Politics

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke yesterday with Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu. Secretary Blinken and Foreign Minister Aurescu discussed opportunities for continued bilateral and multilateral cooperation, including collective security, support for Moldova’s reform agenda and energy security, assistance for Ukraine, and the need to hold...

Via Teleconference (March 9, 2023) 10:08 A.M. EST MODERATOR:  Hi there, everybody.  Thanks for hopping on.  This will be an on-the-record press call about the President’s fiscal year 2024 budget. We are joined today by OMB Director Shalanda Young and Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers Cecilia Rouse.  They will each make some brief...

The text of the following joint statement was agreed upon by the Special Representatives and Envoys for Afghanistan of Australia, Canada, the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States following their meeting in Paris held February 20, 2023.  Begin text: Special Envoys and Representatives for Afghanistan of Australia,...

Aboard Air Force One En Route Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 12:36 P.M. EST MS. DALTON:  Okay.  Good afternoon, everyone.  As you all know, we’re on our way to Philadelphia, where the President will lay out his budget for the American people. This year’s budget comes at a critical moment for our country and a time when the...

This month, Ned Price will step down as the State Department’s Spokesperson. Ned began as Spokesperson on January 20, 2021. Within days of taking on the role, he restored the Department’s daily press briefings, giving journalists the chance to regularly ask tough questions of our policy. Throughout the more than 200 briefings he has since...

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will travel to Ottawa, Canada from March 23-24. President Biden will reaffirm the United States’ commitment to the U.S.-Canada partnership and promote our shared security, shared prosperity, and shared values. During the visit, President Biden will meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to discuss defense cooperation and modernizing the...

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Good afternoon, everyone.  It’s a pleasure to welcome Foreign Minister Browne here.  Amery, welcome.  Good to have you at the State Department and very glad especially for this opportunity to continue to deepen the already strong bilateral relationship between Trinidad and Tobago and the United States. We are working together in so many...

The Department of State is committed to providing the best possible service for our passport customers.  We encourage all Americans to check their passport expiration date before making any definitive plans for international travel, and to take action to renew their passport well in advance of international travel this year.  This is especially important as we approach...

Budget Details Plan to Invest in America, Lower Costs and Cut Taxes for Working Families, and Protect and Strengthen Medicare and Social Security President Biden has long believed that we need to grow the economy from the bottom up and middle out, not the top down. Over the past two years, in the face of...

On his first day in office, the President signed a sweeping executive order directing the entire Federal government to advance an ambitious equity and racial justice agenda—not as a one-year project, but as part of a sustained commitment to make the promise of America real for every American, including rural communities, communities of color, women...