decades in which the Palestinians have waited for their state and in which Israelis have waited for the security that is going to come from having a democratic neighbor. More >>

Sec Rice Interview With Raed Duzdar Of Pal Medi

Tuesday, 16 October 2007, 9:27 am | US State Department

Well, it is always difficult in the Middle East. There's never any perfect time because if there had been a perfect time, I think we would have resolved the Israeli-Palestinian conflict a long time ago. More >>

Canada Joins Asia-Pac Clean Dev & Climate Group

Tuesday, 16 October 2007, 9:26 am | US State Department

Partnership Task Forces focus their efforts in eight priority sectors including cleaner fossil energy, aluminum, coal mining, steel, renewable energy and distributed generation, power generation and transmissions, buildings and appliances, and cement. More >>

Closing Ceremony For USAID Mission In Romania

Tuesday, 16 October 2007, 9:25 am | US State Department

We look back at the past seventeen years of Romania's extraordinary transformation and the role U.S. assistance has played in that transformation. And we look forward to the dawning of a new U.S.-Romanian partnership. More >>

LTG (Ret) Ricardo S. Sanchez Address, Washington

Monday, 15 October 2007, 10:46 am | US State Department

Clearly, mistakes have been made by the American military in its application of power but even its greatest failures in this war can be linked to America's lack of commitment, priority and moral courage in this war effort. More >>

US State Dept Daily Press Briefing: 12 Oct 2007

Saturday, 13 October 2007, 10:54 am | US State Department

Iraq: Iraqi Corruption and Iraqi Governance / Iraq/Turkey: U.S. Efforts with Turkey and Iraq Continue Against PKK / Turkey: Passage of House Resolution 106 / China: China's Objection to Congressional Decision to Award Medal to the Dalai Lama. More >>

Sec Rice, Robert Gates & Others After 2+2 Meeting

Saturday, 13 October 2007, 10:47 am | US State Department

We believe that the 2+2 is a good format in which to continue that work and we look forward to welcoming our Russian colleagues to the United States to finalize the work that our experts will undertake. More >>

R. Nicholas Burns Interview With CNN-Turk

Saturday, 13 October 2007, 10:41 am | US State Department

Turkey's a valued ally of our country. We respect Turkey and the Turkish nation and we don't want this vote, which is a vote by a separate branch of our government, not by President Bush's government. More >>

Sec. Rice Interview With Sergey Brilev Of RTR TV

Saturday, 13 October 2007, 10:40 am | US State Department

And the future really in ethanol production is going to be in the use of switchgrasses and cellulosic -- as it's called -- ethanol. So the price of food, the need for food, I think is not going to be harmed by the need for alternative fuels. More >>

R. Nicholas Burns Interview With Wire Services

Saturday, 13 October 2007, 10:38 am | US State Department

The Turkish government has offered to open the Ottoman archives. They've offered to have shared historical commissions with the Armenian government. It's our belief that that's the better and more productive way forward. More >>

Combating Trafficking For Forced Labor Purposes

Saturday, 13 October 2007, 7:36 am | US State Department

Forced labor is a form of human trafficking that can be harder to identify and estimate than sex trafficking. For this reason, too often the victims go unnoticed. More >>

Sec. Rice Interview with Larry Kudlow on CNBC

Friday, 12 October 2007, 10:49 pm | US State Department

"The Iraqi Government and the United States have formed a joint commission to look at the issue of private security contractors in Iraq. We want to be respectful of Iraqi sovereignty. We want to be respectful of their laws," -- Secretary Rice More >>

Secretary Condoleezza Rice Travels To Russia

Friday, 12 October 2007, 10:43 pm | US State Department

We intend to initiate a forum called the 2+2, which is the foreign ministers and the defense ministers getting together to talk about a variety of security and political-military issues. More >>

US State Dept Daily Press Briefing: 11 Oct 2007

Friday, 12 October 2007, 9:26 am | US State Department

Turkey: Passage of House Resolution 106 in Committee / Reasons for Department's Opposition to Resolution / U.S. Has Tried to Foster Discussion Between Turkey and Armenia / Reports that Turkey has Recalled Ambassador to U.S. More >>

Asia-Pacific Partnership On Clean Development

Friday, 12 October 2007, 8:58 am | US State Department

The Government of India will host the second Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate Ministerial Meeting in New Delhi, India on October 15, 2007. More >>

Andrew Natsios Press Conference In Khartoum

Friday, 12 October 2007, 8:57 am | US State Department

We had very good meetings in Khartoum, I visited Nyala and Zalingi in Darfur and that was important but I spent the bulk of my time on this trip in the South and in the border areas. More >>

US Looks Ahead To The 62nd UN General Assembly

Friday, 12 October 2007, 7:03 am | US State Department

Today, millions of the world's most vulnerable citizens look to the UN for relief from tyranny, violence, want, and despair. We want the UN to hear their cries, heed its ideals, and act. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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