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DOS-SAU offers new grant application process starting April 6

Empowering Saudi Women and Youth through Sports grant opened on April 6.


Bipartisan Group of Members Urge Biden Administration to Ensure Free & Fair Lebanese Election

News Release: Dear Secretary Blinken:. We write to urge that the Administration continues to call upon and work with Lebanese officials to ensure that parliamentary elections scheduled for May 15, 2022, are carried out on time, transparently and free of corruption. With dueling political and economic crises, the...


DOS-SAU grant application closes on June 1

Empowering Saudi Women through the Creation and Launch of an Entrepreneurs Networking and Mentorship Initiative grant opened on April 6.



Biden admin nominates Timmy Davis, as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the State of Qatar

President Joe Biden announced his intention to nominate Timmy Davis as U.S. Ambassador to the State of Qatar.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Andrea Mitchell of NBC

Release: QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, thank you so much for being with us. I wanted to ask you about what is going on right now. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs had told Congress that this will likely last years, this war. A protracted war is going to last years, according to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs. Will today’s new commitment of Javelins, anti-tank weapons to Ukraine shorten that timeline?


DOS-JOR offers new grant application process starting April 6

Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund 2022 grant opened on April 6.


Biden admin nominates Candace Bond, as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

On March 18, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his intention to nominate Candace Bond as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.


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, are calling on the Biden Administration to establish an interagency and international strategy for the U.S. to help mitigate the looming food security crisis spurred by Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine.


Joint Statement of the United States and Finland on Cooperation in Quantum Information Science and Technology

Release: The text of the following joint statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the Republic of Finland on the occasion of a U.S.-Finland meeting held April 5, 2022, on science and technology.


Release: MS PORTER: Good morning, everyone, and thank you so much for joining today’s press call. Special Representative for the DPRK Ambassador Sung Kim is visiting Washington this week for a series of engagements and is here to discuss U.S. policy toward the DPRK. We’re very glad to have the special representative...


DOS-SAU grant application closes on June 1

Boosting the Saudi Arabian Creative Economy through Skills Training, Capacity Building, and Formation of a Network of Support and Mentoring grant opened on April 6.


Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


News Release: Following a coordinated German law enforcement action, the United States today took further action to combat Russian-related illicit finance and cybercrime by sanctioning the world’s largest darknet market for Russian speakers, Hydra, and the virtual currency exchange Garantex.


DOS-PHL offers new grant application process starting April 6

2022 PAS Philippines Small Grants Program grant opened on April 6.


News Release: The United States welcomes the opening of trial proceedings at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague in the case against Ali Mohammed Ali Abd-al Rahman, a former Janjaweed commander also known as Ali Kushayb. This marks the beginning of the first trial against any senior leader for crimes committed by the Omar al-Bashir regime and government-supported forces following the genocide and other atrocities in Darfur.


Secretary Blinken’s Call with Azerbaijan President Aliyev

News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Azerbaijan’s President Aliyev today. The Secretary offered his condolences for the tragic gas explosion in Baku over the weekend. The Secretary condemned the Kremlin’s heinous war crimes in Ukraine and ...


Release: QUESTION: Thank you, Secretary Blinken, for joining us today to take questions for our USApoRusski Telegram channel followers. Let’s go straight to the questions.


Bills addressed by Armed Services Committee on April 5

There was activity on two bills related to the Armed Services Committee on April 5.


House Passes McCaul War Crimes Bill to Help Hold Russia Accountable for Atrocities

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul delivered remarks on the House floor in favor of his legislation, the Ukraine Invasion War Crimes Deterrence and Accountability Act.