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State Department News
U.S. Relief Efforts For Burma
[5 Jun 2008 at 6:00am]
MR. LUU (June 5): "Thank you. It’s been 35 days since the cyclone hit Burma. And according to the United Nations, approximately 54 percent of the affected population have received some sort of humanitarian assistance. That means that approximately a million people have gone without adequate shelter, water, food, and access to healthcare for over a month now.
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U.S.-Turkey Cooperation
[5 Jun 2008 at 6:00am]
Secretary Rice (June 5): "We have had wide ranging discussions, as would be befitting for good friends and good allies like the United States and Turkey. We share, of course, values. We share strategic interests. We have talked about a wide range of issues.
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Stopping Illegal Wildlife Trafficking
[5 Jun 2008 at 6:00am]
Harrison Ford took several hours out of his busy schedule to film a Public Service Announcement (PSA) for the U.S.-led Coalition Against Wildlife Trafficking to encourage people to stop buying illegally traded wildlife products. In addition to running this important message in the U.
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Diplomats Unjustly Detained by Zimbabwean Forces
[5 Jun 2008 at 6:00am]
Spokesman McCormack (June 5): " A combination of Zimbabwean army, intelligence, as well as retired military forces -- about a group of 40 people... stopped an U.S. Embassy vehicle that was about 40 kilometers outside Harare. We had informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that this vehicle was going to be making this trip, so any pretense that the Zimbabweans were surprised by this, I think, is really just a diversion on the part of the Zimbabweans.
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Water for the Poor
[4 Jun 2008 at 6:00am]
The U.S. obligated more than $900 million to developing countries for water and sanitation activities – over $590 million of this went for drinking water supply and sanitation activities. Most importantly, the U.S. has delivered results on the ground.
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Trafficking in Persons Report Released
[4 Jun 2008 at 6:00am]
Secretary Rice: "We are pleased that in the seven years since the creation of the Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, the United States and our friends and allies have made important strides in confronting the reality that human beings continue to be bought and sold in the twenty-first century.
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Seventh Edition of “To Walk the Earth in Safety”
[3 Jun 2008 at 6:00am]
This edition summarizes the 2006-2007 accomplishments of the U.S. Humanitarian Mine Action Program, the world’s largest operation to clear mines and explosive remnants of war (most of which are of non-U.S. origin), teach mine risk education, and assist conflict survivors.
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Daily Press Briefing -- July 24
[24 Jul 2008 at 6:00am]
View Video 1:05 p.m. EDT MR. GALLEGOS: I don’t have anything for you. Anne. QUESTION: There’s a denial out of the Russian Defense Ministry today of this – the Izvestiya report on Russian bombers. Have you all seen that? Can you update us on whether there were any direct assurances from the Russian Government that this wasn’t true or any other -- MR. GALLEGOS: Yeah, I actually saw the report a few minutes ago, Anne.
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Daily Press Briefing--Western Hemisphere Affairs
[23 Jul 2008 at 6:00am]
Excerpts from the Daily Press Briefing of July 23, 2008, pertaining to Western Hemisphere Affairs. Full Briefing QUESTION: On Venezuela, what is your reaction to this alliance or partnership that President Chavez from Venezuela is trying to have with Russia in relation to oil and weapons?
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Daily Press Briefing -- July 23
[23 Jul 2008 at 6:00am]
View Video 12:41 p.m. EDT MR. GALLEGOS: Good afternoon. Thank you for coming. I don’t have anything for you. Charlie. QUESTION: Well, I hardly have a question, but just to – we’ll try and do something till the (inaudible) get here.
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Daily Press Briefing -- July 22
[22 Jul 2008 at 6:00am]
View Video 12:55 p.m. EDT MR. GALLEGOS: Good afternoon. I don’t have anything for you. QUESTION: A couple of quick – there was one – the Indian Government has survived the no-confidence vote, which bodes well for the U.S.
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Daily Press Briefing -- July 21
[21 Jul 2008 at 6:00am]
View Video 12:55 p.m. EDT MR. GALLEGOS: Alright. Good afternoon. I don’t have any – I’m sorry, I don’t have any statements for you. So I’m guessing you all have some questions for me, though. Anne. QUESTION: Can you be any more precise about the reasons for the – sending this cable about what employee -- embassy employees can and can’t do for visiting delegations, visiting candidates now, as opposed to four months ago?
