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Washington — It is the disinformation story that refuses to die. North Korea persists, after 59 years of futile efforts, in trying to convince the world that the United States used chemical and bi...


By Phillip Kurata
Staff Writer

Washington — A young community activist in Togo, Koffi Amegbo Nomedji, believes that his participation in President Obama’s Forum with Young African Leader...


By Jim Fisher-Thompson
Staff Writer

Washington – A young Sierra Leonean working to improve his nation by strengthening civil society and job creation will share his ideas about Africa’s ...


By Stuart Dybek

This text is excerpted from the book My Town: Writers on American Cities, to be published in fall 2010 by the Bureau of International Information Programs. Read selecte...


By Ralph Dannheiser
Special Correspondent

Washington — Web-savvy filmmakers are getting the chance to focus attention on wide-ranging efforts being made to conquer some of the developing...


THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
July 28, 2010

Statement by President Barack Obama on the Passenger Plane Crash in Pakistan

I extend my deepest condolences t...


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Features

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By Jim Fisher-Thompson
Staff Writer

Washington — A Namibian performing artist and director who uses music, dance and the stage to spread a message of hope and self-improvement to his nat...


By David Fay
Special Correspondent

Moscow — Strumming and singing across southern Russia, a group of four American teachers has introduced traditional American folk music to thousands of...


By Charles W. Corey
Staff Writer

Washington — The ninth annual United States–Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum, better known as the AGOA Forum, includes two new ele...


By Stephen Kaufman
Staff Writer

Washington — The United States has pledged $48.6 million to help Kyrgyzstan as it meets challenges posed by recent ethnic violence and political upheaval....


Office of the United States Trade Representatives
Executive Office of the President
July 28, 2010

Remarks by Ambassador Demetrios Marantis
Deputy United States Trade Represent...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
July 28, 2010

STATEMENT BY SECRETARY CLINTON

Plane Crash in Islamabad

I send my deepest condolences to all those...


By Charles W. Corey
Staff Writer

Washington — Thirty-four African women entrepreneurs are participating in the 2010 U.S.–Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum — better ...


THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
July 26, 2010

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT

South Lawn
6:2...


U.S. Department of State
On–Camera Daily Press Briefing Index
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
2:05 p.m. EDT

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


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

FACT SHEET

U.S. Announces $48.6 million Pledge at Donors’ Conference for the Kyrgyz Republic

Today...


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www.agoa.gov

www.africacncl.org

Features

...

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

Media Note

U.S.-Canada Joint Expedition to Survey the Extended Continental Shelf in the Arctic

The...


THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
July 26, 2010

NATIONAL KOREAN WAR VETERANS ARMISTICE DAY, 2010

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A P...


By Jim Fisher-Thompson
Staff Writer

Washington — Dede Marthe Woamede from Togo will attend the President’s Forum with Young African Leaders, hosted by President Obama at the White House ...


U.S. Department of State
Robert O. Blake, Jr.
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs
Statement before the Helsinki Commission
Washington, DC
July 27, 20...


By Steve Stern

This text is excerpted from the book My Town: Writers on American Cities, to be published in fall 2010 by the Bureau of International Information Programs. Read s...


By Stephen Kaufman
Staff Writer

Washington — The top U.S. envoy to Africa says the July 11 bombings in Kampala, Uganda, constitute a “wake-up call” to East African nations and the intern...


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

ON-THE-RECORD BRIEFING

Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Johnnie Carson and
U.S. Ambassador to th...


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

PRESS BRIEFING BY PRESS SECRETARY ROBERT GIBBS

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room

2:10 P.M. EDT

...

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

STATEMENT BY SECRETARY CLINTON

Peruvian Independence Day

On behalf of President Obama and the peop...


By Phillip Kurata
Staff Writer

Washington — Ariane Inkesha has a vision that 50 years from now Africa will have been transformed by education.

“Education that will give value to...


By Charles W. Corey
Staff Writer

Washington — The 10th annual United States–Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum, known as the AGOA Forum, convenes its ministerial mee...


By Jim Fisher-Thompson
Staff Writer

Washington — Angolan lawyer and human rights activist Luis Kandangongo Jimbo looks forward to attending President Obama’s Forum with Young African Lea...


By Cheryl Pellerin
Science Writer

Washington ? Universal access to treatment, progress in scientific understanding of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the importance of human r...


By Carlo Rotella

This text is excerpted from the book My Town: Writers on American Cities, to be published in fall 2010 by the Bureau of International Information Programs. Read select...


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

MEDIA NOTE

Appointment of Dawn L. McCall as Coordinator of the International Information Programs Bureau


By Jonathan Yardley

This text is excerpted from the book My Town: Writers on American Cities, to be published in fall 2010 by the Bureau of International Information Programs. Read sel...


Washington — Having enacted a comprehensive financial reform law, the United States is calling on other nations to move “decisively and rapidly” on measures to make their financial systems sounder...


Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. remarks at the African Union Summit
Sunday, July 25, 2010

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

MEDIA NOTE

JOINT STATEMENT BY SECRETARIES CLINTON AND GEITHNER

European and Canadian Iran Sanction...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
JULY 23, 2010

MEDIA NOTE

U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation Celebrates 10th Year, Supports Projects at 12 Wo...


By Karin Rives
Staff Writer

Washington — Despite a continued weak global economy, investments in solar, wind and other renewable energy projects outpaced fossil fuel investments in 2009 ...


By M. Scott Bortot
Staff Writer

Washington — Akbar Ahmed has spent a lifetime explaining the Muslim world to the West, and vice versa. In his latest book — his latest journey — he finds ...


U.S. Department of State
On–Camera Daily Press Briefing Index
Monday, July 26, 2010
1:25 p.m. EDT

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

...

THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
July 25, 2010

Statement of National Security Advisor GEN James Jones on Wikileaks

The United States strongly condemns the di...


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

STATEMENT BY SECRETARY CLINTON

Video Message to the XVIII International AIDS Conference

The video ...


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www.agoa.gov

www.africacncl.org

Features

...

THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
July 26, 2010

PRESS BRIEFING BY PRESS SECRETARY ROBERT GIBBS

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room

1:07 P.M. ...


By Stephen Kaufman
Staff Writer

Washington — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Obama administration is launching an initiative to recover funds lost to overseas public...


By M. Scott Bortot
Staff Writer

Washington — Thousands of needy Muslim-American children will have a happier Eid Al-Fitr this year thanks to the efforts of two women.

Onli...


By Merle David Kellerhals Jr.
Staff Writer

Washington — The new arms reduction treaty between the United States and Russia promotes openness between the two former Cold War foes and grea...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
For Immediate Release
July 26, 2010

MEDIA NOTE

The UN Human Rights Council Addresses Attacks Targeting Schoo...


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

STATEMENT BY SECRETARY CLINTON

Celebrating 20 Years of the Americans with Disabilities Act

Twenty ...


U.S. Department of Justice
Remarks by Attorney General Holder at the African Union Summit
As Prepared for Delivery
Kampala, Uganda
July 25, 2010

Excellencies, Distinguishe...


U.S. Department of State
On–Camera Daily Press Briefing Index
Friday, July 23, 2010
1:22 p.m. EDT

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

...

Philip H. Gordon
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs
Telephonic Press Conference
Washington, DC
July 23, 2010
 

Assistant S...

United States Mission to the OSCE
As delivered by Ambassador Ian Kelly
to the Permanent Council, Vienna
July 22, 2010

Statement on Police Advisory Group for Kyrgyzstan

<...

By Ralph Dannheisser
Special Correspondent

Washington — Nineteen talented swimmers have become the latest group of Russian youngsters to take part in a Sports Visitor Program in the Unit...


By Jeff Baron
Staff Writer

New York — For most people in the United States, foods from the countries they or their grandparents once called home are available in specialized ethnic marke...


By Lauren G. Monsen
Staff Writer

Washington — Ever since the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, unveiled its collection of 40 original artworks on June 24, embassy visitors have been enjoy...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
July 22, 2010

REMARKS

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
at Event Celebrating the 15th Anniversary
of Unit...


By M. Scott Bortot
Staff Writer

Washington — Rashad Hussain, U.S. special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), told a meeting at the State Department on July 20 tha...


CASA BRANCA
WASHINGTON, D.C.

Declaração sobre o Fórum do Presidente com Jovens Líderes Africanos

Em 2010, dezassete países da África Subsariana celebram 50 anos de independên...


United States Mission to the OSCE
Statement on the Kabul Conference
As delivered by Ambassador Ian Kelly
to the Permanent Council, Vienna
July 22, 2010

The July 20 Kabul C...


U.S. Department of State
On–Camera Daily Press Briefing Index
Thursday, July 22, 2010
1:43 p.m. EDT

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


THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
July 22, 2010

PRESS BRIEFING
BY PRESS SECRETARY ROBERT GIBBS

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room

See below for a...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
FOREIGN PRESS CENTER BRIEFING
WITH LEGAL ADVISER HAROLD HONGJU KOH
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE
AND U.S. AMBASSADOR TO KOSOVO CHRISTOPHER DELL
THE WASHIN...


U.S. Department of Justice
STATEMENT OF ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION THOMAS E. PEREZ
AT A HEARING ON THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
WASHINGTON, D.C.


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
July 22, 2010

MEDIA NOTE

Joint Statement of the Second U.S.-Lower Mekong Ministerial Meeting

Following is the te...


By Cheryl Pellerin
Science Writer

Washington — A gel that may be able to reduce the risk of infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) offers new hope and direction for HIV prev...


