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Joint Statement following a UN Security Council meeting on Syria Chemical Weapons
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Remarks at a UN Security Council Briefing called by Russia on Prospects for a Peace Settlement in Light of Western Arms Shipments to Ukraine

Remarks at a UN Security Council Briefing called by Russia on Prospects for a Peace Settlement in Light of Western Arms Shipments to Ukraine
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Remarks by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield at the Atlantic Council’s Black trailblazers in Foreign Policy Event

Remarks by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield at the Atlantic Council’s Black trailblazers in Foreign Policy Event
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Media Note: Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Representative to the United Nations, to Travel to Hampton Roads, Virginia

Media Note: Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Representative to the United Nations, to Travel to Hampton Roads, Virginia
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USTR Requests Comments on Extending COVID Exclusions from China Section 301 Tariffs

USTR Requests Comments on Extending COVID Exclusions from China Section 301 Tariffs
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Remarks by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield at the William & Mary Charter Day Ceremony

Remarks by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield at the William & Mary Charter Day Ceremony
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Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield’s Press Availability with Senator Tim Kaine Aboard the USNS Comfort

Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield’s Press Availability with Senator Tim Kaine Aboard the USNS Comfort
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Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield’s Interview with MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell

Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield’s Interview with MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell
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Remarks by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield at a United Nations Screening of U.S. and the Holocaust

Remarks by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield at a United Nations Screening of U.S. and the Holocaust
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Remarks at a U.S. hosted, High-Level Side Event on Globalizing Efforts to Combat Antisemitism

Remarks at a U.S. hosted, High-Level Side Event on Globalizing Efforts to Combat Antisemitism
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Remarks at a UN Security Council Meeting on Threats to International Peace and Security Caused by Terrorist Acts

Remarks at a UN Security Council Meeting on Threats to International Peace and Security Caused by Terrorist Acts
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Readout of Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield’s Discussions with NGOs Responding to the Earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria

Readout of Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield’s Discussions with NGOs Responding to the Earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria
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Game changers to bring the LDCs back on track to achieve the 2030 Agenda and ensure the timely implementation of the Doha Programme of Action

Game changers to bring the LDCs back on track to achieve the 2030 Agenda and ensure the timely implementation of the Doha Programme of Action
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Remarks on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse During UNICEF Executive Board First Regular Session 2023

Remarks on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse During UNICEF Executive Board First Regular Session 2023
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Ranking Member Risch Welcomes Foreign Relations Committee Spring 2023 Interns

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, recently welcomed four new committee interns for the spring term.
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Risch, McCaul “Gravely Concerned” with Biden Admin Allowing Interactions with Assad Regime

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Representative Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement in response to the Biden Administration’s “general license" related to Syria. The move undermines longstanding U.S. policy under both Republican and Democrat administrations, including this administration’s comments this week.
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McCaul on Addition of Companies to Entity List for Involvement With CCP Spy Balloon

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul released the following statement in response to the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security’s (BIS) decision to add six companies to the Entity List after learning of their involvement with the Chinese Communist...
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Risch, Colleagues Reintroduce Bill to Expand Prohibitions on Use of Foreign Assistance Funding for Abortions

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) today reintroduced the American Values Act, legislation to permanently enact and expand existing prohibitions on the use of U.S. foreign assistance to pay for the performance or promotion of abortion services overseas.
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Readout of the Third Round of Meetings of the U.S.-Japan Partnership on Trade

Readout of the Third Round of Meetings of the U.S.-Japan Partnership on Trade
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United States and Kenya to Hold First Round under their Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership

United States and Kenya to Hold First Round under their Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership
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