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Inaugural Meeting: Council on Women's Business Leadership
Tuesday, 24 January 2012, 9:53 am | US State Department
On Tuesday, January 24th, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will host the first meeting of the International Council on Women’s Business Leadership at the State Department in Washington, D.C. The meeting can be viewed via live webcast on ... More >>
U.S. Conventional Weapons Destruction Program in Iraq
Tuesday, 24 January 2012, 9:48 am | US State Department
The United States has invested more than $209 million in Iraq since 2003 toward the clearance and safe disposal of landmines, unexploded ordnance, and excess conventional weapons and munitions. The goals of the U.S. Conventional Weapons Destruction (CWD) ... More >>
The Northern Distribution Network and the Baltic Nexus
Tuesday, 24 January 2012, 9:41 am | US State Department
Remarks Thomas P. Kelly Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs Remarks at the Commonwealth Club, Washington Washington, DC More >>
Remarks With German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle
Tuesday, 24 January 2012, 9:39 am | US State Department
SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon, everyone. It is a great pleasure for me to welcome the foreign minister back once again to the State Department Germany and the United States are steadfast allies and close partners on a range of issues. We’re also ... More >>
Status of U.S. Embassy Damascus
Tuesday, 24 January 2012, 9:36 am | US State Department
While no decision has been made, we have serious concerns about the deteriorating security situation in Damascus, including the recent spate of car bombs, and about the safety and security of embassy personnel. We have requested that the government ... More >>
US and the Republic of Korea to Sign Environmental Agreement
Tuesday, 24 January 2012, 9:34 am | US State Department
On Monday, January 23, Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Robert Hormats will be joined by Republic of Korea Ambassador to the United States Han Duk-soo in a ceremony to sign a bilateral Environmental Cooperation ... More >>
Antarctica: Joint Inspection US and Russian Federation
Tuesday, 24 January 2012, 9:31 am | US State Department
The United States and the Russian Federation will send a joint team to inspect foreign stations, installations and equipment in Antarctica from January 23 to January 28, 2012. The inspection will be conducted pursuant to the Antarctic Treaty of 1959 and ... More >>
New Visa Guidelines
Friday, 20 January 2012, 3:46 pm | US State Department
Over the last year, the Department of State has been committed to improving the visa process, decreasing interview wait times in key tourism markets such as Brazil and China and increasing the number of visas we issue – without compromising border ... More >>
New State-Defense Personnel Exchange Agreement Reached
Friday, 20 January 2012, 1:00 pm | US State Department
The Department of State is pleased to announce a new Memorandum of Understanding on the Non-Reimbursable Exchange of Personnel with the Department of Defense. This agreement establishes the most significant formal exchange of personnel between the ... More >>
Apps4Africa: Winners In East Africa Contest
Friday, 20 January 2012, 10:50 am | US State Department
The U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce the East Africa winners of the Apps4Africa: Climate Challenge, a regional competition to address local climate change challenges through the development of web-based and mobile applications. All three ... More >>
Russia: Meetings with Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin
Friday, 20 January 2012, 10:48 am | US State Department
________________________________________ QUESTION: Provide a readout of Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin’s meetings at the State Department on January 17. More >>
Joint Statement: US-Singapore Strategic Partners Dialogue
Thursday, 19 January 2012, 12:44 pm | US State Department
Following is the text of a joint statement by the United States and Singapore issued on January 18, 2012, in Washington, D.C. More >>
Meeting with Honduran President Lobo
Thursday, 19 January 2012, 12:34 pm | US State Department
Senior U.S. government officials met with the president of Honduras, Porfirio Lobo Sosa, and the president of the Honduran Congress, Juan Orlando Hernandez, on January 18 to review security cooperation and acknowledge the leadership and efforts that ... More >>
International Leaders in Education Program
Thursday, 19 January 2012, 11:42 am | US State Department
U.S. Department of State Welcomes Teachers on International Leaders in Education Program for Study in Alabama, Ohio, South Carolina and Virginia More >>
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Announced as as Cultural Ambassador
Thursday, 19 January 2012, 11:39 am | US State Department
On Wednesday, January 18, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with Hall-of-Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA’s All-Time Leading Scorer and a New York Times’ best-selling author, to discuss his new role as a global Cultural Ambassador. During ... More >>
Remarks With Cultural Ambassador Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Thursday, 19 January 2012, 11:26 am | US State Department
SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Well, there’s a lot – as you can tell, there’s a lot of people interested. If you don’t mind (inaudible) for me, and we’ll just take a step over here, and maybe I could say a few words of appreciation and excitement ... More >>
Denial of the Keystone XL Pipeline Application
Thursday, 19 January 2012, 11:07 am | US State Department
Today, the Department of State recommended to President Obama that the presidential permit for the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline be denied and, that at this time, the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline be determined not to serve the national interest. ... More >>
Interview with Kommersant's Elena Chernenko
Thursday, 19 January 2012, 11:04 am | US State Department
DEPUTY SECRETARY BURNS: I am very pleased to be back in Russia, where I have spent five years of my career including three years as ambassador. I have developed over those years a very deep respect for Russians and for the potential of partnership ... More >>
Secretary's Remarks: Wallenberg's Life-Giving Legacy
Thursday, 19 January 2012, 10:59 am | US State Department
Op-Ed Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Carl Bildt, Foreign Minister of Sweden The New York Times More >>
Secretary Clinton Presents Awards for Corporate Excellence
Thursday, 19 January 2012, 10:47 am | US State Department
On January 18, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presented the Secretary of State's 2011 Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) to Sahlman Seafoods, Incorporated, in Nicaragua; Procter & Gamble in Nigeria; and Procter & Gamble in Pakistan The ACE is ... More >>
