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Bills addressed by Armed Services Committee on May 26

There was activity on two bills related to the Armed Services Committee on May 26.


The Administration’s Approach to the People’s Republic of China

News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Good morning.


Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Syed’s Visit to Frederick, Maryland

News Release: Department of State Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Dilawar Syed led a visit on May 24 to Frederick, Maryland, to engage with small and medium businesses on their needs when entering foreign markets. The trip was part of a series of engagements Special Representative Syed is ...


News Release: The U.S. Department of State is offering rewards of up to $1 million each for information leading to the arrests and/or convictions of two fugitive Kenyan nationals, Abdi Hussein Ahmed and Badru Abdul Aziz Saleh, for participating in, or conspiring to participate in, transnational organized crime. Ahmed ...


Biden admin nominates Angela Price Aggeler as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of North Macedonia

President Joe Biden recently announced his intention to appoint Angela Price Aggeler as Ambassador to the Republic of North Macedonia.


Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It’s wonderful to be able to host my colleague and friend, the Foreign Minister of Finland, here at the State Department in the Benjamin Franklin Room. Our partnership, the partnership between Finland and the United States, has been rooted deeply in ...


United States Targets the DPRK’s Ballistic Missile and Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs

Release: The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK’s) series of escalatory ballistic missile launches - including six intercontinental ballistic missile tests this year alone - are in blatant violation of UN Security Council resolutions and pose a grave threat to regional stability and international peace and security.


DOS-SWE offers new grant application process starting May 27

Arctic Indigenous Cultural Heritage Initiative (AICHI) grant opened on May 27.



Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Angolan Foreign Minister Téte António today in Washington, D.C. Secretary Blinken and Minister António discussed our mutual commitment to a strong bilateral relationship grounded in our shared interests ...


News Release: Washington, DC - Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Jim McGovern (D-MA), Chair of the Rules Committee, and Barbara Lee (D-CA), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, today led 12 Members in sending a letter to...


The US State Department published a two page notice on May 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Release: The world marks International Day of UN Peacekeepers every May 29, and on this day we honor the courage, service, and sacrifice of the UN’s “blue helmets."


News Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and Spain on the occasion of the Meeting of the U.S.-Spain Working Group on Central America.


Joint Statement on Safer Oil Tanker Threats in the Red Sea

Release: Representatives of the Governments of the United States and the Netherlands have partnered to support the UN efforts to address and avert the economic, environmental, and humanitarian threats posed by the Safer oil tanker in the Red Sea region.


Guyana National Day

News Release: On behalf of the Government of the United States, I congratulate the people of Guyana on your 56th anniversary of independence.


News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. It’s a great pleasure to receive my colleague, the foreign minister of Angola, here at the State Department. We have between the United States and Angola a strong bilateral relationship but also a growing partnership on interests of – on interests that are of mutual concern – trade, health, climate, governance.


Foreign Relations Committee and the bills it addressed on May 26

There was activity on six bills related to the Foreign Relations Committee on May 26.


DOS-DOM grant application closes on July 31

U.S. Embassy Santo Domingo - PAS Annual Program Statement grant opened on May 27.