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Powell Briefing En Route to Marrakesh
Thursday, 4 December 2003, 9:26 am | US State Department
SECRETARY POWELL: It s a long day so we ll go right to questions. And, I ll Charlie, you ve got the first one? Where are you? There you are! QUESTION: The meeting that you had in Tunis went a lot longer than was anticipated. Why? More >>
U.S. Deducts $289.5m From Israeli Loan Guarantees
Thursday, 27 November 2003, 9:42 pm | US State Department
State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher said the United States is deducting $289.5 million from its loan guarantees to Israel due to concerns over Israeli settlement building and its construction of a security fence. More >>
United States Welcomes IAEA Resolution on Iran
Thursday, 27 November 2003, 9:38 pm | US State Department
Washington -- Kenneth Brill, the U.S. Ambassador to International Organizations in Vienna, expressed his satisfaction with the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) adoption of a November 26 resolution on Iran's nuclear program. More >>
Number of Hungry People Increased in 1990s
Thursday, 27 November 2003, 12:15 pm | US State Department
The number of hungry people in the world increased in the second half of the 1990s, reversing a decrease in world hunger during the first half of the decade, the United Nations reports. More >>
Arab TV Stations Filmed Attacks in Iraq, Rumsfeld
Thursday, 27 November 2003, 12:06 pm | US State Department
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Richard Myers said November 25 during a Pentagon news briefing that there is evidence two Arab cable news television stations have cooperated with terrorists in Iraq by filming ... More >>
U.S. Moves To Reduce Ebola Bioterrorism Threat
Monday, 24 November 2003, 8:44 pm | US State Department
A trial of the first experimental vaccine to prevent infection from the deadly Ebola virus began November 18 at the National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in Bethesda, Maryland. More >>
U.S. Defense Says Attacks In Iraq Dropped By 70%
Monday, 24 November 2003, 8:39 pm | US State Department
Washington --- Despite casualties from rocket attacks and improvised explosives that draw media headlines, U.S. and coalition forces have succeeded in capturing or killing large numbers of regime loyalists, terrorists, and outright criminals in recent military ... More >>
U.S. Supports New Government In Georgia
Monday, 24 November 2003, 8:36 pm | US State Department
The United States supports the stability and sovereignty of a democratic Georgia and stands ready to support the new government in holding free and fair parliamentary elections in the future, the U.S. Department of State said in a statement issued ... More >>
Powell & British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw IV
Thursday, 20 November 2003, 2:15 pm | US State Department
Secretary Colin L. Powell Interview by James Robbins on BBC Ten O Clock News London, England November 19, 2003 More >>
Bush's UK Speech Will Outline Pillars for Peace
Wednesday, 19 November 2003, 11:29 pm | US State Department
A senior administration official briefed reporters on Air Force One November 18 as they accompanied President Bush on a royal state visit to Great Britain at the invitation of Queen Elizabeth. More >>
Powell, Germany's Fischer Discuss Iraq & Iran
Tuesday, 18 November 2003, 11:30 pm | US State Department
Secretary of State Colin Powell and German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer briefed journalists after their meeting at the State Department November 17 and fielded questions concerning primarily Iraq and Iran. More >>
Iraq's Sovereignty to Be Restored by June 30, 2004
Tuesday, 18 November 2003, 11:24 pm | US State Department
The Iraqi Governing Council and the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq (CPA) agreed November 15 on a process to hand over power to a transitional government in Iraq no later than July 2004. More >>
Bush: U.S. Won't Leave Iraq When Govt Formed
Tuesday, 18 November 2003, 11:23 pm | US State Department
Washington -- President Bush said November 17 that the United States will not pull out of Iraq when a provisional government is established there. More >>
Bush Welcomes Iraq Political Timetable
Monday, 17 November 2003, 12:01 am | US State Department
President Bush November 15 welcomed an announcement by the Governing Council in Iraq of a timetable for future Iraqi political developments, and said the United States is ready to help Iraqis "translate this new timeline into political reality." ... More >>
Bush Condemns Terrorist Attacks in Istanbul
Monday, 17 November 2003, 12:00 am | US State Department
President Bush condemned November 15 bombings at two Istanbul synagogues that killed a reported 20 persons. Following is the text of his statement: More >>
Bremer Discusses Iraq at White House with Bush
Thursday, 13 November 2003, 10:01 pm | US State Department
Washington -- L. Paul Bremer, the U.S. administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, says his two days of conferring with President Bush and top officials of his administration focused on two important problems -- defeating the terrorists ... More >>
U.S., Europe Face Policy Challenges in Middle East
Thursday, 13 November 2003, 10:00 pm | US State Department
Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs William Burns says the members of the Transatlantic Community face four interconnected policy challenges in the greater Middle East -- helping Iraqis build a unified, stable, prosperous country, ... More >>
Senate Approves Defense Budget Authorization Bill
Thursday, 13 November 2003, 9:59 pm | US State Department
The U.S. Senate has given its final approval to a $401.3 billion defense budget that expands weapons programs, raises salaries for military personnel, permits leasing air refueling tankers, and drops a "Buy America" provision requiring "essential" ... More >>
Powell Says Peace & Liberty Coming To Middle East
Wednesday, 12 November 2003, 11:39 pm | US State Department
Democracy is coming to the Middle East because "people feel the bracing winds of freedom on their faces," Secretary of State Colin Powell said in a November 10 address to the City College of New York (CCNY). More >>
The U.S. Role in the United Nations
Wednesday, 12 November 2003, 9:55 am | US State Department
Kim R. Holmes, Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs Remarks Before the Defense Orientation Conference Association Burke, Virginia October 31, 2003 More >>
