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By Cheryl Pellerin
Science Writer

Washington ? A digital videoconference flickered to life early in the morning of August 26 in Washington and just after sunset in Jakarta, where Indones...


By Michael J. Friedman
Staff Writer

Washington — Labor Day, celebrated in the United States on the first Monday of each September, is the nation’s official commemoration of its workers’ ...


THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
September 1, 2010

Readout of President Obama’s Meeting with President Mubarak of Egypt

President Obama and President Mubarak...


U.S. Department of State
On–Camera Daily Press Briefing Index
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
1:10 p.m. EDT

Briefer: Philip J. Crowley, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Public Affa...


By Jeff Baron
Staff Writer

Washington — Noora Moghaddas and Ashley Fiolek have little in common, but it’s more than enough for them to laugh together like the good friends they have beco...


Washington — As widespread, unprecedented flooding continues to devastate Pakistan — where officials estimate more than 20 million people have been affected by the floods since late July — the Uni...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
September 1, 2010

FACT SHEET

Update: U.S. Response to Pakistan’s Flooding Disaster

The United States has respond...


By Jane Morse
Staff Writer

Washington — As the scope of the devastation inflicted by the flooding in Pakistan becomes ever more evident, the United States is promoting new ways for citiz...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
September 2, 2010

REMARKS

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton,
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
An...


By Merle David Kellerhals Jr.
Staff Writer

Washington — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton opened the first direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in nearly two years September 2,...


United States Mission to the OSCE
Statement on Kyrgyzstan
As delivered by Chargé d’Affaires Carol Fuller
to the Permanent Council, Vienna
September 2, 2010

We regr...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
September 1, 2010

MEDIA NOTE

United States and Argentina Will Hold First Bilateral Meeting on Science and Technology

...

THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
September 1, 2010

REMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMA,
PRESIDENT HOSNI MUBARAK OF EGYPT,
HIS MAJESTY KING ABDULLAH OF JORDAN,
PRIM...



THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
September 1, 2010

REMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMA,
PRESIDENT HOSNI MUBARAK OF EGYPT,
HIS MAJESTY KING ABDULLAH OF JORDAN,<...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
September 1, 2010

FACT SHEET

Designations FAQs

1. What are the different types of designations?

There ar...


By Merle David Kellerhals Jr.
Staff Writer

Washington — The United States is working across a number of fronts, large and small, to help Pakistan cope in the aftermath of torrential mons...


THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
August 31, 2010

PRESS BRIEFING BY SPECIAL ENVOY FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE
SENATOR GEORGE MITCHELL
ON UPCOMING MIDDLE EAST PEACE T...


Narrator:

The United States is providing an additional $50 million to help Pakistan cope with the worst monsoon flooding seen there in more than 80 years, says Rajiv Shah, administrator o...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
September 1, 2010

ON-THE-RECORD BRIEFING

Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism Daniel Benjamin
And Assistant Direc...


By Merle David Kellerhals Jr.
Staff Writer

Washington — The United States broadened financial sanctions against North Korea to block the U.S. assets of entities that trade in conventiona...


By Merle David Kellerhals Jr.
Staff Writer

Washington — President Obama welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to the White ...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
September 1, 2010

STATEMENT BY SECRETARY CLINTON

Libya’s National Day

On behalf of President Obama and the peopl...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
August 31, 2010

STATEMENT BY SECRETARY CLINTON

Attacks on Afghan School Children

The United States is deeply con...


THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Vice President
September 1, 2010

REMARKS BY VICE PRESIDENT JOSEPH BIDEN
AT THE CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY
FOR UNITED STATES FORCES-IRAQ

...

Washington — President Obama has unveiled a plan to streamline and make more consistent the nation’s export controls on weapons and commercial technologies that have a potential for military use.<...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
September 1, 2010

REMARKS

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
And Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
...


THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
September 1, 2010

REMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMA
AND PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU OF ISRAEL
AFTER BILATERAL MEETING

Oval Off...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
August 31, 2010

MEDIA NOTE

Mérida Initiative Bilateral Implementation Office Opens

As announced by Secretary of...


THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
September 1, 2010

STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
AFTER BILATERAL MEETINGS WITH
PRIME MINISTER NETANYA...


By Karin Rives
Staff Writer

Washington — Every year, hundreds of millions of dollars in energy seep through poorly insulated walls, doors and windows in American homes. So in 2009, as th...


THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
August 31, 2010

Excerpts from President Barack Obama’s Address to the Nation on the End of Combat Operations in Iraq

“But th...


Washington — As widespread, unprecedented flooding continues to devastate Pakistan — where officials estimate more than 20 million people have been affected by the floods since late July — the Uni...


By Merle David Kellerhals Jr.
Staff Writer

Washington — The United States has ended its seven-and-a-half-year-old military operation in Iraq and is shifting to a civilian-led mission to ...


By Phillip Kurata
Staff Writer

Washington - An immigrant from Uganda now residing in Chicago has used the first portion of a $100,000 business competition prize he won in January to begi...


THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
August 31, 2010

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
DURING FORT BLISS ARMY BASE VISIT

Fort Bliss Army Base
El Paso, Texas

...

THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Vice President
For Immediate Release
August 30, 2010

BRIEFING TO THE PRESS BY ANTONY BLINKEN, NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR TO THE VICE PRESIDENT


By Karin Rives
Staff Writer

Washington - There was the sun and the wind - and now comes the power of water. If the promise of this fledgling energy technology holds true, it could eventu...


U.S. Department of State
On-Camera Daily Press Briefing Index
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
1:19 p.m. EDT

Briefer: Philip J. Crowley, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Public Affairs<...


By Jeff Baron
Staff Writer

Washington - When the U.S. and Iranian national teams play one another in basketball, Hamed Haddadi says, some boastful words will be exchanged - but that's on...


Barack Obama, a senator from Illinois and the Democratic candidate for president, has brought youth, eloquence and a compelling personal history to the 2008 campaign. Obama captured his party's no...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Washington, D.C.
August 30, 2010
TG-840

United States Designates North Korean Entities and Individuals for Activities Related to North Korea's ...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
August 30, 2010

Fact Sheet: New Executive Order Targeting Proliferation and Other Illicit Activities Related to North Korea

Today President Ob...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
For Immediate Release
August 30, 2010
2010/1172

MEDIA NOTE
United States Representation at 12


THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
August 31, 2010

Remarks of President Barack Obama - As Prepared for Delivery
Oval Office Address on Iraq
Washington, D.C.
...


THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
August 31, 2010

Facts and Figures on Drawdown in Iraq

"Let me say this as plainly as I can: by August 31, 2010, our...


THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
August 31, 2010

PRESS GAGGLE
BY DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY BILL BURTON
AND DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR
FOR STRATEGIC COM...


By M. Scott Bortot
Staff Writer

Washington - A Chicago-area Muslim charitable organization is partnering with police departments and social welfare groups to ensure that needy children h...


THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
August 30, 2010

PRESS BRIEFING
BY PRESS SECRETARY ROBERT GIBBS

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room

2:22 P.M. EDT...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
August 30, 2010

MEDIA NOTE

Assistant Secretary of State Esther Brimmer Travel to Buenos Aires and Santiago

Assis...


U.S. Department of State
On-Camera Daily Press Briefing Index
Thursday, August 30, 2010
1:36 p.m. EDT

Briefer: Philip J. Crowley, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Public Affairs...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman

For Immediate Release
August 31, 2010
2010/1175

STATEMENT BY SECRETARY CLINTON

Killing of Parliamentary Cand...


THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
August 31, 2010

United States Civilian Engagement with Iraq

Under the terms of the U.S.-Iraq Strategic Framework ...


THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
August 31, 2010

U.S.-Iraqi Partnership: Illustrative Examples

Department of Agriculture (USDA)
...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
August 30, 2010

FACT SHEET

Update: U.S. Response to Pakistan's Flooding Disaster

The United States has responded...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman

For Immediate Release
August 31, 2010
2010/1174

MEDIA NOTE

Office of the Chief of Protocol Hosts US-China Bu...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
August 30, 2010
2010/1172

ON-THE-RECORD BRIEFING

Deputy to the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Da...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
August 30, 2010

STATEMENT BY SECRETARY CLINTON

Republic of Uzbekistan’s Independence Day

On behalf of President ...


By Jeff Baron
Staff Writer

Washington — Bibi Kasrai is thinking of changing her name.

Not her real name, but the nickname that someone handed her and that became the name of her ...


U.S. Department of State
Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
August 26, 2010

Department of State and Peace Corps Together Tackle Energy and Climate Issues at the Grassroots...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
August 29, 2010

STATEMENT BY PHILIP J. CROWLEY,
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Reaction to Remarks b...


THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
August 29, 2010

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
ON THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY
OF HURRICANE KATRINA

Xavier University
New Orl...


THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
August 27, 2010

Statement by President Obama on the Promulgation of Kenya’s New Constitution

I congratulate Kenya on the pro...


THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Vice President
August 30, 2010

Vice President Joe Biden in Iraq

Vice President Joe Biden has arrived in Iraq to participate in a Change of C...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
August 29, 2010

STATEMENT BY SECRETARY CLINTON

Kyrgyz Republic’s Independence Day

On behalf of President Obama a...


Ambassador Laura E. Kennedy
Permanent Representative of the United States of America
to the Conference on Disarmament

International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
...


THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
August 30, 2010

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON THE ECONOMY

Rose Garden

1:17 P.M. EDT

THE PRESIDENT:  Good afte...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
August 30, 2010

STATEMENT BY SECRETARY CLINTON

Republic of Trinidad and Tobago’s Independence Day

On behalf of P...



The White House

Office of the Press Secretary


By Domenick DiPasquale
Staff Writer

Washington — The safety of commercial aircraft flying across the heavily trafficked North Pacific route linking Asia and the Russian Far East with Nor...