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Daily Press Briefing -- July 18
[18 Jul 2008 at 6:00am]
View Video 12:04 p.m. EDT MR. MCCORMACK: Good afternoon, everybody. Let’s get right to your questions. QUESTION: (Off-mike.) MR. MCCORMACK: Yeah. I don’t have anything to start with. QUESTION: Good, thank you. MR. MCCORMACK: You want to start, fine.
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Daily Press Briefing -- July 17
[17 Jul 2008 at 6:00am]
View Video 12:30 p.m. EDT MR. MCCORMACK: Good afternoon, everybody. I have one trip announcement for you, and we’ll put out the full text after the briefing here. But the Secretary will be leaving Sunday for a trip to Southeast Asia via Abu Dhabi.
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Daily Press Briefing--WHA
[16 Jul 2008 at 6:00am]
Excerpts from the Daily Press Briefing of July 16, 2008, pertaining to Western Hemisphere Affairs. Full Briefing QUESTION: The World Court has apparently urged the U.S. to delay executing Mexicans on – some of the Mexicans on death row. Are you looking into this?
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Daily Press Briefing -- July 16
[16 Jul 2008 at 6:00am]
View Video 10:34 a.m. EDT MR. MCCORMACK: Good morning, everybody. Before we get started, I wanted to make a few points concerning some stories I’ve seen in the newspapers and on the wires and on the TV this morning. Under Secretary for Political Affairs Bill Burns will attend, as part of a delegation led by Javier Solana, Mr. Solana’s meeting in Geneva on Saturday to hear the Iranian response to the P-5+1 offer made about a month ago in Tehran.
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Daily Press Briefing -- July 24
[24 Jul 2008 at 6:00am]
View Video 1:05 p.m. EDT MR. GALLEGOS: I don’t have anything for you. Anne. QUESTION: There’s a denial out of the Russian Defense Ministry today of this – the Izvestiya report on Russian bombers. Have you all seen that? Can you update us on whether there were any direct assurances from the Russian Government that this wasn’t true or any other -- MR. GALLEGOS: Yeah, I actually saw the report a few minutes ago, Anne.
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Daily Appointments Schedule for July 24, 2008
[24 Jul 2008 at 6:00am]
SECRETARY OF STATE RICE: ON FOREIGN TRAVEL MORNING PRESS GAGGLE: 10:00 a.m. with Gonzalo Gallegos Please arrive in room 2109 at 9:55 a.m. DAILY PRESS BRIEFING: (at approximately 1:00 p.m. with Gonzalo Gallegos)
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Courageous Voices: Speaking Out for Prisoners of Conscience
[23 Jul 2008 at 6:00am]
On July 24, U.S. Representative to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations Ambassador T. Vance McMahan will moderate a panel discussion at the United Nations in New York to underscore commitments made in the Declaration on Prisoners of Conscience.
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Remarks With Traveling Press
[23 Jul 2008 at 6:00am]
ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL: Okay. So the Secretary already briefed. Did you catch that? QUESTION: Yeah. ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL: Okay. So what am I supposed to do? QUESTION: Tell us that she’s completely wrong. (Laughter.) QUESTION: No, could you give us a little bit more?
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Daily Press Briefing -- July 23
[23 Jul 2008 at 6:00am]
View Video 12:41 p.m. EDT MR. GALLEGOS: Good afternoon. Thank you for coming. I don’t have anything for you. Charlie. QUESTION: Well, I hardly have a question, but just to – we’ll try and do something till the (inaudible) get here.
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Daily Appointments Schedule for July 23, 2008
[23 Jul 2008 at 6:00am]
SECRETARY OF STATE RICE: ON FOREIGN TRAVEL MORNING PRESS GAGGLE: 10:00 a.m. with Gonzalo Gallegos Please arrive in room 2109 at 9:55 a.m. DAILY PRESS BRIEFING: (at approximately 12:30 p.m. with Gonzalo Gallegos)
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Joint Announcement from the U.S. Departments of State And Homeland Security o...
[22 Jul 2008 at 6:00am]
The U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today that the new U.S. Passport Card is in full production and is now being distributed. The Passport Card is a convenient, wallet-sized document for land and sea travel between the United States and Mexico, Canada, the Caribbean, and Bermuda.
