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News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Mary Beth, thank you very much, and good morning, good afternoon, good evening. It’s great to see so many friends and colleagues on the screen today. Thank you so much for joining the fourth and actually final COVID-19 Global Action Plan Ministerial meeting.
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Secretary Antony J. Blinken And NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg At a Joint Press Availability

News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. It is as always a great pleasure to welcome the secretary general back to Washington, back to the State Department. Jens, so good to be with you.
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Under Secretary Jenkins Travels to Brussels, The Hague, and Munich, February 9-19, 2023

News Release: Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Ambassador Bonnie D. Jenkins will travel to Brussels, Belgium; The Hague, the Netherlands; and Munich, Germany, from February 9-19, 2023 to promote the United States’ continued commitment to Ukraine, discuss U.S. priorities on arms control and nonproliferation, and engage with civil society.
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Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Strengthening Independent Media in Sri Lanka

Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Strengthening Independent Media in Sri Lanka. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0009402. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.345. Type of...
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Quad Partners Launch Cyber Challenge

Release: The United States, together with its Quad partners Australia, India, and Japan, launched the Quad Cyber Challenge to promote responsible cyber habits across their nations, regions, and beyond.
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Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Rena Bitter Travels to the Republic of Korea, Thailand, and Qatar

Release: Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Rena Bitter will travel February 8-17 to Seoul, Bangkok, and Doha. The Assistant Secretary will meet with embassy staff and observe consular operations in all three cities. While in Seoul, she will meet with government officials to discuss a variety of...
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Acting Deputy Secretary Bass’ Meeting with UK Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Rutley

News Release: Acting Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources John R. Bass met with UK Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Americas and Caribbean) David Rutley, MP today in Washington, D.C. The Acting Deputy Secretary and the Under Secretary exchanged views on modernizing diplomacy for the 21st century ...
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Department of State Announces Reward Offers for Information Leading to Arrest and/or Conviction of MS-13 Leader in Honduras

Release: Today we are announcing a reward offer of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Yulan Adonay Archaga Carías, also known as “Porky" or Alex Mendoza, for conspiring to participate in or attempting to participate in transnational organized crime. This announcement complements...
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Congressional Record publishes “SENATE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS RULES OF PROCEDURE” on Feb. 9

The Congressional Record published “SENATE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS RULES OF PROCEDURE” in the Senate section on Feb. 9.
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Chairman McCaul Heartbroken by Devastation in Turkey and Syria

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul released the following statement in reaction to the ongoing devastation caused by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.
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Chairman McCaul Heartbroken by Devastation in Turkey and Syria

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul released the following statement in reaction to the ongoing devastation caused by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.
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Secretary Antony J. Blinken and German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck Before Their Meeting

News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It’s a great pleasure to see my friend, the vice chancellor, here again at the State Department. I think it was almost exactly a year ago -
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DRL Inclusive Approaches to Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Northern Central America

Release: This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0009396.
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Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Austrian Foreign Minister Schallenberg

News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price
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Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with German Vice Chancellor Habeck

Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
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DRL Inclusive Approaches to Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Northern Central America

Release: This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0009396.
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Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with German Vice Chancellor Habeck

News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price
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Secretary Blinken to Deliver Remarks at the Diplomatic Culinary Partnership Reception

News Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, Chief of Protocol Ambassador Rufus Gifford, and Chief Executive Officer of the James Beard Foundation Clare Reichenbach will deliver remarks to commemorate the launch of the Diplomatic Culinary Partnership on Thursday, February 9, 2023, at 5:45 p.m. ET at the Department of State.
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ICYMI: McCaul and Amb Rahmani: The Women of Afghanistan Are Suffering – But Not Forgotten

News Release: Tonight, as elected officials and their guests gather in Washington to hear the State of the Union, women across Afghanistan are suffering under the brutal Taliban regime.
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