By Stephen Kaufman
Staff Writer

Washington — Urging much more relief assistance for Pakistani flood victims, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Dr. Rajiv Sha...


FOREIGN PRESS CENTER BRIEFING WITH USAID ADMINISTRATOR DR. RAJIV SHAH
THE WASHINGTON FOREIGN PRESS CENTER, WASHINGTON, D.C.
TOPIC: UPDATE ON U.S. FLOOD RELIEF EFFORTS AND ASSISTANCE IN PAK...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
August 27, 2010

STATEMENT BY SECRETARY CLINTON

Republic of Kazakhstan’s Constitution Day

On behalf of President ...


U.S. Department of State
On–Camera Daily Press Briefing Index
Thursday, August 26, 2010
1:22 p.m. EDT

Briefer: Philip J. Crowley, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Public Affairs...


By Karen Calabria
Special Correspondent

New York — When Umar Qadri arrived as a freshman at Yale University three years ago this September, he felt the prospects for Muslim religious lif...


U.S. Department of State
Office of the Spokesman
August 26, 2010
Washington, DC

Fact Sheet

Update: U.S. Response to Pakistan’s Flooding Disaster

The United St...


By Merle David Kellerhals Jr.
Staff Writer

Washington – Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, following two days of talks in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, secured a pardon for an Am...


By Jeff Baron
Staff Writer

Washington — When President Obama addressed the Muslim world in 2009 and talked of having students collaborate online between Kansas and Cairo, Amr Abdalla Att...


In an August 26 CO.NX webchat, Lesego Sekano, Palesa Shongwe, and Fred Swaniker, the South African delegates to the President’s Forum with Young African Leaders, answer questions about their exper...


By Andrzej Zwaniecki
Staff Writer

Washington — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the U.S. central bank will not hesitate to use policies at its disposal to support the economic ...


Washington — As widespread, unprecedented flooding continues to devastate Pakistan — where officials estimate more than 20 million people have been affected by the floods since late July — the Uni...


By Karin Rives
Staff Writer

Washington — It began in 2007, when the governors of Arizona, New Mexico, California, Washington state and Oregon acknowledged that climate change was already...


SPEECH BY JUDITH A. MCHALE,
UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE
FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
AT THE CONFERENCE,
“ARGENTINA: ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL PERSPECTIVES”

Thursday, ...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
August 26, 2010

STATEMENT BY SECRETARY CLINTON

Moldova’s National Day

On behalf of President Obama and the peopl...


U.S. Department of State
On–Camera Daily Press Briefing Index
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
1:39 p.m. EDT

Briefer: Mark Toner, Acting Deputy Spokesman

DEPARTMENT
-- ...


By Jane Morse
Staff Writer

Washington — With more than 7,000 islands and 35,400 kilometers (22,000 miles) of coastline, guarding Philippine waters is a monumental job for law enforcement...


By Stephen Kaufman
Staff Writer

Washington — Reports that between 150 and 200 women and children were raped by rebel forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) prompted pledges...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
For Immediate Release
August 25, 2010

STATEMENT BY SECRETARY CLINTON

Allegation of Mass Rape in the Democratic Republ...


By M. Scott Bortot
Staff Writer

Washington — The long history of Islamic scholarship has just gotten a novel addition: a college in California that seeks to educate Muslim leaders.

...


Veterans of Foreign Wars 111th National Convention
Indianapolis, Indiana

The White House

Office of the Vice Presi...


By Andrzej Zwaniecki
Staff Writer

Washington — When Lehman Brothers collapsed in 2008, Lynn Gray, 60, who had worked at the investment bank as a manager for 11 years, faced a dilemma. De...


Washington — As widespread, unprecedented flooding continues to devastate Pakistan — where officials estimate more than 20 million people have been affected by the floods since late July — the Uni...


By Holly Wise

Holly Wise is a consultant and a senior fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and she teaches enterprise development at Georgetown University School of Foreign...


BOOKS AND REPORTS

Foa, Roberto. “Social and Governance Dimensions of Climate Change: Implications for Policy” Washington, DC: World Bank, 2009.


By Holly Wise

Holly Wise is a consultant and senior fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and she teaches enterprise development at Georgetown University School of Foreign ...


By Jessica Morey

Jessica Morey is a project director with Clean Energy Group. She works primarily on CEG’s International Climate Change Technology Innovation Initiative...


By Rafal Serafin and Surinder Hundal

Rafal Serafin is a senior associate of the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF), an independent, nonprofit organization that partners with b...


By Jessica Morey

Jessica Morey is a project director with Clean Energy Group. She works primarily on CEG’s International Climate Change Technology Innovation Initiative, as well as ass...


By Lindsay Madiera

Lindsay Madiera is a consultant for the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, where she has been supporting the in...


By Domenick DiPasquale
Staff Writer

Washington — From fourth-century wall paintings in Macedonia to a 14th-century fortress in Moldova, landmarks in a dozen European nations in the Balka...


By Holly Wise

Holly Wise is a consultant and senior fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and she teaches enterprise development at Georgetown University School of Foreign S...


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