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Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) said the Biden administration is naive to think China is willing to work together with the U.S. toward shared goals, as stated in the administration's recently released National Security Strategy.
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Remarks at a University Recruitment Event
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you so much. First of all, I’m so glad that you were able to get class outside today, and I’m really happy to participate in that. We’re here in part to ask you to think about the possibility of public service and including the possibility of service in the State Department. ...
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World Food Day
News Release: On this World Food Day, food systems and global food security are at a critical moment. The compounded impacts from a global pandemic, growing pressures from the climate crisis, high energy and fertilizer prices, and armed conflicts, including Russia’s brutal war of aggression against Ukraine, have disrupted production and supply chains and dramatically increased global food insecurity, especially for the most vulnerable.
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Intensifying Military Operations in Northern Ethiopia
News Release: The United States is deeply concerned over reports of increasing violence, loss of life, indiscriminate targeting of civilians, and destruction in the conflict in northern Ethiopia, particularly around Shire in the Tigray region. We call on the Ethiopian National Defense Forces and Eritrean Defense Forces ...
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Special Envoy for Global Food Security Cary Fowler’s Travel to Iowa to Participate in 2022 Borlaug Dialogue of the World Food Prize Foundation
News Release: Special Envoy for Global Food Security Cary Fowler will travel to Des Moines, Iowa October 18-20 to participate in the 2022 Borlaug Dialogue of the World Food Prize Foundation. Special Envoy Fowler will emphasize the United States’ strategy for addressing the global food security crisis and underscore ...
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Secretary Antony J. Blinken Before Meeting with Civil Society Activists on Women’s Rights and Human Rights in Iran
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, everyone. We’re gathered today as we see remarkable displays of courage throughout Iran as women, young people, and many others continue to stand up for the fundamental rights that continue to be denied them by the Iranian regime. This is in many ways not a new story; ...
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Senior Official for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Allen Travels to Costa Rica and Miami
News Release: Senior Official for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Liz Allen will travel to San José, Costa Rica, and Miami, Florida, from October 16-19, 2022. Her trip underscores the United States’ strategic commitment to freedom of expression, to addressing critical gaps in the approach to countering state-sponsored propaganda and disinformation/misinformation worldwide, and to public diplomacy as a foundational component of U.S. foreign policy.
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Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Australian Minister for Defence Industry, Minister for International Development and the Pacific Conroy
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman met today with Australian Minister for Defence Industry, Minister for International Development and the Pacific Pat Conroy. The Deputy Secretary and the Minister discussed U.S. and Australian efforts to continue ...
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Interagency U.S. Delegation Travels to Coastal West Africa
News Release: Assistant Secretary of State for Conflict and Stabilization Operations Anne A. Witkowsky will lead a multi-agency delegation including Assistant to the USAID Administrator for Conflict Prevention and Stabilization Robert Jenkins and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics and Stabilization ...
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Remarks at a Joint Press Availability
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone.
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Special Advisor on International Disability Rights Minkara’s Travel to Indonesia and New York
News Release: Special Advisor on International Disability Rights (SAIDR) Sara Minkara will travel to Indonesia October 17-20 for meetings with civil society, government, and business leaders as well as with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat to discuss the ASEAN Enabling Masterplan 2025: ...
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Remarks at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: It’s really an honor to be here with Congresswoman Eshoo and with the Speaker. This national lab is a national treasure. We have U.S.-led, world-class research that is essential to our national security, is essential to our economic competitiveness, is essential to solving the problems ...
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United States and Laos Hold 10th Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue
News Release: The United States and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) held their 10th Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue on Oct. 14, 2022, in Vientiane, in which the two sides discussed their ever-expanding range of cooperation.
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The U.S. Department of State Celebrates the 10th anniversary of the OneBeat Cultural Exchange Program
News Release: With the arrival of 25 music diplomacy exchange alumni, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) kicked off 10th anniversary celebrations for OneBeat, an international music exchange program created to transcend musical and geographic borders, advocate for democratic values, and embrace diversity through people-to-people diplomacy.
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Risch, Menendez Statement Ahead of CCP’s 20th Party Congress
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, released the following statement ahead of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) 20th Party Congress, which begins this Sunday in Beijing:
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Assistant Secretary of State Lee Satterfield Travel to Los Angeles and San Francisco
News Release: From October 17-20, 2022, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Lee Satterfield will travel to Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, to participate in engagements with exchange participants, the private sector, including the international film and entertainment industries, ...
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Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Kerry’s Travel to Seattle and Vietnam
News Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Seattle, Washington, October 17-18, to participate in the Breakthrough Energy Summit and highlight the strong action the United States has taken to accelerate innovation through the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act; the mobilization ...
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Risch: Biden Admin’s Venezuela Parole Program is Half-Baked, Unworkable
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the Biden Administration’s new Venezuelan parole program :
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State Department discusses Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Objects Being Imported for Exhibition-Determinations: “The Bells of Bethlehem” Exhibition on Oct. 17
The US State Department published a two page notice on Oct. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Terrorist Designation of Al-Shabaab Leaders
News Release: The United States remains steadfast in our support of East African and African Union-led efforts to counter the threat from al-Shabaab, one of al-Qa’ida’s most dangerous affiliates, which has killed thousands of people, including Americans, in Somalia and across East Africa.
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