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FY2023 U.S. Consulate Fukuoka: High-Tech Labor Force Curriculum Development Workshop grant opened on Dec. 21.
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McCaul on Taliban Forbidding Women From Attending College in Afghanistan

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has released the following statement following the Taliban’s decision to not allow Afghan women to attend college in Afghanistan.
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Three Years Since Enactment of Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, Risch, Menendez Call for Increased Accountability for China on Hong Kong

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, this week sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen emphasizing the need for increased accountability of ...
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DOS-JPN offers new grant application process starting Dec. 21

Empowering IVLP Alumni grant opened on Dec. 21.
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Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Canadian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Morrison

Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
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DOS-JPN grant application closes on Feb. 19

FY2023 U.S. Consulate Fukuoka: Women's Empowerment and Leadership Workshop grant opened on Dec. 21.
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DOS-JPN grant application closes on Feb. 19

FY2023 U.S. Embassy Tokyo: Promoting Study Abroad through Market Research grant opened on Dec. 21.
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Standing with Afghanistan’s Women and Girls

News Release: The United States condemns in the strongest terms the Taliban’s indefensible decision to ban women from universities, keep secondary schools closed to girls, and continue to impose other restrictions on the ability of women and girls in Afghanistan to exercise their human rights and fundamental freedoms. ...
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DOS-JPN offers new grant application process starting Dec. 21

Modernizing the U.S.-Japan Alliance for Tensions in Taiwan grant opened on Dec. 21.
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DOS-JPN offers new grant application process starting Dec. 21

FY2023 U.S. Embassy Tokyo: Alumni Capacity Building grant opened on Dec. 21.
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DOS-DZA grant application closes on Jan. 10

FY2023 Julia Taft Refugee Fund Competition for Algeria grant opened on Dec. 21.
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DOS-JPN grant application closes on Feb. 19

FY2023 U.S. Embassy Tokyo: Youth Engagement Programs in Bilateral and Multilateral Issues for "Young Specialists; grant opened on Dec. 21.
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State Department discusses Private Sector Participation in Domestic and International Events on Spaceflight Safety, Sustainability, and Emerging Markets in Outer Space on Dec. 20

The US State Department published a one page notice on Dec. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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McCaul Pushes For Oversight of Repeated Stonewalling at USAGM Ahead of Next Congress

News Release: Austin, TX - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul sent a letter to Amanda Bennett, Chief Executive Officer of U.S. Agency for Global Media, to conduct oversight over the USAGM’s rehiring of a senior official who was fired after repeated reports of mismanagement, abuse of public funds and falsification of credentials.
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DOS-JPN grant application closes on Feb. 19

Accelerate Innovation and Startup Collaboration grant opened on Dec. 21.
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DOS-JPN offers new grant application process starting Dec. 21

FY2023 U.S. Embassy Tokyo: Democracy through the U.S. Presidential Election 2024 grant opened on Dec. 21.
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DOS-JPN offers new grant application process starting Dec. 21

Start-up Academy grant opened on Dec. 21.
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DOS-JPN grant application closes on Feb. 19

Promoting U.S. Undergraduate Schools grant opened on Dec. 21.
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Risch, Rubio, Scott to Biden: You Must Not Make Any Concessions to the Communist Cuban Regime

News Release: WASHINGTON - As the Biden Administration and Democrats in Congress continue to push for concessions to the criminal dictatorship in Cuba, U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) sent a letter to President Joe Biden warning against a return to the United States’ failed Obama-era policy of engagement with Cuba.
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Secretary Blinken’s Call with Pakistani Foreign Minister Bhutto Zardari

News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. The Secretary expressed his continued support for the people of Pakistan as they recover from the recent devastating floods. Secretary Blinken ...
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