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News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: It’s really an honor to be here with Congresswoman Eshoo and with the Speaker. This national lab is a national treasure. We have U.S.-led, world-class research that is essential to our national security, is essential to our economic competitiveness, is essential to solving the problems ...


News Release: The United States and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) held their 10th Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue on Oct. 14, 2022, in Vientiane, in which the two sides discussed their ever-expanding range of cooperation.


The U.S. Department of State Celebrates the 10th anniversary of the OneBeat Cultural Exchange Program

News Release: With the arrival of 25 music diplomacy exchange alumni, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) kicked off 10th anniversary celebrations for OneBeat, an international music exchange program created to transcend musical and geographic borders, advocate for democratic values, and embrace diversity through people-to-people diplomacy.


Risch, Menendez Statement Ahead of CCP’s 20th Party Congress

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement ahead of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) 20th Party Congress, which begins this Sunday in Beijing:


News Release: From October 17-20, 2022, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Lee Satterfield will travel to Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, to participate in engagements with exchange participants, the private sector, including the international film and entertainment industries, ...


News Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Seattle, Washington, October 17-18, to participate in the Breakthrough Energy Summit and highlight the strong action the United States has taken to accelerate innovation through the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act; the mobilization ...


Risch: Biden Admin’s Venezuela Parole Program is Half-Baked, Unworkable

News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the Biden Administration’s new Venezuelan parole program :



Terrorist Designation of Al-Shabaab Leaders

News Release: The United States remains steadfast in our support of East African and African Union-led efforts to counter the threat from al-Shabaab, one of al-Qa’ida’s most dangerous affiliates, which has killed thousands of people, including Americans, in Somalia and across East Africa.


Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with the Bureau of International Expositions’ Enquiry Mission

News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met yesterday with the Bureau of International Expositions’ (BIE) Enquiry Mission to discuss the U.S. bid to host Expo 2027 in Minnesota. Secretary Blinken emphasized our commitment to making Expo 2027 a success ...


News Release: Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs Ramin Toloui will travel October 18-20 to Des Moines, Iowa, to participate in the 2022 Borlaug Dialogue of the World Food Prize Foundation. He will discuss the U.S. role – both U.S. farmers and the Department of State – in strengthening global ...


Defense Trade Advisory Group; Notice of Open Meeting discussed on Oct. 17 by State Department

The US State Department published a one page notice on Oct. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It is wonderful to be back here at Stanford, to be in California in Silicon Valley. We’ve had a couple of great days covering The waterfront, including meeting with some remarkable tech innovators last night, going to the Accelerator this morning, and ...


Secretary Blinken Participates in a Conversation with Hoover Institution Director and 66th Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice

News Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will participate in a conversation on the evolution and importance of technology, diplomacy, and national security with Hoover Institution Director and 66th Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday, Oct. 17, 2022 at 1:45 p.m. EDT / 10:45 a.m. PDT at the Hoover Institution in Stanford, CA.


Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu’s Travel to Sri Lanka

News Release: Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu will travel to Sri Lanka October 17-19 to discuss U.S.-Sri Lanka relations and Sri Lanka’s economic situation.


$725 Million in Additional U.S. Military Assistance for Ukraine

News Release: In the wake of Russia’s brutal missile attacks on civilians across Ukraine, the mounting evidence of atrocities by Russia’s forces, and the firm and unequivocal rejection by 143 nations at the United Nations of Russia’s illegal attempted annexation of parts of Ukraine, the United States is offering additional military assistance to help Ukraine’s proud defenders protect their country.


What releases are upcoming from the State Department on Oct. 18

There are two releases scheduled to be published on Oct. 18.


DOS-NAM grant application closes on Nov. 17

Academy of Women Entrepreneurs 2023 grant opened on Oct. 17.


There were four notices published by the State Department in week ending Oct. 8, according to the Federal Register.