US Department of State

Office of the Spokesperson – Washington, DC – January 12, 2015 Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation Thomas M. Countryman will travel to Egypt, Jordan, Israel, and the U.A.E. January 12-20 for consultations on nonproliferation issues and cooperative programs to address proliferation-related challenges in the Middle East. For more information about the Bureau of […]

John Kerry, Secretary of State – Gujarat, India – January 12, 2015 Well, good morning, everybody. What a great team. How are you? Everybody learning everything you have to learn? Everybody knows how to build a car? All right. This is very, very exciting for me. I was mentioning to Nigel that, back in my home state of […]

Office of the Spokesperson – Washington, DC – January 12, 2015 On January 12, Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland will travel to Berlin, Germany, to meet with senior government officials and members of the Bundestag on the broad range of bilateral, regional and global issues. Assistant Secretary Nuland will travel to Bucharest, Romania, […]

Office of the Spokesperson – Washington, DC – January 12, 2015 The Department of State has selected Miller Hull Partnership of Seattle, Washington, as the design architect for the new U.S. Embassy in Niamey, Niger. Miller Hull Partnership will develop the concept design for the new facility. The multi-building complex will be situated on a 10-acre site […]

Office of the Spokesperson – Washington, DC – January 12, 2015 The U.S. Department of State and Major League Baseball are entering a new era of “diamond diplomacy” in the Western Hemisphere. In a renewed partnership with Major League Baseball, current professional baseball players will accompany Olympic softball stars to Colombia and Panama to serve as Sports […]

Office of the Spokesperson – Washington, DC – January 12, 2015 Rose Gottemoeller, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, will travel to Brussels, the Vatican and Rome for meetings with counterparts from January 12-13. On January 12, Under Secretary Gottemoeller will meet with the NATO Arms Control, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Committee as well […]

Office of the Spokesperson – Washington, DC – January 10, 2015 The governments of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States applaud the extraordinary efforts of Bernardino Leon, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General, and welcome his announcement of a new round of political dialogue in Geneva next week. We strongly […]

Jen Psaki, Department Spokesperson – Washington, DC – January 9, 2015 Secretary of State John Kerry will stop in Munich, Germany, on Jan. 10 to meet with Sultan Qaboos of Oman to express his gratitude for their long-standing and strong relationship. Secretary Kerry will then travel to Ahmedabad, India, to attend the Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit inaugurated […]

John Kerry, Secretary of State – Washington, DC – January 9, 2015 Haiti and the world mark on Monday five years since the devastating 2010 earthquake hit Haiti. On January 12, 2010, our close friend and neighbor suffered an unimaginable blow: The earthquake left an estimated 230,000 dead, 300,000 injured, countless homes and businesses leveled, and 1.5 million […]

Senior State Department Officials, Via Teleconference – January 9, 2015 MODERATOR: Good morning, everyone. Thanks for joining us. Just as a reminder on the ground rules here, this is a background call for attribution to senior State Department officials previewing the Secretary’s trip to India and then to Pakistan. We will not send the transcript of the […]