News from November 2021

By Andy Nghiem | Nov 20, 2021
The U.S. Department of Transportation recently issued a press release detailing the bipartisan infrastructure law’s investments into Tribal roads and transit.

By Art Benavidez | Nov 20, 2021
The United State Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced that the harvesting of corn and soybeans is in its final run during its annual crop and inventory forecast.

By State Newswire | Nov 20, 2021
Release: MR SALL: Mr. Secretary, distinguished guests, let me tell you that it’s a great honor and privilege for us to welcome you at Institut Pasteur de Dakar. Institut Pasteur de Dakar is a place of longstanding collaboration between United States and Senegal for research, public health, training that can be traced back to the early 30s when American and French scientists worked together to develop the first vaccine for yellow fever in 1937.

By State Newswire | Nov 20, 2021
Release: MODERATOR: (Via interpreter) Please be seated.
By State Newswire | Nov 20, 2021
News Release: HALIFAX, Nova Scotia - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today co-led a bipartisan Senate Delegation Press Conference at Halifax International Security Forum with Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services and ...
By State Newswire | Nov 20, 2021
Release: Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Brian A. Nichols will visit Tegucigalpa, Honduras from Sunday, November 21 through Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021. In Tegucigalpa, he will meet with Honduran Government leaders, National Electoral Council leadership, as well as representatives of...
By State Newswire | Nov 20, 2021
Release: MR SALL: Mr. Secretary, distinguished guests, let me tell you that it’s a great honor and privilege for us to welcome you at Institut Pasteur de Dakar. Institut Pasteur de Dakar is a place of longstanding collaboration between United States and Senegal for research, public health, training that can be traced back to the early 30s when American and French scientists worked together to develop the first vaccine for yellow fever in 1937.
By State Newswire | Nov 20, 2021
Release: MODERATOR: (In French.). FOREIGN MINISTER TALL SALL: (In French.). MODERATOR: (In French.). SECRETARY BLINKEN: Merci. (In French.). I’ve been told about the Senegalese concept of teraanga. We spoke about that last night. And as I understand it, roughly translated it’s hospitality based on openness and...

By State Newswire | Nov 20, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: (Via interpreter) Thank you, Mr. Ambassador and Mr. Minister, ladies - thank you for being here today for this conversation, for this exchange.

By Timothy Stuckey | Nov 20, 2021
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) recently announced in a press release that the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority’s (VTA's) Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Silicon Valley Phase II project will advance under the first Expedited Project Delivery Pilot Program.

By State Newswire | Nov 20, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.

By State Newswire | Nov 20, 2021
Release: AMBASSADOR MUSHINGI: Thank you. Thank you very much. I wonder which music is that? (Laughter.) I’ve heard it before, but I don’t remember where.
By State Newswire | Nov 20, 2021
Release: FOREIGN MINISTER TALL SALL: (Via translation.) Thank you, Secretary (inaudible) Mr. Secretary of State in charge of foreign policies. Ambassadors, Secretary General representing the office of ambassadors from Washington, Ambassador of the United States in Senegal.

By State Newswire | Nov 20, 2021
Release: Thank you, Foreign Minister Landsbergis, for your powerful call to action and for the invitation to address this Forum on the Future of Democracy.
By State Newswire | Nov 20, 2021
Release: (All via translation.). QUESTION: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to a special interview with the U.S. Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken. Good evening. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good evening. QUESTION: (inaudible) You’re ending your trip to Africa, which brought you to Kenya and Nigeria, with...

By John Suayan | Nov 20, 2021
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland recently announced steps the Bureau of Land Management will take to segregate land in Chaco Canyon in New Mexico for proposed federal withdrawal.

By State Newswire | Nov 20, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: (Via interpreter) Thank you, Mr. Ambassador and Mr. Minister, ladies - thank you for being here today for this conversation, for this exchange.

By John Kelly | Nov 20, 2021
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg started new initiatives on Nov. 17 that will increase access, support jobs and enhance the transportation experience on public lands across the country.

By State Newswire | Nov 20, 2021
Release: MODERATOR: (In French.). FOREIGN MINISTER TALL SALL: (In French.). MODERATOR: (In French.). SECRETARY BLINKEN: Merci. (In French.). I’ve been told about the Senegalese concept of teraanga. We spoke about that last night. And as I understand it, roughly translated it’s hospitality based on openness and...

By State Newswire | Nov 20, 2021
Release: AMBASSADOR MUSHINGI: Thank you. Thank you very much. I wonder which music is that? (Laughter.) I’ve heard it before, but I don’t remember where.