U.S.-India Agreement on Nuclear Energy
"It is an agreement that cements an effort that we have been making for some time to bring together the world's largest democracy with the world's oldest continuous democracy. And we believe that the relationship between the United States and India is on a very firm footing, and that can only be good for democracy and it can only be good for the world." Full Text | Statement on Congressional Approval
UN General Assembly
Secretary Rice attended the United Nations 63rd General Assembly in New York City. While in New York, Secretary Rice conducted a number of bilateral and multilateral meetings with her counterparts. More
International Religious Freedom Report
"We are a country founded on the belief that all men and women are created equal, that as equals we enjoy certain universal and inalienable rights, and that among these are the right to live without oppression, to worship as we wish, and to think and speak and assemble without retribution." Full Text l Briefing by Amb. Hanford | Report
Resettling Iraqi Refugees
"We are marking the goal for resettling Iraqi refugees in fiscal year 2008. On September 11, we crossed the 12,000 threshold. Thus far, 12,118 Iraqi refugees have arrived in the U.S. for permanent resettlement, and more than 1,000 are booked to travel to the U.S. by the end of the month." Full Text | Fact Sheet
Mapping the Arctic Seafloor
The U.S. Extended Continental Shelf Task Force, chaired by the Department of State, plans two Arctic cruises by the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy, one of which will be conducted in collaboration with the Government of Canada. The cruises are part of an interagency effort to collect scientific data about the continental shelf and oceanic basins in the Arctic. More l Arctic Chronicles Blog
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