News and reports from the State Department.

There were 57 press releases or notices published by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs in July.

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Chairman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) issued the following statement.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for an immediate end to a conflict that broke out Sept. 12 between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh in the South Caucasus.

News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke overnight with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to express deep concern over military action along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, including shelling in Armenia. Secretary Blinken urged President Aliyev to cease hostilities and stressed that the United States would push for an immediate halt to fighting and a peace settlement between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke overnight with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to convey our deep concern over the military actions along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, including reports of shelling in Armenia. The Secretary stressed ...

There were 27 press releases published by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs in August.

There were seven press releases or notices published by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs in August.

There was activity on one bill related to the Armed Services Committee on Sept. 13.

News Release: The United States is a proud Pacific nation with a long coastline, a state, and territories in the Pacific. We have deep and longstanding ties to the countries of the Pacific: our neighbors, allies, and friends. The Pacific Islands are an essential part of the Indo-Pacific region. Our histories and futures ...

News Release: MR DANIELS: Greetings, everyone, and thanks for coming to a day of enormous privilege and excitement for Purdue University, to have two of the world’s leading public servants with us. And we’d like to think it was something other than a convenient flight plan that brought them here. (Laughter.) So we ...

Release: Hello and good afternoon, everyone. Thank you, Boaz, for that kind introduction, and to the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) for convening us in this important moment. I’m particularly grateful to ICT for scheduling this event in the weeks after the United States’ airstrike on Aymen...

News Release: The Department of State is releasing the essential components of its Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Strategic Plan.  Per Executive Order 14035 on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Federal Workforce, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley ...

There was activity on three bills related to the Foreign Affairs Committee on Sept. 13.

News Release: In response to Executive Order 14035 on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Federal Workforce, on March 23, 2022, the Department of State submitted its five-year DEIA Strategic Plan to the Office of Personnel Management.  Secretary Blinken identified finalizing the plan as a key initial ...

Release: The United States is a proud Pacific nation with a long coastline, a state, and territories in the Pacific. We have deep and longstanding ties to the countries of the Pacific: our neighbors, allies, and friends. The Pacific Islands are an essential part of the Indo-Pacific region. Our histories and futures...