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Remarks at the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute

Wednesday, 9 November 2011, 11:28 am | US State Department

Thank you. Thank you all very much. Well, I am absolutely delighted to be here for this really important summit and the work that we’re doing together. I want to thank Susan. She’s the first ever special advisor on international children’s ... More >>

The Growing Demand for U.S. Visas in China and Brazil

Wednesday, 9 November 2011, 11:25 am | US State Department

Special Briefing Managing Director for Visa Services Ed Ramotowski and Minister Counselors for Consular Affairs Chuck Bennett and Donald Jacobson via Teleconference More >>

Background Briefing on National Institutes of Health Speech

Wednesday, 9 November 2011, 11:23 am | US State Department

MR. VENTRELL: Hi, everyone. This is Patrick from the Press Office. I wanted to introduce [Senior State Department Official]. He’s going to be speaking today on background as a senior State Department official. And I do want to highlight that in addition ... More >>

Keynote Address at the National Democratic Institute

Wednesday, 9 November 2011, 11:20 am | US State Department

Thank you. Well, it’s a great pleasure for me to be here this evening And I thank my friend and my predecessor, Madeleine Albright, for not only that kind introduction, but for her extraordinary leadership, and in particular of NDI. Thanks also to Shari ... More >>

Background Briefing: Preview of Secretary Clinton's Keynote

Tuesday, 8 November 2011, 2:58 pm | US State Department

Special Briefing Senior Department Official Senior Official, Office of the Spokesperson Via Teleconference Washington, DC November 7, 2011 More >>

Joint Statement by USA and the Plurinational State of Bolivi

Tuesday, 8 November 2011, 2:54 pm | US State Department

Today, U.S. Under Secretary for Global Affairs Maria Otero and Bolivian Vice Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Alurralde signed a Framework Agreement to guide relations between the United States and Bolivia. The accord establishes a framework by which the two ... More >>

The New Afghanistan Strategy

Monday, 7 November 2011, 3:23 pm | US State Department

Chairman Kerry, Senator Lugar, and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. I am honored to be here with Ambassador Eikenberry and General Petraeus. More >>

Town Hall With Students Staff and Trainers

Monday, 7 November 2011, 3:20 pm | US State Department

DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW: I want to start with a couple of thank you’s, thanking the team here at Muscatatuck and thank you, General Tooley, for arranging this visit. But most importantly, I want to thank the (inaudible) of you who are here in this ... More >>

The State Department's Role in NATO DDPR

Monday, 7 November 2011, 3:17 pm | US State Department

Ellen Tauscher Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee Hearing on "The Current Status and Future Direction for U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy and Posture" Washington, ... More >>

Press Roundtable at Camp Atterbury-Muscatatuck Center

Monday, 7 November 2011, 3:13 pm | US State Department

DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW: Thank you all for joining us out here today for what, for me at least, has been I think a very – I know a very informative and worthwhile visit here. The training that we are watching today and the people that we’re meeting ... More >>

Asia, the Americas, and U.S. Strategy for a New Century

Monday, 7 November 2011, 11:50 am | US State Department

William J. Burns Deputy Secretary Remarks at World Affairs Councils of America National Conference Washington, DC More >>

Roundtable in Burma

Monday, 7 November 2011, 11:39 am | US State Department

Michael H. Posner Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Derek J. Mitchell, Special Representative and Policy Coordinator for Burma Rangoon, Burma More >>

Ensuring Israel's Qualitative Military Edge

Monday, 7 November 2011, 11:37 am | US State Department

Andrew J. Shapiro Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs Remarks to The Washington Institute for Near East Policy Washington, DC More >>

On-the-Record-Briefing on Afghanistan/Pakistan Trips

Friday, 4 November 2011, 2:56 pm | US State Department

April 16, 2010 MR. CROWLEY: Good afternoon and welcome to the Department of State. We’ve got a couple of weary travelers here: Jack Lew, our Deputy Secretary of State; and Raj Shah, our Administrator of USAID. Raj got back in Washington last night, ... More >>

International Cooperation to Strengthen Stability in Space

Friday, 4 November 2011, 12:16 pm | US State Department

Frank A. Rose Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance Near Space Security Conference London, United Kingdom More >>

Congressional-Executive Commission on China: 2011 Report

Friday, 4 November 2011, 12:05 pm | US State Department

Maria Otero Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs U.S. Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues, and Commissioner, Congressional-Executive Commission on China U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs Washington, DC More >>

Women and the Arab Spring

Friday, 4 November 2011, 11:37 am | US State Department

Tamara C. Wittes Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs and Deputy Special Coordinator for Middle East Transitions Senate Foreign Relations Committee More >>

Ten Things You Should Know About The State Department

Thursday, 3 November 2011, 4:24 pm | US State Department

What do the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) do for the American people? With just over one percent of the entire federal budget, we have a huge impact on how Americans live and how the rest of the world ... More >>

Interview With the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

Thursday, 3 November 2011, 12:26 pm | US State Department

QUESTION: The 2010 Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) highlighted that the greatest nuclear threat is not a large-scale nuclear exchange, but the danger that terrorists could acquire nuclear materials or a nuclear weapon. What are the tangible plans here, ... More >>

Daily Press Briefing - November 1, 2011

Wednesday, 2 November 2011, 2:19 pm | US State Department

QUESTION: Okay. Now, it’s been 24 hours since this horrible, terrible, very bad, no good day at UNESCO yesterday, and Israel hasn’t – that’s the U.S. position, I think. Israel hasn’t fallen into the sea. It doesn’t look like thousands of ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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