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McCaul, HFAC Republicans Condemn Biden for Rejecting Servicemember Accounts of Afghanistan Withdrawal

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul and other House Foreign Affairs Committee Republicans sent a letter to President Joe Biden condemning his rejection of the accounts of the servicemembers interviewed for the Department of Defense’s Abbey Gate investigation and after-action report on the Afghanistan withdrawal released via FOIA request this month.


Russian Duma Resolution on Eastern Ukraine

News Release: The Russian Duma has stated that it plans to send to President Putin an appeal to recognize the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics as “independent.” To be clear: Kremlin approval of this appeal would amount to the Russian government’s wholesale rejection of its commitments under the Minsk ...


Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Kerry’s Travel to Germany

News Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Munich, Germany, February 17-20 to participate in the Munich Security Conference. Secretary Kerry will engage in discussions on the nexus between the climate crisis and global security and will encourage counterparts to fulfill and strengthen their climate commitments.


News Release: The United States along with 19 countries and the European Union met February 15 to reaffirm their commitment to a Venezuelan-led negotiated solution to restore democracy in Venezuela. The participants welcomed the EU Election Observation Mission’s work and the importance of the comprehensive and incremental ...


Teleconference with Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink and Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu

Release: Moderator: Good day from the U.S. Department of State’s Asia Pacific Media Hub in Manila. I am the Hub Director, Zia Syed, and I want to thank you all for joining this briefing. Today, we are very pleased to be joined from Washington, D.C., by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Dan Kritenbrink, and U.S. Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Don Lu.


DRL Strengthen Independent Media and/or Credible Transitional Justice Efforts in Yemen

Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Strengthen Independent Media and/or Credible Transitional Justice Efforts in Yemen. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0008633. Catalog of Federal Domestic...


Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


Notice published by State Department on Feb. 14

The US State Department published a one page notice on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


DOS-PA grant application closes on April 18

Strengthening Foreign Media Ownership Laws Globally grant opened on Feb. 17.


DOS-JPN offers new grant application process starting Feb. 17

Bilateral Policy Dialogue to Counter Disinformation - U.S.-Japan Think Tank Collaboration grant opened on Feb. 17.


DOS-ECA offers new grant application process starting Feb. 17

FY 2022 John McCain Study of the U.S. Institute (SUSI) for Student Leaders on the Rule of Law and Public Service grant opened on Feb. 17.


Lithuania National Day

News Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of Lithuania as you celebrate your independence.


DOS-IDN offers new grant application process starting Feb. 17

EducationUSA Indonesia Advising Services grant opened on Feb. 17.


ICYMI: Nikki Haley, Michael McCaul: What you won’t see when you watch the Beijing Olympics

News Release: History will remember the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics as a tragedy and disgrace. While the Chinese Communist Party desperately wants people to see its regime in a positive light during the games, Americans should turn its gaze instead to the CCP’s spying on international athletes, its cynical use of the games to advance its own political agenda, its long history of human rights abuses, and its brutal oppression of the people of China. That’s the true story of Beijing 2022.


DOS-TUN grant application closes on March 18

Journalism Capacity Building in Tunisia grant opened on Feb. 17.


DOS-ISN grant application closes on April 22

Disrupting Malign State Behavior grant opened on Feb. 17.


DOS-DRL offers new grant application process starting Feb. 17

DRL Strengthen Independent Media and/or Credible Transitional Justice Efforts in Yemen grant opened on Feb. 17.


DOS-BFA grant application closes on Sept. 30

U.S. Embassy Burkina PAS Annual Program Statement grant opened on Feb. 17.


Release: The United States along with 19 countries and the European Union met February 15 to reaffirm their commitment to a Venezuelan-led negotiated solution to restore democracy in Venezuela. The participants welcomed the EU Election Observation Mission’s work and the importance of the comprehensive and incremental dialogue and negotiation framework launched on Aug. 13, 2021, in Mexico City, as important steps to shape a common understanding of.


Upcoming Digital Press Briefing on U.S. Commitment to Economic Trade in Africa.

Release: EVENT: Please join us on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, for a digital press briefing on the growing economic and commercial ties between the United States and the African continent. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Akunna Cook and Prosper Africa Acting Chief Operating Officer, Leslie Marbury will connect...