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Daily Appointments Schedule for July 22, 2008
[22 Jul 2008 at 6:00am]
SECRETARY OF STATE RICE: ON FOREIGN TRAVEL MORNING PRESS GAGGLE: 10:00 a.m. with Gonzalo Gallegos Please arrive in room 2109 at 9:55 a.m. DAILY PRESS BRIEFING: (at approximately 12:30 p.m. with Gonzalo Gallegos)
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Reports on Comments by President Abbas to Families of Released Prisoners (Tak...
[21 Jul 2008 at 6:00am]
Question: Does the Department of State have any reaction to reports that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas congratulated the families of recently released prisoners, including the family of Samir Kuntar? Answer: We are aware of the reports. The United States condemns the abhorrent crimes of Samir Kuntar, including the murder of an Israeli policeman as well as the killing of Danny Haran and his 4-year-old daughter in a raid on April 22, 1979 in Nahariya, Israel.
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Caribbean Seminars on Sustainable Energy
[21 Jul 2008 at 6:00am]
On July 23, the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) will host a meeting of Caribbean energy officials, energy producers, and major donors in Nassau, Bahamas to discuss strengthening regional mechanisms for the promotion and implementation of renewable energy projects.
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Remarks With Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith
[24 Jul 2008 at 6:00am]
SECRETARY RICE: All right. Well, welcome. And I’m really delighted to welcome Foreign Minister Stephen Smith, my great colleague from Australia. We& rsquo;ve already developed not only a very good working relationship, but I think a budding friendship.
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Roundtable With Press
[24 Jul 2008 at 6:00am]
SECRETARY RICE: All right. MR. MCCORMACK: I thought what we would do, everybody, is start with the our -- some of our local journalists, and then we’ll get some of the imports after that. (Laughter.) QUESTION: Imports? (Laughter.) Imports and -- MR. MCCORMACK: Yeah, I’ll leave it with imports.
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Keeping Promises Among Partners
[24 Jul 2008 at 6:00am]
In any partnership, the coin of the realm is trust and responsibility - in other words, saying what you mean and doing what you say. In the dramatic rescue on July 2 of 15 hostages, including three Americans, held captive for many years by guerrillas and terrorists, deep in the Colombian jungles, we saw a powerful reminder that the United States has no better partner in South America than the government and people of Colombia.
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Remarks After Six-Party Informal Ministerial
[23 Jul 2008 at 6:00am]
SECRETARY RICE: Look, it was a good meeting, no surprises. It was just an informal opportunity. I think everybody essentially confirmed the September agreement, confirmed the October 2007 agreement, confirmed that we need to move ahead rapidly to finish phase two obligations; a lot of discussion of the verification protocol and the importance of the verification protocol; a call to have better bilateral relations among the various parties.
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Remarks at ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference
[23 Jul 2008 at 6:00am]
SECRETARY RICE: Thank you very much. Thank you, Minister, and thank you very much for the excellent arrangements for all of us here in Singapore. It’s always a pleasure to visit Singapore. And I want to thank my ASEAN colleagues for this opportunity to join you to discuss the many very important, some crucial issues, that we all face.
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Remarks En Route Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
[21 Jul 2008 at 6:00am]
SECRETARY RICE: I’m happy just to take your questions. We don’t have to start with any formalities. MR. MCCORMACK: And no windup. SECRETARY RICE: No windup. No windup. We’ll take the pitch. QUESTION: Can you give us a little reaction to, you know, what happened yesterday in Geneva?
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Interview With CNN's Wolf Blitzer
[18 Jul 2008 at 6:00am]
QUESTION: Madame Secretary, thanks very much for joining us. SECRETARY RICE: Pleasure to be with you, Wolf. QUESTION: Let’s talk about Iran right now. The number three diplomat at the State Department, and indeed, the man whose office we’re sitting in right now is meeting this weekend with high-ranking Iranian officials.
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Statement on Nelson Mandela's 90th Birthday
[18 Jul 2008 at 6:00am]
Today, July 18, we salute Nelson Mandela on his 90th birthday. Nelson Mandela continues to be an inspiration to all who believe in the value of human rights and human dignity, and the power of democracy. We celebrate his moral vision, hard work, and sacrifices which have contributed so much to help South Africa move toward becoming a country that truly belongs to all who live in it.
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Interview on the Sean Hannity Radio Show
[17 Jul 2008 at 6:00am]
QUESTION: It’s always an honor, a privilege, and a pleasure to welcome back to our newsmaker line – is the Secretary of State. Condoleezza Rice is back with us. Madame Secretary, how are you? SECRETARY RICE: I’m fine, Sean.
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