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U.S. Condemns Car Bombing in Iraq

Friday, 8 August 2003, 11:19 am | US State Department

The U.S. strongly condemns the car bombing that occurred outside of the Jordanian embassy in Iraq August 7, said Bush spokesperson Clair Buchan. More >>

Rice: Commitment to Transformation in Mideast

Friday, 8 August 2003, 10:54 am | US State Department

(This column by Condoleezza Rice, who is national security advisor to the president, was published in the Washington Post August 7 and is in the public domain. No republication restrictions.) More >>

Powell: U.S. Will Not be Defeated in Terror War

Friday, 8 August 2003, 10:38 am | US State Department

The United States is determined to unite the civilized world in a campaign to rid the world of terrorism and will not be deterred or defeated in this effort, Secretary of State Colin Powell said August 7 in a question and answer session with journalists ... More >>

White House Press Briefing, August 5, 2003

Wednesday, 6 August 2003, 12:10 am | US State Department

Powell/Armitage visiting Bush ranch August 5-6, Jakarta terrorist attack, Israel/fence/loan guarantees, Cheney/Rumsfeld to visit Bush ranch, Abbas/Sharon talks, Colombia/antidrug flights, Liberia/Charles Taylor More >>

U.S. Strongly Condemns Terrorist Attack in Jakarta

Wednesday, 6 August 2003, 12:09 am | US State Department

The U.S. is prepared to assist Indonesia in bringing to justice the perpetrators of the August 5 terrorist attack in Jakarta , White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan told reporters at a briefing in Crawford Texas. More >>

No Basis for Washington Post Report on Powell

Wednesday, 6 August 2003, 12:08 am | US State Department

White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan discredited an August 4 report in the Washington Post that said Secretary of State Colin Powell and Deputy Secretary Richard Armitage have told the White House they will not serve in a second Bush administration. More >>

Officials Alert to Possible Al Qaeda Attacks

Monday, 4 August 2003, 2:50 pm | US State Department

Washington --- The al Qaeda terrorist organization possesses the will and the intent to strike the United States and inflict massive casualties, possibly using commercial aviation as it did on September 11, U.S. officials warned on television news programs ... More >>

U.S: Abbas Taking "Steps to Reduce Violence"

Monday, 4 August 2003, 2:49 pm | US State Department

Violence and terrorism have been reduced in recent weeks in the Middle East, White House press secretary Scott McClellan said in a briefing August 2, while traveling to President Bush's home in Crawford, Texas. More >>

Powell Discusses North Korea, Iran, War on Terror

Monday, 4 August 2003, 2:47 pm | US State Department

Any substantive discussion of North Korea's nuclear weapons program must be "a negotiation among six parties who have equities," Secretary of State Colin Powell said in an interview with U.S. regional news syndicates August 1. More >>

Search for WMD Will Continue, White House Says

Friday, 1 August 2003, 11:42 am | US State Department

David Kay, a former U.N. weapons investigator, testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Intelligence Committee July 31 in closed hearings. Kay, who met with President Bush the morning of July 29, recently returned from coordinating ... More >>

U.S. Says Talks with N. Korea Will Be Multilateral

Friday, 1 August 2003, 10:16 am | US State Department

The United States remains committed to multilateral talks to resolve concerns over North Korea's nuclear weapons program, says John Bolton, under secretary of State for arms control and international security. More >>

State Dept. Daily Press Briefing for July 30

Thursday, 31 July 2003, 9:33 am | US State Department

DEPARTMENT 1-2 Ambassador Rogert Noreiga Confirmed as the A/S for Western Hemisphere Affairs More >>

Colin L. Powell Interview with Reuters July 30

Thursday, 31 July 2003, 9:25 am | US State Department

QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, the Palestinians are rather disappointed by the outcome of the meeting at the White House yesterday, and the ceasefire seems to be under some threat. Last week, you said that the aim of these consultations was to strengthen ... More >>

Cuban Espionage Activities Against the U.S.

Thursday, 31 July 2003, 12:40 am | US State Department

The U.S. Department of State issued a fact sheet on July 30, examining Cuba's history of espionage against the United States and outlining several examples of recent anti-U.S. spying by Cuban agents. These incidents are simply the latest evidence that the regime ... More >>

China Sees U.S. as Long-term Challenge Report Says

Thursday, 31 July 2003, 12:38 am | US State Department

A new Department of Defense (DoD)report to Congress on China's military strategy says that, while China interacts with the United States in order to benefit from U.S. trade and technology, "Beijing apparently believes that the United States ... More >>

US Submits Resolution Liberian Peacekeeping Force

Thursday, 31 July 2003, 12:37 am | US State Department

United Nations -- The United States submitted a draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council July 30 that would support a multinational force for Liberia as well as a longer-term U.N. peacekeeping operation. "Today we submitted to the council ... More >>

Powell Says U.S. Has Concerns Over Israeli Fence

Thursday, 31 July 2003, 12:35 am | US State Department

While the United States has concerns over Israel's efforts to build a fence that could impact Palestinian efforts to establish a state, progress is being made on the roadmap to bring a lasting peace between a Palestinian state and Israel, according ... More >>