By Charles W. Corey
Staff Writer

Washington — The focus of the 2010 African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Civil Society Forum, which convenes in Washington July 29, is to make the U....


By Stephen Kaufman
Staff Writer

Washington — Although the United States does not take sides in the territorial disputes in the South China Sea, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton ...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
July 23, 2010

QUESTION TAKEN AT THE JULY 22, 2010 DAILY PRESS BRIEFING

Pakistan:  Haqqani Network Designation

Qu...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
July 23, 2010

REMARKS

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Press Availability

July 23, 2010
National C...


United States Mission to the OSCE
As delivered by Ambassador Ian Kelly
to the Permanent Council, Vienna
July 22, 2010

Response to Ambassador Haller,
Head of Office in Mins...


Narrator:

In Washington, from August 3rd to 5th, President Obama will host the President's Forum with Young African Leaders. Over the course of three days, Americans and Africans will lea...


THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Vice President
July 22, 2010

Readout of Vice President Biden’s Call to Iraqi Leaders

The Vice President spoke by phone today with Prime Min...


Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
Hanoi, Vietnam
July 22, 2010
 

Thank you so much, Hank. And the recitation of what I am doing in my travels whi...

U.S. Department of State
Bureau of Public Affairs
July 21, 2010

Fact Sheet

Promoting African Business Women: The African Women's Entrepreneurship Program


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
July 22, 2010

FACT SHEET

Partnering with Vietnam in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS

On July 22, Secretary of State Hi...


By Merle David Kellerhals Jr.
Staff Writer

Washington — The United States and Afghanistan signed an agreement to relieve 100 percent of Afghanistan’s debt to the United States, which is ...


By Merle David Kellerhals Jr.
Staff Writer

Washington — The United States will spend approximately $187 million on projects to help four nations of the Lower Mekong River basin lessen th...


By Louise Fenner
Staff Writer

Washington — Twenty years ago, with the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), disabled people in the United States won legal guarantees simi...


By Stephen Kaufman
Staff Writer

Washington — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton praised the Afghan government’s proposals to the 40 international delegations at a conference in Ka...


By Phillip Kurata
Staff Writer

Washington — The U.S. government has welcomed a ruling by the International Court of Justice that upholds the legality of Kosovo’s 2008 declaration of inde...


By Christohper Connell
Special Correspondent

Gaithersburg, Maryland — With the proceeds from a few hectares of land here and there, with sales of homemade pies and ice cream drinks, a th...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
July 22, 2010

REMARKS

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
And Vietnamese Minister of Justice Ha Hung Cuong
...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
July 22, 2010

STATEMENT BY SECRETARY CLINTON

Release of International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on Kosovo’s Decla...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
REMARKS AS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY BY ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER AT THE
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES “JUSTICE FOR ALL” EVENT
WASHINGTON, ...


U.S. Department of State
On–Camera Daily Press Briefing Index
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
1:46 p.m. EDT

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


By Phillip Kurata
Staff Writer

Washington — The U.S. government, backed by U.S. scientists and corporations, is investing money and energy into reducing global hunger and poverty on a hu...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
July 22, 2010

STATEMENT BY SECRETARY CLINTON

Egypt’s National Day

On behalf of President Obama and the people of...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
July 21, 2010

REMARKS

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton

Gaggle with Traveling Press

July 20, 2010<...


U.S. Department of State
Karl W. Eikenberry
Ambassador to Afghanistan, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs
Debt Relief Signing Ceremony
Kabul, Afghanistan
July 22, 2010


By Jeff Baron
Staff Writer

Washington — Persian is a hot subject on U.S. college campuses, with students registering for courses in the language in unprecedented numbers.

Surveys...


By Stephen Kaufman
Staff Writer

Washington — The Obama administration celebrates 15 years of expanding relations between the United States and Vietnam, and Secretary of State Hillary Rod...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
July 21, 2010

INTERVIEW

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
Walk and Talk with FOX's Greta van Susteren
July...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
July 22, 2010

REMARKS

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
at the ASEAN-U.S. Ministerial Meeting

July 2...


The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
July 21, 2010

Statement on the President’s Forum with Young African Leaders

In 2010, seventeen countries across sub-Saharan ...


By Karin Rives
Staff Writer

Washington — During a meeting with Chilean media in Santiago this month, the United States’ special envoy on climate change, Todd Stern, was peppered with que...


U.S. Department of State
U.S. Embassy Kabul - Afghan Ministry of Finance
Kabul, Afghanistan
July 22, 2010

United States, Afghanistan Sign Debt Relief Agreement

(July ...


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
July 21, 2010

OPENING REMARKS

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
Press Availability with Secretary Gates, Kore...


By Christopher Connell
Special Correspondent

Washington — David Beckmann is convinced the American public’s appetite for ending world hunger is growing. The minister and former World Ban...


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