By State Newswire | Aug 27, 2022
News Release: One year ago today, 13 American service members lost their lives in a terrorist attack on the Kabul airport in Afghanistan. These American heroes were engaged in a selfless mission to undertake an unprecedented airlift, making the ultimate sacrifice while helping to successfully move nearly 124,000 people to safety and giving tens of thousands of Afghan families the opportunity to pursue the American dream. We honor their memory and mourn their loss.
By State Newswire | Aug 27, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the Abbey Gate suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport that killed 13 U.S. servicemembers, at least 170 Afghans, and wounded 45 U.S. servicemembers.
By State Newswire | Aug 27, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Foreign Affairs Committee on Aug. 26.
By State Newswire | Aug 27, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Department of State has concluded administrative settlements with Ryan Adams, Marc Baier, and Daniel Gericke, respectively, to resolve alleged violations of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA), 22 U.S.C. § 2751 et seq., and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 22 C.F.R. Parts ...
By State Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
Release: The United States is designating Paraguayan Vice President Hugo Velazquez and Yacyretá Bi-National Entity Legal Counsel Juan Carlos “Charly" Duarte for involvement in significant corruption, including bribery of a public official and interference in public processes.
By State Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
Release: On Wednesday, Aug. 17, Colorado Governor Jared Polis, Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock, and U.S. National Summit Coordinator Kevin O’Reilly announced that the first Cities Summit of the Americas will take place April 26-28, 2023, in Denver. The announcement came at a breakfast meeting of the Colorado Latin American and Caribbean Consuls hosted by Governor Polis.
By State Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
There are four releases scheduled to be published on Aug. 29.
By State Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
Release: Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Rena Bitter will travel August 14-18 throughout Brazil and visit Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and Brasilia. She will meet with U.S. officials and observe consular operations at the U.S. Consulates General in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. In Brasilia, she...
By State Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
Reducing Pre-Trial Detention in Nigeria grant opened on Aug. 26.
By State Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
Release: Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Todd D. Robinson will travel to Colombia from August 21-25 with White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director Dr. Rahul Gupta and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator Peter Natiello.
By State Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: The United States is deeply concerned by the upheld conviction and nine-year prison sentence of renowned Vietnamese author and journalist Pham Doan Trang. Trang, a 2022 winner of the Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage Award, has been recognized internationally for her work to advance ...
By State Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and Mongolia on the occasion of the United States-Mongolia Annual Bilateral Consultations.
By State Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
Release: A United States delegation participated in the 13th round of negotiations with the Government of Canada on the Columbia River Treaty in Richmond, British Columbia, on August 10-11. The negotiating teams reviewed proposals developed by both countries to reach an agreed upon, modernized framework that...
By State Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and Mongolia on the occasion of the United States-Mongolia Annual Bilateral Consultations.
By State Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of Uruguay on the 197th anniversary of your independence on August 25th.
By State Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: Thomas Hastings previously served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Harare from July 2019 until August 2021, when he became Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, serving until August 2022.
By State Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Department of State-supported Conflict Observatory program released a report today that includes evidence of Russia-perpetrated filtration operations in, and forced deportations from, Ukraine. The unlawful transfer and deportation of protected persons is a grave breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention ...
By State Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
Release: Following is the text of a joint statement by the Governments of the United States and Mexico.
By State Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of Uruguay on the 197th anniversary of your independence on August 25th.
By State Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and Estonia, Ghana, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Romania, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the occasion of the 2022 NPT Review Conference.
