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Assistant Secretary of State for Conflict and Stabilization Operations Anne A. Witkowsky will travel to Bogotá and Cali, Colombia, February 6-8 for discussions with Colombian partners, community groups, and civil society organizations related to long-term stability and Colombia’s 2016 Peace Accord. In Bogotá, Assistant Secretary Witkowsky will meet with senior-level Colombian government officials to reaffirm...

On behalf of the Government and people of the United States of America, I extend my warm regards to the people of Aotearoa New Zealand as you commemorate the anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, on February 6. We also send our deepest sympathies to all Kiwis in...

The United States Capitol Good evening.  Mr. Speaker. Madam Vice President. Members of Congress. My Fellow Americans.  In January 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt came to this chamber to speak to the nation.  He said, “I address you at a moment unprecedented in the history of the Union.”  Hitler was on the march. War was raging in Europe.  President Roosevelt’s purpose was to wake up the […]

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The following joint statement was released by the Governments of the France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Begin Text: We, the governments of France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States, take note of the report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that Iran has implemented a substantial change in...

MR PRICE:  The Secretary and Foreign Minister Park are now signing the protocol to amend and extend the U.S.-Republic of Korea Science and Technology Agreement.  The first iteration of the agreement was signed in 1992.  A new one was signed in 1999 and has been renewed since then.  However, this amended version adds important new components...

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met with Poland’s national security advisors – Marcin Przydacz, Head of the International Policy Bureau, and Jacek Siewiera, Head of the National Security Bureau – today in Washington.  They highlighted the two countries’ deep and strong partnership, and Poland’s steadfast leadership...

In its decision to overturn Roe v. Wade the Supreme Court majority wrote “Women are not without electoral or political power.” No kidding. Clearly those bragging about overturning Roe v. Wade have no clue about the power of women in America. But they found out when reproductive freedom was on the ballot and won in […]

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A young Black man should not have to fear for his life when stopped for an alleged traffic violation. And no one should have to put their life on the line to stop a mass shooter. At the State of the Union, Mrs. RowVaughn Wells and Mr. Rodney Wells, Tyre Nichols’ mother and stepfather, will...

Via Teleconference 9:04 A.M. EST MR. MUNOZ:  Hey, everybody.  Good morning.  Thank you for joining us on this morning’s press call to outline the progress the President has made on his Unity Agenda since the 2022 State of the Union and his ongoing commitment to this agenda ahead of his 2023 State of the Union speech....

Sunday night, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. made additional disaster assistance available to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands by authorizing an increase in the level of Federal funding for relief and recovery assistance as a result of Typhoon Mangkhut during the period of September 10-11, 2018. Under the major disaster declaration issued for...