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Release: Good morning. It’s such a privilege to be here today with all of you.

News Release: Washington, DC - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul released the following statement on the House National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for the 2023 fiscal year. The legislation passed the House with broad bipartisan support.

News Release: QUESTION: Thank you. And we go now to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who joins us from the State Department. It’s good to talk to you again. When we last spoke on Sunday, you suggested that the Russians were not yet prepared to release both prisoners, Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan. You said the ...

News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met today in Paris with French Foreign Ministry Secretary General Anne-Marie Descôtes. They discussed President Macron’s recent State Visit to Washington, DC, as well as our significant ongoing joint efforts ...

DRL FY22 DPRK Human Rights and Accountability Programs - Statements of Interest grant opened on Dec. 9.

DRL FY22 DPRK Increasing Access to Information Programs - Statements of Interest grant opened on Dec. 9.

News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Special Representative for the DPRK Sung Kim held a videoconference on December 7 with PRC Special Representative on Korean Peninsula Affairs Liu Xiaoming to discuss the DPRK’s increasingly destabilizing and escalatory behavior.

“COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM“ was published in the House section on pages H8725-H8728 on Dec. 2

Release: Thank you for the introduction, Demitra, and for the invitation to participate in this briefing. I appreciate how you described the existing landmine contamination in eastern Ukraine resulting from Russia’s initial invasion in 2014. This is key to understanding today’s context because, by the time of...

News Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to London, United Kingdom, on December 9 to engage in discussions on implementing the outcomes of COP27, which was held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, November 6-18, 2022. He will also speak about COP27 and the future of global climate action ...

DRL FY22 China Programs - Statements of Interest grant opened on Dec. 9.

Release: Thank you for the introduction, Demitra, and for the invitation to participate in this briefing. I appreciate how you described the existing landmine contamination in eastern Ukraine resulting from Russia’s initial invasion in 2014. This is key to understanding today’s context because, by the time of ...

Release: This morning, I joined President Biden, Vice President Harris, National Security Advisor Sullivan, and Cherelle Griner in the Oval Office, as Cherelle spoke to her wife Brittney, who is now on her way back to the United States and to her wife’s loving embrace. I am grateful to the State Department team ...

Release: Dear  friends and partners in the fight against human trafficking,

News Release: Today, Chargé d’Affaires to Côte d’Ivoire Joann M. Lockard, First Lady of Côte d’Ivoire Dominique Ouattara, and Minister of Employment and Social Protection Mr. Adama Camara signed the U.S.-Côte d’Ivoire Child Protection Compact (CPC) Partnership, a historic non-binding multi-year initiative to address ...