Counselor Kristie Kenney will travel to Manila, July 9-12, to meet with Philippine government officials, civil society, and Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) innovators, entrepreneurs, and "movers" working to advance social-entrepreneur...
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Department of State Promotes U.S. Aerospace and Defense Technology at the Farnborough Air Show
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Tina Kaidanow will join a delegation of senior U.S. officials attending the Farnborough Air Show in the United Kingdom from July 11-13, 2016. The delegation will advocate for U.S. selection in foreign commercial and...
Read More »Memorandum on Deepening the Defense and Security Partnership Between the United States of America and Georgia
On this 25th anniversary of Georgian independence, we reaffirm the strategic partnership between the United States of America and Georgia and commit to deepening our defense and security relationship, to reinforcing our shared determination to further ...
Read More »UN human rights expert deplores ageist attacks sparked by Brexit
The United Nations Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, Rosa Kornfeld-Matte, today deplored the wave of ageist attacks witnessed in the wake of the United Kingdom's referendum to leave the European Union, including ...
Read More »Department of State, UVA Darden School, and Concordia Announce Finalists for 2016 P3 Impact Award
The Secretary's Office of Global Partnerships at the U.S. Department of State, the University of Virginia Darden School of Business Institute for Business in Society, and Concordia today announced the finalists for the 2016 P3 Impact Award, which recog...
Read More »Marking the 12th Anniversary of the Murder of American Journalist Paul Klebnikov
In marking the anniversary of the murder of American journalist Paul Klebnikov, we remain deeply concerned about violence against journalists, impunity for such crimes, and increasing threats to the right to freedom of expression in the Russian Federat...
Read More »Venezuelan Independence Day
On behalf of President Obama and the American people, I offer my best wishes to the people of Venezuela on the 205th anniversary of your country's independence on July 5.My government recognizes that the past year has been an extremely difficult one fo...
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